There were a lot of parent/teacher conferences when I was a child. The school thought that perhaps I had a hearing problem, probably today they would assume I had a learning disability. I entered kindergarten when I was 4. At that point I had been reading for over a year. Surely, I was gifted. If gifted meant letting me sit in a room alone with a stack of books, not to be bothered by the yelling and smelliness of other children...well then I guess I was. But mostly I was weird. A shy, prone to bouts of unexplained tears, little weirdo, who read.
Then I grew up. And became...a quiet and sometimes socially awkward (I hate being called shy), prone to bouts of unexplained tears, big weirdo, who reads.
Tess Gerritsen is the creator of the Rizzoli and Isles series. The TV show characters bear little resemblance to the books. I definitely prefer the books.
On Saturday we traveled 30 miles to a small book store to buy the latest Rizzoli and Isles book and to meet Ms. Gerritsen. There were a million questions I was going to ask her. I have never been to a book signing and I have to admit, I was starstruck. She walked in through the squeaky screen door and laughed as she apologized for being late because she was stuck in traffic. She talked for about 30 minutes and was so very kind and intelligent and lovely and when she asked if anyone had any questions, well the concept of communicative language joined my mathmatical comprehension and I knew that if I opened my mouth I would just embarrass myself. But I did get a picture of Kass and her favorite author.
Smiles from the farm,
Lisa
I love this story Lisa for I am a reader. One day my father-in-law came over to my house and seeing the sink full of dishes he said, "Oh Wendy must have a good book." And then he got in and did my dishes. I threw open the cupboard under the sink and said, "Thanks, here's a few more."
ReplyDeleteI too have read (Anne) Tyler to Tolstoy but will read just about anything.
What a great gift to give your daughter....the love of reading.