Reading!
"Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors."
Joseph Addison
"The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency-the belief that the here and now is all there is."
Allan Bloom
"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body."
Joseph Addison
“No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.”
Confucius
"A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man's mind can get both provocation and privacy."
Edward P. Morgan
Books!
The New York Times Book Reviews
Book Lovers Meetups in Your Area
Oprah's Book Club
How to Start Your Own Book Club
Why Study Shakespeare?
Penguin Readers Group
Feminist Books
Help a Child to Read
Encourage Teens to Read
Audible Books, for those who'd rather listen
Times Critics 100 Best Novels
Freedom to Read
International Reading Association
The Idiots Guide
Do Self Help Books Really Help?
Volunteer to Teach Someone to Read
Articles on Being a Writer
The Reverse Book Club
Online book and literary discussions
The Sam Morales Series
(women's travel adventure - with a social conscience.)
The Single Woman's Guide to Reading and Books!
Don't Want to Pay a Fortune for them?
thesinglewomansguide.com recommends that you try
ABE is a network of thousands of Mom and Pop bookstores; very trustworthy, terrific prices. When Chapters and Amazon don't have it, ABE does.
For a lower price.
(And wouldn't you rather your money went to the small bookstores? )
By study, by reading, by thinking, one may innocently
divert and pleasantly entertain himself,
in all weathers, in all fortunes.
~ Barrow ~