Reading IS Fundamental

Taylor Hicks got caught reading!

WHAT WOULD YOU BE CAUGHT READING?

Inquiring minds want to know!

Taylor got caught reading 'Brother Ray' by Ray Charles and David Ritz, a notable choice!

Once again, Taylor Hicks makes us proud!

'Alabama Gets Caught Reading'

Nine notable native Alabamians were “caught reading” for this year’s “Alabama Gets Caught Reading” poster series being distributed throughout the state by the Alabama Center for the Book at Auburn University.

Among the celebrities caught reading were American Idol Taylor Hicks, Pulitzer-Prize winner Cynthia Tucker, Atlanta Braves pitcher Tim Hudson and Heroes actor Ashley Crow.
More than 45,000 posters will be distributed by the Alabama Center for the Book to every school, library and bookstore in the state, as well as literacy centers and other locations serving children and young people.

For more information on the project, or to request a free set of posters while supplies last, please call the Alabama Center for the Book at (334) 844-4946 or acftb@auburn.edu.

Books, to the reading child, are so much more than books ... they are the dreams and knowledge, they are a future, and a past.

What would you catch me reading?

I've been a voracious reader since I first learned to read and have many fond memories of weekly trips to the library with my older sister who encouraged my love of books.

I tend to be drawn to mostly fiction and romantic suspense in particular!

I generally read 4-5 books a week and I am currently finishing up Mary Higgins Clark's 'I'll Be Seeing You' and eagerly anticipating beginning Stephenie Meyer's 'New Moon'.

"The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones, but in the echoes of our hearts."
Oliver Wendall Holmes

Have a great day and remember to not only take time to smell the flowers, but to also take time to curl up with a good book!