Eisboch wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
...


You've been reading too much Dickens.

Eisboch


Every few years, I reread three or four of his novels. I guess I have
been through the entire cycle a half dozen times or more.

My mother, bless her heart, was an avid reader (still is) and all
through my childhood insisted that I read at least a book a week during
the summer school vacation. She didn't care what I read, as long as I
read at least a book a week. I remember it started with the "Hardy
Boys" series back in about 6th grade. As I got older, she would
"suggest" certain books to read.

One year though, I found a very old collection of Edgar Allen Poe's
complete works in a bookcase in the attic. I started reading some of
his stuff and I think it freaked her out.
I got a brief reprieve from reading that summer. The books (or book
... can't remember if it was a single, thick book or several) were
(was) bound in real leather and looked as spooky as some of Poe's tales.

Eisboch


Next time you are near baltimore, you should stop to see poe's grave and
the poe museum. Great, orginal writer.