When was the last time someone read aloud to you? Probably when you were a child, and if you think back, you'll remember how safe you felt, tucked under the covers, or curled in someone's arms, as a story was spun around you like a web.

When you love someone you let them take care of you.

All it takes is a second and your whole life can get turned upside down.

Can you imagine what it would be like to know that your life was just going to be a series of days that were all the same, that were do-overs?

It's because of libraries that books like mine get recommended to book clubs and avid readers, who in turn pass them onto others looking to be whisked away from the world for a little while...and perhaps to learn a bit about themselves in the process.

For someone who can’t remember very much, there seems to be a lot I can’t forget.

Kids think with their brains cracked wide open; becoming an adult, I've decided, is only a slow sewing shut.