No updates on Little Fetus, but suffice it to say that I'm more than a little nauseated now that I've had the pleasure of reading the word "sexcapades" in reference to my parents. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It was still a book, and reading it would be better than listening to any more of Granddad’s insults disguised as life lessons. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The idea of reading a number of good books in a row added something to the process. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

If only we hadn’t started reading quietly to ourselves. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

The sun had risen, and Thyon Nero wasn’t reading fairy tales now. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

On the plaza, Mr. Curtain sat in his favorite spot, gazing off toward the bridge, reading a newspaper with a look of satisfaction, occasionally making a note in his journal. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dad still did our nighttime reading, but now it was Penny who snuggled on his lap. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“You shouldn’t be reading when the sun is out,” she said, pushing me out the front door. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She thought Dr. Barnes would enjoy reading the article about the best teachers. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

By twelfth grade, 70 percent of reading is to consist of nonfiction. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“At present, sir, I am reading Love’s Captive, by Mrs. Arabella Richardson.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back then she mostly wrote nonsense or drew pictures of cats, but now her notes made up a reading diary of sorts. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Pedro Tercero still had trouble reading, but his curiosity and desire accomplished what his schoolmistress had been unable to do with all her canings. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you are reading this, that hasn’t happened. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Our English teacher, Mr. Brant, had us writing short fiction as well as reading Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

But reading isn't something an Attendant needs to learn, so it’s frowned upon. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I finish reading the third chapter of Lord of the Flies, which, it turns out, is not about flies at all. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

When I got to the cabin, Chubs was already there, propped up on his bed reading. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

For five hours she sits there, reading the magazines. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She worked on her reading, making the best of the education that had been cut short in South Carolina, squinting in the spy hole’s dim light. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m bloody well aware of that,” she said, “but by all means, don’t let me interrupt your reading.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

They were, in effect, an epitome of his reading. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

My chest feels warm inside by the time I’m done reading. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

But Carmen had a feeling he was reading it for her. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Some of the books were placed face down, open, as though Master had not yet finished reading them but had hastily gone on to another. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I must have caught her in the middle of reading. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Part of his desire for privacy may have been attributable to his readings. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she could see him reading the paper in his bedroom or undressing late at night. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The Kansas City Star printed a lengthy account of the Clutter funeral, but the edition containing the article was two days old before Perry, lying abed in a hotel room, got around to reading it. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both an author and a grad student at Columbia now, I affected an outerborough inflection at readings and in interviews that had become thick enough to require subtitles. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

If God could be put back into the equation, then many people would have no trouble reading Charles’s book and accepting the scientific argument. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We shared a long, steady look that told me Fang and I were reading from the same tragic script. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The three of us—her, me, and Mom—stood out in the front yard reading it. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The only way to check the amount of film left in the camera was by reading the counter inside the lens. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

On one side of the bendy part was a woman with a crate on wheels packed tightly with plastic grocery bags, and on the other was a man painted head-to-toe in silver, reading a newspaper. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

As I walked down the hall, I saw people sitting in rooms reading books and talking quietly together, doing math problems, or sitting in the library. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

While they sat reading, they occasionally glanced up to see the progress of Paishon and his group. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The Baudelaire children had a slightly different incentive for reading these books, of course. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

It was now reading the sign that said Privet Drive — no, looking at the sign; cats couldn’t read maps or signs. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He’d brought the boy’s book but the boy was too tired for reading. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I discovered that it was not wise to be seen reading books that were not endorsed by the Communist party. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

This gave rise to a further dispute as to whether Leibniz had arrived at his theories, as he claimed, independently, or had cobbled them together on the basis of a reading of the Principia. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It hurt my heart to see that for most of the kids in the classroom, reading meant playing with their cell phones or sleeping on their desks. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Mr. D looked bored, still reading his magazine. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Well, I was reading, and he was trying to hump the pictures. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

They are open to more than one reading. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I can read German fairly well by now, except that I usually mumble the words instead of reading them silently to myself. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He was reading an Italian-English dictionary and had the same huge eyes as the boy. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Boom. We’re all finished. And we still have”—he consulted his watch, a Gucci; she remembered reading once that when they were that expensive, they were timepieces, not watches—“seventeen minutes to go.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He enjoys his responsibilities: Bible readings, teaching the word of Jesus, visiting the sick. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Davos shuffled through the letters slowly, reading each one over several times, wondering whether he should change a word here or add one there. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“So you finished reading the report for her.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Rachel nodded drowsily, too tired to keep her mind on the reading. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

So perhaps you are reading this as a young man and wondering what on earth your abuelo is doing, leaving you a box full of letters and music and poetry. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Thus they legitimize a profoundly anachronistic reading of the dispute between Hobbes and Boyle by placing their own view of that dispute into the mouth of Hobbes. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

