Mary Daniels Brown
My mother always insisted that, as soon as I was old enough to sit up, she’d find me in my crib after my nap babbling away, with a Little Golden Book on my lap. I’ve had my nose in a book ever since. I grew up in a small town, with the tiny town library literally in my backyard. As an only child in an unhappy home, I found comfort and companionship in books.
As an adult I wanted to be Harry Potter, although I admit I’m more Hermione. My life has been a series of research projects. Reading has taught me that human lives are deliciously messy and that “it’s complicated” isn’t a punchline.
I’m participating in a War & Peace readathon and enjoying it very much.
War & Peace? Yikes! I bet a readathon makes a big undertaking like this go more easily than attempting it all by yourself. I do secretly harbor a goal of reading this novel someday, so I’ll keep the idea of a readathon in mind (maybe next year . . .).
We committed to reading chapter a day for a year. I’ve been very surprised at how engaging, easy to read, and funny the book is. Not what I had expected at all!