Our matriarch Dorothy, the gardener who planted within us a seed to read.

Grandma Dot

Dorothy's love of reading.

November 28, 2012

Dear Cari,

Thanks for calling this afternoon.  I really enjoyed talking to you, and I'm excited about the family book club.  I'm enclosing my review of "The Paris Wife"  I guess you are going to see that everyone else gets a copy.  

You asked how I got started reading.  I was in first grade and I was one of those kids who always loved school.  I was reading at the eighth grade level in the third grade.

The first books I enjoyed were the Bobbsey Twins series.  These days I like a lot of writers ~ Nore Roberts, Jodi Piccoult, Philippa Gregory, Sandra Brown, Dorothy Garlock, & Barbara Delinsky.  As a young adult my first favorite was Kathleen Norris, which had some influence in naming your mother.  Have fun with the bees! (This comment probably needs a little back story...I was signed up for a bee class in SF with Jennifer, Tamilla & Adam but it poured so it was cancelled.)

Love, Grandma