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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting book.  Anna Quindlen describes her enjoyment of reading through her life.  She includes references to many books and some anecdotes about her family, other authors, and reading in general.<br/><br/>At one point she discusses gender differences about reading.  She either makes or discus...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47626461">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Musings on books and reading and their place in this writer's world and life.  Spoke volumes to me as relative to the same topic in relationship to my own life.  I love reading books about reading books and about books and about love of books.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed Quindlen's reminiscences about growing up with books. As she recalled a neighbors basement filled with books that she borrowed and read; I too could remember a relatives home filled with books. I recalled the feeling I had when I pulled books from those shelves and how the books felt in my...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46829127">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A lovely retrospective for all of us who had to be forced to &quot;put down that stupid book&quot;.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[She describes how important books have been in her life.  While some of the books she likes aren’t the ones I have liked,  I know and can relate to how important books have been in my life along with the things she says.  The following quotation sums up her feelings about books:<br/>•	In books ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31615370">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[   As I read the first part of this book, and how important reading was to her as a child, it brought back so many memories for me. In 5th and 6th grade, I would go to school early every day and help Mr. Spence in the library... I would shelf books, cover new books in the library plastic, and loved ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27495330">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I believe this was a recommendation from Anne Fadiman's <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader" title="Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader">Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader</a> - at any rate, I checked this slim volume out from the library &amp; devoured it in less than an hour. <br/><br/>Quindlen looks at her relationship with books, believing that her dissatisfaction with her ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10698220">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting book.  I loved how she described her love of reading.  I could relate on so many levels and found her book reassuring as I too find reading to be my escape.  Some points of the book I found tedious to read, not that they weren't valid points, just were not of significant interest to me. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49921497">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Reading has always been my home, my sustenance, my great invincible companion...I read because I loved it more than any other activity on earth.&quot;<br/><br/>If you are a book lover then you must read this short essay on how books have affected her life.  It's nice to know someone else who...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58785674">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm glad I purchased my own copy of this because I will definitely want to revisit it again and mark favorite quotes as I go.  It almost felt like she was writing about my own life - especially the first chapter where she talks about her love of reading as a young child.  I recommend this to every a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48653424">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting essay that got me thinking about books and how they've added to and changed MY life.<br/>This was published in 1998 and it would be interesting to read Quindlen's thoughts some 10 years later--especially her thoughts on electronic books and computers.<br/>I like the book lists that ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50658196">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Fav. Quote- &quot;Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but, most important, it finds homes for us everywhere.&quot; Hazel Rochman<br/><br/>It is a book I would recommend to a) anyone who loves books and b) anyone working with youth. Quindlen explains the process of how s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/845224">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a short little book of author Anna Quindlen's experiences growing up a bookworm. She recounts her adventures and travels through literature - how in many ways it set her apart from her peers, but also how it allowed her to grow as a person. She confronts and attempts to dispell negative view...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11169190">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[So far this book is really well done and right up my alley. How Reading Changed My Life is a book that just made me happy. Quindlen has written a essay on the effects reading has had on her entire life. Every once in awhile something touches your soul and this book touched mine.]]></body>
    
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