On New Year’s Eve I sat in the living room with my dad, who was reading a book. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I pretended I was reading from the book, flipping pages reg­ularly, but I had abandoned the text altogether, taken over the story, and made up my own. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her dad unfolded the section he was reading and then refolded it in quarters so he could read a different part of the page. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Winter’s daily routine settled into splitting firewood, carrying water from the stream, cooking, reading, and doing schoolwork. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“I miss reading very much. We must go out and look for a library sometime soon.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

That I’ve been keeping it in my art chest, reading these letters by myself in the dark. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the extreme excitement of the chase, he stopped reading Russ’s mind. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Her worldview must be quite incisive, if her reading material was any guide. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this way, she found that even the words that had seemed impossible to decipher on first reading began to make sense as she discovered their place in the story. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

But in a way, I think my mother’s and Granny’s storytelling had had the same effect upon me when a child, as the reading of books: my mind was stimulated, my creativity encouraged. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you drank the whole thing,” Toby said, as if reading his mind. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Before we leave, Justin’s phone buzzes, and he gets that look again—that Chad look—and he shoves his reading pile into his bag and moves to the hall. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

And the only thing that he ever indicated that he wished had been different in his life came when he was reading the chapter “Laura.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face stays calm, like he's reading a quite interesting book. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He imagines his father, in his twenties as Gogol is now, sitting on a train as Gogol had just been, reading a story, and then suddenly nearly killed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As we walk the rest of the way home from school we take turns reading them out loud, dramatizing the parts like radio plays, pausing to shriek with laughter. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fault was found with my reading and writing; it was claimed that I was swelling the electric bill. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily was about to tell him it wasn’t impossible and in fact had happened many times over in the book she was reading when her dad said, “Thought you’d be interested in this.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But I’m thrilled to be alone—two days of watching TV and reading and dancing around the house. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to all of them, though, that the rumors had been frightening enough to make Mrs. Ross cancel her after-school remedial reading class—which she almost never did—and come home early. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

After silent reading period, she went to art and music, and I went to gym and science. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

When I had progressed to really serious reading, every night at about ten p.m. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried reading the comments, but the fast-moving feed made my eyes dizzy. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Again when reading about the period when he had discovered the prison library, Malcolm X’s head jerked up. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And it doesn’t stop short at little girls. So never mind the empty threats, just start reading. Now. At once. And I want to hear something out of that book first!” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Funny thing, after reading for a while, I actually started to understand it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I feel like—I know her so intimately, after reading Julie’s confession. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

My textbooks began to make sense, and I found myself doing more than the required reading. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Dimly, he remembered reading about that; in the olden days they had believed in canals on Mars. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He spent the Day by my Fire, reading Volumes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

A girl with a round pasty face and short black hair was sitting in an armchair, reading a magazine. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I know. I got the reading list,” I said. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I stopped reading and waited for the explosion. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He saw the chaplain reading from his open prayer-book; the wooden coffin, the hastily dug grave. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was reading a magazine, her swollen feet propped up on a cushion. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Sam's heart was a big as die rest of him, but far all his reading he could be as thick as Grom at times. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I keep a little packet of salt in a shoebox under my bed, and I pinch a bit onto the potato and keep reading. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Funky and low-down, the kind inspired by reading too much Carlos Castaneda and Rilke and Robert Bly and dropping acid with a guy who claimed to be my cosmic mate from a past life. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Henry had got a copy of Dante’s Purgatorio from my bookshelf and was reading it, absorbed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

After supper, when Adam sat in his new comfortable chair, reading the Salinas Index, he felt a stroking touch on his shoulder and looked up. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The thing that was the most normal about her was that she loved reading mysteries. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

In my reading I’d come across a lot of information on malaria and none of it led me to believe the disease was as harmless as Nigel seemed to think. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It turned out that reading was a great idea because the book was terrific. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Without Theresa and Ralph knowing, she spent large parts of her afternoons listening to the radio, or reading the magazines she kept under her mattress. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s been reading it for five days now and I flip it open today and she still on Chapter One, page fourteen. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be reading over there,” she says, pointing to a café. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But there is enough accessible information on a face to make everyday mind reading possible. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

My parents will absolutely freak out if they find that I’m not in my room reading. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

When I finished reading the flyer, I folded it back up neatly, put it exactly where I found it, and threw up in the sink. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He stared at me over his reading glasses. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I look back down, reading the rest of the text. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I reach for my backpack and pull out my daddy’s gold notebook, which I’ve been reading, like, every day since I found it when we still lived in our apartment. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Instead of beginning the day by reading La Prensa or rearranging the canned goods in the store, Abuelito sat in a chair in the sun. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Later, Bobby would increase the degree of difficulty by reading chess books in multiple languages. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He spends entire weekends holed up in the house, reading books from Gerald and Lydia’s shelves, admiring the sunlight that filters through the enormous unadorned windows during the course of the day. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Savage smiled triumphantly and resumed his reading. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I ate a slice and killed some time reading until it was time for church. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He’d spend half an hour reading a paragraph over and over again and even then, he didn’t know what to do with it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But it's still there, the old issue of Het Parool that Mirjam was reading on the day she disappeared, already growing a little yellow around the edges. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

