“I have always been a reader; I have read at every stage of my life and there has never been a time when reading was not my greatest joy. And yet I cannot pretend that the reading I have done in my adult years matches in its impact on my soul the reading I did as a child. I still believe in stories. I still forget myself when I am in the middle of a good book. Yet it is not the same.” - Diane Setterfield
“When I was about eight, I decided that the most wonderful thing, next to a human being, was a book.” — Margaret Walker ...more
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While George R.R. Martin has been called "The American Tolkien," Wheel of Time is more in the veins of Middle Earth. It is traditional high fantasy, with songs, an underdog hero, ages of history, and good vs. evil.While George R.R. Martin has been called "The American Tolkien," Wheel of Time is more in the veins of Middle Earth. It is traditional high fantasy, with songs, an underdog hero, ages of history, and good vs. evil....more
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