This is a sweet book. My dad read it aloud to me, which is fitting, given the subject.This is one of those books that it's really hard to review, so... I'll just say that you should read it.
This was a heartwarming memoir about Alice and her dad and the promise he makes to her to read out loud to her everyday. The promise begins while Alice is in the 4th grade and at first was a goal set for 100 days. Once they break that streak they continue on until she goes away to college. Sometimes...
Promises. How long does one keep a promise? For Alice and her father, their first promise lasted 100 days. When that promise was expired, they created a new promise and this one lasted for 3,218 days. This promise was for Alice’s father to read to her every night before midnight, even if it were...
I've nothing against a memoir by a recent college graduate, but the thing is, I really wanted to read about the reading aloud. I learned to read pretty early, so I don't remember being read to at all. Now it's one of my favorite things, and I really enjoy reading to my kids more than I would ever ha...
Very touching account of a girl growing up with her father..
Very touching account of a girl growing up with her father..
A young girl and her dad---an elementary school librarian---decide to make a vow to read together every night. And they do so, extending the original promise from 100 nights in a row to just seeing how long "The Streak" could last. Amazingly, the girl and her dad ended up reading 3,218 nights in a r...
This book is totally different than what I thought it was going to be. It is actually a story about the author's life which has a core in which she and her father read books in the center. I have enjoyed the "quirkiness" of the book..although to be totally honest, there are times that I am heartbrok...
This is such a great book. Heartwarming and funny. Charming and at times heartbreaking. Ms. Ozma infuses each moment with wit and personality. She is a fantastic writer, and you can feel her love of literature permeate throughout the memoir. I don't normally like memoirs, but this is quickly becomin...
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