In the campus bookstore, I shop for the items on Morrie’s reading list. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How did you like my reading of the character, gentlemen?” said Mr. Waldengarver, almost, if not quite, with patronage. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

They had stopped reading the Bible and Shakespeare since Neeley started high school. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Observing Jenny, reading Malthus, thinking about the finches, he put it all together. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was reading the sports section of the Times. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A line five deep waited at the register while Holly finished reading the newspaper. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Say, W.E.”—Gilly flashed her teeth at him—“how about you and me doing a little red-hot reading after supper? You know, squeeze the old orange reader?” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I would sit through the twilight on the front porches or in backyards, reading to the cool, whirling sounds of the sprinklers. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If any of you want me to read what you are going to write,” she announced at the first class, “you will be responsible for a reading list of my choice.” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Harry made to follow him, but found his path blocked as Percy Weasley strode into the lift, his nose buried in some papers he was reading. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“But she is employing the literary conceits and techniques of a novel. And the meeting you speak of has already occurred—you have been reading it for the past quarter of an hour.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Another day passes, and still I can hear Miss Hilly’s voice talking the words, reading the lines. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Remember people are not reading you as entertainment, they’re reading you as cultural commentary. That’s a real responsibility. There are kids writing college essays about your blog,” he said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It’s time for reading at the window, and besides, Byrd didn’t want him to be gone long. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

"I was only reading; I mean, those are Mr. Westing's words." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later in life I learned that the way many governors projected the numbers of beds they’d need for prison facilities was by examining the reading scores of third graders. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

‘What was that old man doing? What have you to say, Aragorn, to the reading of Legolas. Can you better it?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She might even – and this will make you jump – she might even be your lovely school-teacher who is reading these words to you at this very moment. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

What deep readings his modified sensibility might make of human suffering, of the self-destructive folly or sheer bad luck that drive men toward ill health! Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The reading of comics is done in reverential silence, with now and then a few monosyllables of trade. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The rabbi was sitting quietly, reading his book. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Everyone was standing around the monument reading the passages on the wall. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I had read Guadalcanal Diary but didn’t remember reading about that problem. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was unfolded, and he was reading it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

But if the Head of Magical Law Enforcement isn’t reading his files — HARRY: But I don’t need to read it—I’m out there, hearing about it. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

After I finished reading the manuscript documenting Lewis’s murder, I kept returning to one detail: she had been killed for her headright in 1918. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Ah, yes. I saw her downstairs reading When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead. We’ll reach her later. It’s nearly noon and I’m eager to move on to the next round of our competition.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Harry was sitting on his steps reading the newspaper. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Edna was glad to be rid of her father when he finally took himself off with his wedding garments and his bridal gifts, with his padded shoulders, his Bible reading, his “toddies” and ponderous oaths. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a result of this introduction to literature, and given the fact that Mr. Monroe is an English professor, Chester developed a taste for reading early in life. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were already lining up the chess pieces and reading from the dog-eared instruction book. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if you leave your house, I remember reading, it’s best to board it up. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The taxi waited as I ran into the newspaper reading room and found the paper Newman mentioned. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“It so happens I just finished reading it last night.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

It was his custom, after each reading, to ask X to plot out or pad out the letter of reply, or to insert a few impressive words in French or German. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She’s always reading or sending a text, talking to someone, leaving a voice memo, or adding another to-do item to a to-do list on the to-do app she never closes. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Like a blind man reading Braille, I traced my fingers over the graffiti scratched into the concrete blocks. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The book is filled with diary entries written by the pioneers themselves during their time on the trail, and even though a lot of it is flat-out horrifying, I can’t stop reading it. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Teachers would say to the rest of the class, ‘I only wish the rest of you took reading as seriously as Richard obviously does.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, as Sandi tried reading the menu, with the help of her index finger, sounding out syllables, she did not recognize the names of dishes listed. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Jay was on my other side, somehow reading a book while listening to the world’s worst music. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

As though reading my thoughts, she makes her decision. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then I got this book I was reading and sat down in my chair. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Neighborhood kids ran past the door of the bedroom where I was reading my schoolbooks—covered with shopping-bag paper. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found his mother curled up in bed reading the same Butler book she had been a few days before. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I stayed up all night reading it two days ago. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

She made out a slip for the books she wanted and then started reading a magazine article that the librarian gave her about the Civil War. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

