I'm currently reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak; it's about a little girl growing up in Germany during the start of World War 2. She steals books and longs to read them. She rescues one from a burning and it broke my heart to realize they burned thousands of books simply because they were scared of what they said. How sad! I'm only halfway through the book but I highly recommend it! I'll post an update once I'm done - it's narrated by Death after all, there's bound to be sadness.
So today, I'm thankful I can read. There are those that can't.
I'm thankful I can read what I want to read! There are those that don't have that choice.
I'm thankful I LOVE to read. There are those that don't.
I'm thankful for authors with passion who had a story to tell. And book-friends who suggest good books. And pages. And lunch time book clubs! And the worlds I get to escape to.
I also thank my Dad, LeVar Burton and countless teachers for encouraging my love of reading. And my Mom for never fussing when she caught me reading by flashligh after bed time. :)
Until next time....
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I had to look up LeVar Burton. And prominent on his Wikipedia page was his Star Trek role as Geordi LaForge ... hmm, probably not important here. Next I see that he authored one book, Aftermath in 1997 ... Timberley would be 15-ish ... no, she probably had set reading habits by then. Hmm. He directed 3 episodes of Charmed, no probably not that either.
Ah, Reading Rainbow! There it is, the missing link. 1983-2006 ... yes, that fits. Now I know more about Geordi than I thought I'd need to know.
Also of note: LeVar Burton announced on his Twitter feed on March 19, 2010, that "Reading Rainbow 2.0 is in the works."
Maybe our kids will like it as much as you did. (I'm pretty sure I never watched it, but I didn't like Seasame Street or Mr. Roger much either. I must be depraved.)
You didn't like Mr. Rogers?!?! I worry about you. :) But it made me laugh that you went through so much to research LeVar. The title of the blog is part of the Reading Rainbow theme song. It was a great show and I hope Reading Rainbow 2.0 is just as great! I wonder if they sell them on DVD.....
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