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    *$20 Amazon Card CONTEST* - What inspired your love of reading?

    I am from a family of nine growing up in a row house in Philadelphia.Christmas of 1963 I received my first Hardy Boys book.The Christmas music was playing,the television was on,and the family was in high spirits,There was happy noise all around me.I was clutching The Tower Treasure and looking...
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    Most interesting man or woman in the literary world

    Who would you consider the most interesting author by his breadth of work?
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    Bill Bryson: A Short History of Nearly Everything

    I have started to listen to know it all and started reading The disappearing Spoon,the two of them are full of informative tidbits and are exactly what I was hoping for.thanks again Ronnie
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    Bill Bryson: A Short History of Nearly Everything

    Thanks Ronnie,I am already ordering 2 of the books they sound interesting.
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    For All of You Travel Addicts! What is Your Best Travel Novel and Why?

    I neglected to mention Bill Bryson.He blends Mark Twain humor to places he writes about.I have read all his books and I am a big fan.
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    Suggestions: January 2013 BOTM - Winter

    Call of the wild My choice is an old acquaintance The Call Of The Wild by Jack London one of the first books I ever read.
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    Who is your favourite author, and why?

    I really am having a hard time picking a favorite author.i love Dickens,and my current favorite for non fiction is Bill Bryson.
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    Authors whose works are all things considered

    Vita sack vile-West. For all passion spent
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    Authors whose works are all things considered

    edithWharton,Jane Austen,Bronte sisters,Charles dickens,Henry Adams,Tolstoy,Patrck Obrian to name a few.
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    For All of You Travel Addicts! What is Your Best Travel Novel and Why?

    Travel novel Edward Rutherfords London comes to mind for my visit to that wonderful city.i tend to read historical books when I travel to a new place.Will Durants rennasaince was valuable when I traveled Italy The pillars of the earth by Ken Follet was also helpful whe visiting various cathedrals.
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    Bill Bryson: A Short History of Nearly Everything

    I have read at home and short history along with several others I am currently reading a walk in the woods and all are excellent reads.i should say that I also listened to a few on audible(notes from a small island made in America)he reminds me of mark twain with his humor and observations.i...
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