For much of the journey, the teenager has been reading a paperback copy of Anna Karenina for a class in Russian literature. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I scrolled through, reading them all before sending quick responses to the three of them—Shannon, Carlos, and English—letting them know that I was okay. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, We started reading a short story in my English class called “The Last Spin.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“So you truly were reading that book when I came across you in the library.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And in his dream, Coyotito was reading from a book as large as a house, with letters as big as dogs, and the words galloped and played on the book. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dismay,” said Peach, as if he were reading my thoughts. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The announcements go off, and Mrs. Fisher starts talking about our language arts project, but I don’t stop reading. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Then I heard a muffled voice reading something in the courtroom. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I lay in bed, reading the papers I’d picked up at the meeting. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Lily is sitting at the table reading something. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Though I know I'm reading what she thought of as private, I lean in to see what she's written. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I got really good at reading people to see if they’d count their change or not. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Pretend I’m sitting next to you and we are reading “The Princess Who Could Not Cry” like we used to. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I tried to see what she was reading, but I couldn't make out the title. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The reading room, housed right up in the dome of the building, was formerly the chapel of the Royal Bethlehem Hospital—the old Bedlam. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Some children were seated in a ring at the front of the room with their chairs, and they had some of the same books Grandma had me reading at home. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

After a while I stopped reading and turned off the light and watched it get dark outside. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“He was talking about the unconscious and dreams. He was also reading Graetz on Hasidism.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I’d been reading that Brazil is the race mecca and I go to Rio and nobody looks like me in the nice restaurants and the nice hotels. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She always chooses the most bizarre reading material for flights. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was halfway through reading the letter when Sean’s voice broke my concentration. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Mate reread the paragraph, this time realizing what she was reading. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The beanbag chairs are really comfy for reading,” I say. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Melanie was having trouble keeping her mind on her reading because she was so worried about what she Was planning to do. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other one was reading a little black book while she drank her coffee. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Later the navigator took three more insurance readings— boards 58, 59, and 60. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was always reading books when I should have been doing math and the rest of it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Then I went to Dr. Roland’s office, where I lay reading on the couch with my jacket thrown over me until the sun came up, and I turned off the lamp and went to sleep. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She looked like she might be about my age, and she was reading a book about llamas. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He was reluctant to close the book, reading each item aloud and then looking eagerly at me. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Right. So were reading about him, and Tino comes around the corner real fast and gets scared.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used to drive Mother and us to Sunday school, and then sit outside in the car, reading The New York Times and ignoring the shocked glares of passing churchgoers. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hurrying along the path, Kit told him about the reading lessons. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

In third grade, he’d lied about finishing his take-home reading, and the next day his mom had landed in the hospital with appendicitis. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The only furniture in the room was a huge chair puffed with gray silk cushions, a tilted reading table, and a floor lamp deeply hooded. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered their arms entangled, their stupid little inside jokes, the way he felt when he would come over to her house after school and see her reading through the window. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He observed her fingers, tipped with black nail polish, turn the pages of the book she was reading as she lounged on the fraying orange sofa. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

And then, almost as if he were reading her mind, William Spiver said, “I meant what I said. I’m here because I was looking for you. I missed you.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she would ask me about what I was reading and didn’t I get tired of all those carrots and celery sticks and didn’t I want some cookies. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

His eyes were fixed, and he could not lift them till he had finished reading all the spell. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

One day in mid-July, he was at his desk, reading and taking notes, when Assistant Secretary of Defense John McNaughton dropped by. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

All my magazine reading and overheard remarks fell at once into a grotesque but understandable pattern. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the moment I’m reading Emperor Charles V, written by a professor at the University of Gottingen; he’s spent forty years working on this book. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

We can use the measurements in math, we can use labels in reading. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At reading buddies time I manage not to scare my buddy. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Albright keeps talking and reading from the handbook and talking some more. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

So that he went back to his enclosure, reading and rereading the parchments and listening until very late at night to Fernanda sobbing in her bedroom. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Dell had picked up the cat after reading a notice online about a lost pet. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

When Wells gave a reading soon after her book was published in Greenwich, Connecticut, there were seven people in the audience. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Esmeralda, try to form those letters better. I always have trouble reading your handwriting.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

When I lay down in bed that night, I put on the Billie Holiday record, and I started reading the book of e. e. cummings poems. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Before I can stop her, Edna is reading my stuff and grinning stupidly. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She went back to reading aloud a tragic love poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson—who, I guess, couldn’t figure out how to punctuate his own name. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I switch on my reading lamp and listen to the shipping forecasts on the radio on low volume. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“According to my readings, they were once quite popular among the upper classes, though I’m sad to say they’ve gone out of fashion in the last century or so.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Between daily discussions with him and a rigid schedule of reading, I had been working harder than I'd ever found necessary at college. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

That his father now knew he was reading forbidden books and was not going to try to stop him? The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

As the days melted into weeks, she tried not to think how very kind it was of Betsy to keep reading to her. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

