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I am in charge of selecting next month's book for a local book group. The group prerequisites is that the book is under 200 pages long and is "clean" virtually free of bad language, immorality, etc. I have thought about choosing The Giver by Lois Lowry, but am not sure if that's the direction...

Have any of you experienced reading a book (or, more accurately, partially reading) when you were younger and absolutely hated it, but picked it up again years later to find that you love it? If so, what book? I recently picked up Walden for a book club. I hated it when I was in high...

I always find myself with multiple books that I'm reading at a time(of course not simulataneously). Does anyone else besides me have this habit? My husband thinks I'm weird to do this.:rolleyes: I'm sure I can't be the only one who does this, right?:o Isn't it just second nature for those...

Have any of you ever read Cultural Literacy by E.D.Hirsch, Jr. first published in 1987? I am just finishing it and found it quite interesting. I agree in large part with his opinion of our society - that is there is a difference between knowing how to read and being literate. He argues that...

I receive a monthly newsletter from George Wythe College. This month's feature article posed an interesting question that I believe would make for stimulating conversation. Oliver DeMille asks: So why do we sometimes want to only read things we already agree with? At one level,it's just more...

Hi all! I am also from Oregon as is the young man who just posted. I am a mother of three who loves books and am always looking for new book ideas to expose to my children, my husband and, of course, myself. My favorite books always change. Right now because I read a lot to my children...