Bill M

Retired administrator and special education teacher. It's so delicious to have more time to read. Favorites include Richard Powers, Wally Lamb and Mary Doria Russell. But I love discovering new writers as well.

"Gold, silver, jewels, purple garments, houses built of marble, groomed estates, pious paintings, caparisoned steeds, and... more »

Retired administrator and special education teacher. It's so delicious to have more time to read. Favorites include Richard Powers, Wally Lamb and Mary Doria Russell. But I love discovering new writers as well.

"Gold, silver, jewels, purple garments, houses built of marble, groomed estates, pious paintings, caparisoned steeds, and other things of this kind offer a mutable and superficial pleasure; books give delight to the very marrow of one’s bones. They speak to us, consult with us, and join with us in a living and intense intimacy."

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