TTien, for lack of any other books, he started reading them again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“So welcome to the sweet torture of reading An Imperial—” I stopped when I heard violent sobbing on the other end of the line. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Jethro took the letters after the others had finished reading them and kept them in his room, where he could read and reread them to himself. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell you what—Robbie will rig up a reading light for you. I’ll leave the generator on. Will you want some breakfast?” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were kids from Uruguay and Korea who had just learned English but were doing extra credit for the current events stuff in Intro to Wall Street, reading Barron’s and Crain’s Business Daily. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“The most healthy among them are lying abed, reading out fairy tales to one another.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I wonder if you could rig me a reading light?” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dasch was familiar with most of the men in the class from reading their files and questioning them. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“Well, that is progress! And did I just hear some mention of yeast? Are you reading a cookbook? That would be a very practical thing to study.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Thank goodness. Adults can be so serious and dull. And as you all know, reading and learning are anything but dull!” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

When Terrell, Hakim, and Sir see us reading Harry Potter they just shake their heads. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zooey took a parting look at the page he had been reading, then closed the manuscript and dropped it over the side of the tub. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Never once did he consider that Thyon might be reading them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Each teenager played an integral role in developing the diary entries—reading, editing, and encouraging one another. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Atticus leaned forward a little, the better to disapprove of what he was reading. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Houseman later admitted that neither he nor Welles remembered reading The War of the Worlds. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

With the question still burning in his brain, Ellsberg spent the summer reading the Pentagon Papers. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It sounded like she was reading from a prefabricated script. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

After Miss Fulton’s reading, I don’t want to hear my voice reading tonight. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

"I didn't mean that. I meant—I didn't know you were interested in reading." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

During the day, I promptly came home after school and spent the rest of the day doing homework, reading and helping around the house. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wow, I get nauseous just from reading my phone in the car,” says Nick. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

But in his reading he discovered a hole in this version of events—a factor so critical that it drastically changed Dobyns's view of native America. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“A man should have squint lines from looking at the horizon,” the old librarian had said, “not just from reading in dim light.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“These will be your partners and your routes for the next month, so get used to them,” Coach Williams says as if he’s reading my mind. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

His grandfather had been very kind to him, reading Joseph stories from old books in front of a fireplace in a room filled with statues and boxes and who knew what else. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“You mean semantics, numbnut. Try reading more books instead of stealing them.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He went on: “It was no use. Your reading was right. There’s just no way I could have got less than 300 rs.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Lily had been reading The House of Mirth all week. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She seemed to be reading three books at a time while also conversing on the phone in a language that sounded like a chorus of tiny bells. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mary Anne selected a chair directly opposite from where her father sat reading the paper. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A story that I had read in prison when I was reading a lot of Greek mythology flicked into my head. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her free-time activities were sightseeing with her parents, reading, puzzles, and Book Scavenger. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Granny didn’t sit on the porch reading Greek and Latin and Shakespeare, or get up lectures for children, or recite poetry. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She was reading from a page with an early version of the formula and several inaccurate graphs. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I was reading in The New York Times about this study— Skeezie: Our ice cream’s probably sitting over there on the counter, melting. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Taylor left the safety of her tent and padded into the kitchen, where her dad sat reading the paper and eating a bowl of cornflakes. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

In her bedroom, Emily Brent, dressed in black silk ready for dinner, was reading her Bible. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He put me in charge of anything that needed a leader and made me coach the slower kids in reading. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She felt that something had gone out of her during that last reading. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

My mother would find me reading when I was supposed to be asleep or helping around the house or playing outside. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except that my mom’s not reading the paper; she’s staring at me. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

But there was hardly any reading aloud anymore, less and less as we got into high school. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least we won’t have to start reading the first chapter in the textbook: “I’m OK, You’re OK: On Differences as We Develop.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“No, man. It’s not for class. I’m reading it for me, actually.” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sitting under my tree at lunch, reading a book, when a group of girls shouted at me, from across the quad, to come sit with them. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Miss Saunders picks up the papers and starts reading some out loud. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

But then she tried reading my journals, even though she doesn’t understand English. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

In third grade I was reading at a second-grade reading level. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

At the same time, for all his reading, he didn’t even know what chitlins is. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her room looked cosy and warm, and Joseph wondered if her parents were awake downstairs, reading side by side in their bedroom or preparing tomorrow’s lunch for her. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Five or six students got on, several reading books even as they walked down the aisles. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s moved on to the place he needs to do his reading, which is not the place he wants to do his reading. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

My sister takes a longer look, reading the details while our parents sip their tea. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I would open the books and read, while filling my composition books with notes on my reading, new vocabulary words, and sentences of my own invention. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Math first thing in the morning, then science and gym, lunch and health, and finally, reading, language arts, and social studies in Mr. Larson's room. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

