Posted: Jan 02, 2021 6:00 AM NT | Last Updated: January 2
A few days off over the holidays, a comfortable couch, and a good book: in this case, Jim Case's novel Ananias. (Submitted by John Gushue)
There's a bit of lore in our family about me and a box of cornflakes. My sister Lisa tells me when I had nothing handy to read when I was little, I would read the back of the box — and then the sides. Niacin, iron and a list of vitamins? Read all about it, many times over.
I'm always grateful I grew up in a family of readers. It no doubt had an influence on my career: when you're swimming in words as a kid, why not make them the tools you work with as a grownup?