Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-35094757-20180517232827/@comment-35236548-20180519133015

Smillersms, I can echo just about everything you stated so well, including Chris' sense of humor. (I chuckled as I assumed he was facetiously bumping up his message.)

(Sorry for my tardiness, Chris, I've been hesitant to post as I sensed I was posting too much and annoying some.)

I love older mystery nivels like Ellery Queen and Hercule Poirot, well-written true crime and forensics, and above all history and biographies that show how the times affected people and they in turn affect the times. Those that show the broad scope and the long story over time and beyond the individual(s) in question (one example, Naifeh/Smith bio of Jackson Pollock, Hillenbrand's Seabiscuit, and local author Millard's works. She's an amazing and generous pseron in our community.). Solzhenitsyn. Austen and the Brontes. To Kill a Mockingbird. Whitman. Etc., etc. I could run on for too long.

When I was very young, I read everything I could get my hands on. Libraries were also my sanctuary from home and the school bullies. When I traveled on business, I would visit the libraries in the smaller towns. I know, total geek.

Great question, Chris.