If I weren’t out here every day battling the white man, I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity—because you can hardly mention anything I’m not curious about. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, other than my schoolteachers reading out of our textbooks, no one had ever read to me before. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Nora comes in with her sandwich and goes back to reading. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I’d been reading for over an hour and sleep still didn’t come. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Elle was leaning against the wall and reading something on her phone outside the yearbook office when I got there. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Rhiannon finds me like that, in the selfless reading space that the mind loans out. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She was constantly second-guessing herself, reading too much into Jason’s expressions, his moods, his offhand comments. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She just turned back to her glowing staff, made minute adjustments, and stared at the mist like a psychic reading tea leaves. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I see you’d been a reading of ’em when I come in. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He had the pages marked with ribbons as if it were a Bible marked for readings. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Sister Naima spent half of our class making everyone take turns reading the same line of the Quran over and over again.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

If you ever caught me reading one of those teen magazines, I swear, it wasn’t for the makeup tips. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

My eyeglasses correct the astigmatism that I got from all the reading in prison. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it was over and we sat back, Joseph reading the first page of Walden—probably to be polite—my father said, “Joseph, I think there’s one more thing.” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I hope you are reading your Bible and using the Scripture to temper your emotions, to always keep a cool head about you. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It’s not hard to see how Alex would get better at reading and math over the summer. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Shay had obviously meant to hide the meaning from anyone else reading it, using references only the two of them would understand. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

On my way to work, I was reading and sending text messages. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She wrote like it was a fairy tale, and reading those pages felt like peeking into the Mom of ten years ago: the Mom who wrote a book and nursed a baby. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I listened to the song after reading the letter, but decided not to write back right away. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Pitezel learned of the discovery of her girls by reading a morning newspaper. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I noticed, though, when he came home for Christmas, that he was reading a book called Les Misérables, and I decided that it must be the kind of a book a college student reads. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Nylon stockings—heels. Have you been reading those trashy fashion magazines again? Let’s not move too fast, young lady. You’ve got all your life to wear stockings, but you’ll only be young once.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I walked into a situation where all of a sudden there were seven hundred and eight hundred people at my readings.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a joyous moment, but I knew from my reading that they would be likely to return. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Is to help Pe Pierre, a friend of Titid’s, to teach the boys reading. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the scholars didn’t even know it was there, but the librarians did, because they used it as a shortcut between the stacks and the reading rooms in the base of the tower. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I go back to my room and sit on my squeaky bed, stewing and reading but mostly stewing. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember as a child reading or hearing the words “The Great Divide” and being stunned by the glorious sound, a proper sound for the granite backbone of a continent. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think it is better to use newspapers for wrapping than for reading.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mom comes downstairs and I’m reading the funnies and eating oatmeal. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Coach West comes over while I’m reading the engraving on the plaque below the statue. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but I’ve just finished reading a great book that tells all about what they did to the mummies and everything. I’ve got some tough ideas.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nods and shows me a letter he’s reading. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

I see she has been reading the wall. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

What ever happened to reading a book because you liked it? Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Papi sits on the chair next to my bed, reading a Spanish newspaper. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Bill was in my room reading the paper. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

It’s one of the things I remember most about that time: Cal, sitting on a rock, reading Hermann Hesse and learning about the Buddha. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Rose,” I said, reading it off the snuff can. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Travis visibly tensed up, but he kept reading, also ignoring them. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She’d skipped over to Dad, pointing to a page in the Foreign Foods! cookbook she was reading. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Bonnie’s obsessed with dead things. She’s reading books about them all the time and then she can’t sleep. It’s annoying when you share a room.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Next to them on the catwalk, three bored- looking Amazon guards leaned against their spears and gazed at little black tablets in their hands like they were reading. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

"Keep reading. Let's hear just a page or two more." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The atmosphere of controversy did give me some trepidation about a reading I was scheduled to give at the Ossining Public Library in June of 2000. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Conduct research by reading about and exploring available teaching materials on that culture. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

‘At first I only wanted to read the Bible so I could preach to my people. But” —he smiled again, showing his lovely, even teeth—“a little reading is an exceedingly dangerous thing.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I stand there awhile fingering the puffed-up gold letters at the top of the page and reading the letter over and over again. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, that’s the idea. But for some of them the reading level is too hard. They don’t all read at grade level.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

George felt a warm wave pass over her as she remembered reading Charlotte’s lines. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I was reading an article about how this is a great time for innovation. This is the moment for entrepreneurs.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I am very much looking forward to the next book we are reading. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

From his expression, or lack of it, he might have been killing time on a railway platform reading a billboard advertisement for Dr. Scholl’s foot pads. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Though the article had been written for the likes of me, the best I could say after reading this explanation was, “I think I understand this.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

One evening, Grampa had been reading the paper for a while. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I have learned that reading can be fun. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

