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Five years ago today, the Dougherty and McQuary families lost Nancy Elizabeth McQuary Dougherty (left in photo) to leukemia after a struggle of two-plus years. She fought it hard. We miss her every day. (Thanks to her good friend Jaquita for the picture from the late 1980s.)

This says a lot ...

If you want to be like Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, adopt their voracious reading habits Buffett tells people to read 500 pages a day.

'Tis true, when you really think about it.

Life Lessons - Writers Write

What a wonderful world ...

An experience ...

U.S. Rep. John Lewis' return to the news has brought this speech back to the surface. Considering Lewis' origins, it is likely to touch anyone who loves books.

John Lewis: 'Read my child, read!', National Book Awards - 2016 16 November 2016, New York City, New York, USA Thank you, thank you. This is unreal. This is unbelievable … some of you know I grew up in rural Alabama, very poor, very few books in our home. I remember in 1956, when I was 16 years old, with some of my brothers and sisters and cousins, going down to...

Interesting slant on disappearing American slang: http://tinyurl.com/jte8mb4

Endangered American Slang Needs Your Help Won’t you consider adopting a word or two?

http://www.powells.com/post/original-essays/heres-where-were-heading-with-the-book-cover

"Here's Where We're Heading With the Book Cover" by Ben Winters

Interesting outlook ... If time is now more valuable, should we keep track of what we read?

How I Track My Reading: The Book Journal - BOOK RIOT I used to scoff at the idea of keeping a book journal. What was the point? I used to think. I’ll read the books I read, hell, when I was younger I would devour them, spine and all, pick my … Continued

Read the Printed Word We support the printed word in all its forms: newspapers, magazines, and of course books. We think reading on computers or phones or whatever is fine, but it cannot replace the experience of reading words printed on paper. We pledge to continue reading the printed word in the digital era and beyond.

Another engaging project by the folks at Book Riot (bookriot.com) ...

2014 Tournament of Books Preview - BOOK RIOT Well, the field and judges for the 2014 Tournament of Books have been announced. As is the case every year, there are both expected and surprising choices, so let’s have a look. Here are the contenders: At Night We Walk in Circles by Daniel Alarcón The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton The Tuner of Silen...