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The final Book Give Away for 2009

A year of superb reads and yes, those that will grace our "to read later" pile into 2010. Still looking back we see some great works such as "The Shack" by William Young, Mindy Starns Clark wrote some really fun singles, Melody Carlson kept them coming over and over again, Karen Hancock's "Enclave" was a must read, Sigmund's "Broken Angel" - superb, and even Jeffery Overstreets fantasy series was a plus. Surely, you had many on your list this year as well. Let's close out 2009 with a book give away . Share you favorite book from 2009 here and during the first week of 2010 a winner will be selected.

Could a world without Reading be our future?

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As you watch the flex and flow of technology do you wonder how long each item will last? 10 years ago cell phones were a commodity today a necessity. Home PC were a luxury, today a demand. But even with the changes it makes me wonder - are we getting smarter or more lazy? Is communication really at an all time high or are our communication skills in a face to face setting - person to person - diminishing? The studies have shown that depression and the like are truly on the rise. Then the other day, I received a bombshell email....Disney is now offering books that will read the story to you if you would rather not read them yourself. So I asked my husband, "Will kids in the future even need to read? Or will pictures and voices direct them?" To put me back on the reading road again I purchased a new book by one of my favorite authors. Shopping for books is, in my opinion, the best shopping trip around. It was great to browse the authors and the titles and hold various ones, ...