At night, instead of sitting and reading and smoking his pipe in the living room, as he had done before, Mr. Popper would put on his overcoat and take his things downstairs. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even though we only had a week before finals, I spent Monday afternoon reading “Song of Myself.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Finn flipped pages, reading the lists of names until he came to his own, three names down from the top of the page. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Don’t stop reading the story, please,” she croaked out. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“My son is my most precious possession. I have nothing in the world compared to my son. I must know what he is reading. And I cannot ask him.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t tell her that I’d learned to read and write by reading only the Bible, the Book of Mormon, and speeches by Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He could have been reading from a set of standing orders. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Rocky did not hear her; he was reading a sports magazine. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They’ve been reading The Outsiders for English class, lying on his bed side by side with the same book open, she a little farther along. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

In the moments she had to herself, usually in the dark, minutes before falling asleep, Briony contemplated a ghostly parallel life in which she was at Girton, reading Milton. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Instead, a clipped military voice was reading out, with a sort of brutal relish, a description of the armaments of the new Floating Fortress which had just been anchored between Iceland and the Faroe Islands. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He was speaking slowly and precisely, the way he did when he read the first and second readings, yet I could not hear it all. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The groups of women who were coming to Wells’s readings were members of reading groups, and they were buying extra copies not just for family and friends but for other members of their group. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was reading story after story about how difficult a year this was for college admissions, how selective the top schools had become, how even the brightest lads were meeting rejection. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, about a paragraph into Heather’s reading, he gets up and grabs a lav pass from Mr. Shunk’s desk. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

All My Love Forever, Ishmael After a half hour of walking and thinking and of reading Ishmael’s letter four more times, she took it regretfully to her mother. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Because, of course, that’s what reading is: using symbols to suggest a picture or an idea. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Betsy did not give any explanation of the novel she was reading, simply commenced to read aloud where she had broken off reading to herself. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Music education in the U.S. began after the Pilgrims and Puritans arrived, when ministers realized that their congregation needed help singing and reading music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I haven’t seen her reading the Learn About the United States booklet in months. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I looked up to see him reading the ingredients on my mother’s box of presoak powder. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now Ms. Hardwick is reading another boring book in class, and April hasn’t smiled at you since the lunchroom brawl. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Purple is my favorite color, Ivy. Don’t you think it’s a sign? Maybe I should do a reading for myself.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I read anything good that I can get my hands on. I'm reading Hemingway now. You’ve heard of Hemingway.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

And she wasn’t reading this word on the wall of her old bathroom stall. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A pair of reading glasses dangle around her neck. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I called over to where he was reading a paper. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ellsberg continued reading all summer, with the door of his office closed. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Charles said there were so many reviews and notices that he got sick of reading about himself. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wait another couple of days before finally reading the e-mails that Olly has sent. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It spits me out right by the nurses’ station on my floor, where Julie is reading over some paperwork. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

And from the study of things underfoot, and from reading and thinking, came a kind of exploration, myself and the land. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A third group was given the topic after reading the story; it didn’t help them at all. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I stop reading my journal and look up. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to her that the nightly reading was her job now too, with Deen gone. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My love for reading removed me from the streets and curtailed my involvement in gangs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

From obsessive reading online, the politics, history, and geography of the two Koreas, China, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the United States would all become familiar. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Everything in life is an omen,” said the Englishman, now closing the journal he was reading. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was enjoying reading it, but if you need it that badly...” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I need readings at the same time in different places. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just everybody,” I’m about to say, “just everybody hates me,” but instead I get lost reading all the subway car ads. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“We need to focus on reading through this so we know what we have.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“No, no. It was only a figure of speech. I’d get in trouble if she knew I was reading these,” she said. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember reading a passage in a book dealing with old Russia which said: “We must be ready to make endless sacrifices if we are to be able to overthrow the Czar.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I kept certain books hidden in my locked trunk, reading them late at night by the flame of a candle. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“As for the lessons,” Dad says, reading my thoughts. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Its specialty was reading the coded cables of foreign diplomats who were based in the United States. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I was reading in the chat room, wasn’t I?” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

We learned the same things in school that children learn all over the world—reading, writing, arithmetic. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No one has trouble reading it. I really do not care to change my style.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back in the kitchen, he found Mr. Richard reading the sheets of paper he had left on the countertop. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In this light I spread the evening paper out on the polished hardwood floor and rest on my knees and elbows, reading the comics. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

No one in the family remembers reading that article—they figure Lawrence just put it in a drawer and forgot about it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The fluid in the syringe is silver-gray, like fish scales, and as it flows into me through the needle, I imagine the microscopic technology chewing through my body, reading me and analyzing me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

That he would be reading a book the moment he died. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jaja was in the garden with Aunt Ifeoma’s shears, and I sat with the book I was almost finished reading, watching him. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

This opened wide vistas of scenes and locales that I did not so much visit in my reading, but rather possessed. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“My little sisters? My father's sugarcane fields and orange groves? I love reading poems, but there's nothing for me to really write about. Our life is boring.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Master was a little crazy; he had spent too many years reading books overseas, talked to himself in his office, did not always return greetings, and had too much hair. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After that she had plunged headlong into the only other reading matter available, Hannah’s tattered Bible. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Want to join me? I’m reading some old favorites.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She was reading the help wanted ads on a lawn chair in front of the trailer. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

