shakespeare, jim continued reading to alice well after most parents give up on story time-- well into high school. that's right. while the other kids were leaving parties to get beer... >> i don't know that i was particularly popular. ( laughs ) >> reporter: alice was leaving for "king leer." >> and i didn't drive, either! so i would have to burden someone at a party to take me home to get read to and drive me back! >> reporter: yet she and her dad kept it up every night until the first day of college after unpacking her things at rutgers, jim and alice sat in the stairwell of her dorm and shared one last read. >> it was a hard thing to bear, to know that after almost nine years that we were now doing it the last time. >> he put in every night for years. he didn't have to do that. he's selfless. >> reporter: alice ended up graduating top of her class with a degree in-- you guessed it-- english literature. and thanks to all that reading her dad did, alice is now able to read to him from her own