http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/15/joy-of-mandatory-reading/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:27:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/15/joy-of-mandatory-reading/#comment-765706 Bob Gillham Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:23:33 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/15/joy-of-mandatory-reading/#comment-765706 I haven't read Ms Patchett's book so no personal comment on that. But everyone should read EVERYTHING. We and our children have morals and ethics, or should have! If they do not stand up for us in reading books, they will not stand up for us in real life & we will all be lost. It sounds like Ms Patchett lost her way once, but it also sounds like she found it again. Rejoice with and for her. Putting blinkers over our eyes will only leave us open to life's blows because we can't see what is coming. I haven’t read Ms Patchett’s book so no personal comment on that. But everyone should read EVERYTHING. We and our children have morals and ethics, or should have! If they do not stand up for us in reading books, they will not stand up for us in real life & we will all be lost. It sounds like Ms Patchett lost her way once, but it also sounds like she found it again. Rejoice with and for her.
Putting blinkers over our eyes will only leave us open to life’s blows because we can’t see what is coming.

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