I never read detective novels. I started out in graduate school writing a more serious book. Right around that time I read 'The Day of the Jackal' and 'The Exorcist'. I hadn't read a lot of commercial fiction, and I liked them.
This time I wouldn't forget him, because I couldn't ever forgive him - for breaking my heart twice.
What I'm really addicted to is getting people to understand that if their kids aren't competent readers coming out of middle school, it's really going to be hard for them in high school.
Success comes in cans, not cannots.
But what is life if you don't live it?
The funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective.