One day Charles walked into the drawing room and found Lenny sitting on the sofa—not jumping on it—and reading a copy of The Origin of Species. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Glass had undressed the package and now stood reading the fine print on the back of a carton of toothpaste. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The most important thing I can say to you—yes, you who are now reading this—is that you, as an individual, have a role to play and can make a difference. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Soon as Mong left I reached into Rondell’s bag for my new book, Of Mice and Men, thinking maybe I could try reading a little. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Milo nodded his head, and they went on, reading from their scrolls. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

When she wasn’t reading, she was drawing ores or hobbits. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Only a couple of kids are out here, including Lena, who’s reading as usual. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

There was a fire in the fireplace, and students were scattered around in armchairs, talking quietly or reading. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I hurry toward language arts class, reading the names in the bricks as I go past the girls’ restroom. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It’s late, but I can’t sleep, so I’ve been reading the last chapters of The World at the End of the Tunnel. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I had let go of my dream of reading about when I was sixteen and took on responsibilities to help feed all the little ones that came to our family. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother narrows her eyes behind her reading glasses. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I was persisting in reading my present environment in the light of my old one. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The police captain was reading the arrest report when Officer Delinko and the sergeant came in. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a sigh, she went back to reading as before, and made it to the end of the Commandments before Babulya stopped her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I pointed out to my father that Danny was anyway reading on his own now, without direction from an adult. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“But I’m not done reading,” he replies, laughter in his voice. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He was sitting, calm and smug as ever, in the armchair by the window, reading a book. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I sit in the waiting room reading the list of doctors over and over. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Under its guidelines, by fourth grade, students will devote half their reading time to nonfiction, including historical documents, maps, and other “informational texts”—even such materials as train schedules and recipes. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

By choice I do not consult the movie ratings of the Legion of Decency, and my reading is not curtailed by the Index. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother sat in the kitchen downstairs, reading a magazine. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I began at the end, as I sometimes did with biographies I had no intention of reading all the way through, and found his last words without too much searching. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

An auburn-haired woman with a tight bun and pursed red lips peruses the laptop on the desk in front of her, reading the data from our barcodes. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The old man ignored the passing horses and carriages, the silk brocade and the government seal, and simply continued reading a large book in his lap, placidly fingering a bag of red string beside him. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The archivist wheeled the newest batch of boxes on a cart into the small reading room, before rolling out the previous load. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Glenn ascended to the podium, grinning broadly as he stood behind a sign reading spacetown, usa. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I know that the stupid little girl I’m reading to starts crying because she says I’m yelling at her which I’m not. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He placed a deep and comfortable Morris chair under the best reading lamp he could find. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She sets it aside and takes off her reading glasses, setting those aside too. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Rouse was getting mad about the reading log, so I knew I had to start reading something. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

So when ‘ ‘lights out’ ’ came, I would sit on the floor where I could continue reading in that glow. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like it’s no big deal for me to be in a library reading. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent a good portion of my day there reading. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Kainene always made sure they didn’t stay long, and she didn’t ask him to meet them because she said they would bore him, so he stayed upstairs reading or scribbling until they left. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Anyways, that’s what I found myself thinking about at one point, between reading my book. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Taking another reading on the sun’s rays, feeling the magnetic pull of the earth, she flew north on the fateful ninety-degree line headed for Wisconsin. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

But as time went on, Bobby just kept journeying more and more into himself, once again reading chess books and playing over games from the past. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dalton was holding a drink and reading the paper. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

While they were forced to run up and down the sandy gridiron, Milton was reading a paragraph by someone named Carlyle and answering the questions that followed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“No, the great pity is that although Lyra possesses the alethiometer itself, there’s no means of reading it whatsoever,” he said. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll tell you, I hate to write. Don’t mind reading so much, but I hate to write.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Leon would pick Bailey: one of the weak kids, high honor student, but shy, introverted, always reading, his eyes red- rimmed behind the glasses. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth had been in the middle of reading about the construction equipment used to build the Arch, but she looked over. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I spent all my time in the library, reading the Jacobean dramatists. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Luna has his reading glasses on, and he looks like he hasn’t shaved in weeks. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In the school bus from Tembisa, reading the gruesome accounts of what took place in Soweto in the late afternoon edition of the World, I felt hate and anger well up inside me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moody limped around the table and bent down; Harry thought he was reading the S.P.E.W. notebook, until he muttered, “Nice Cloak, Potter.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Do you realize you are spending more time now reading than you used to spend on games? Do you know that your arithmetic grades are actually getting worse?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I've done the same thing at home when my mother's asking me to get out of bed or if I've finished my reading homework. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was Mala who consoled me when, reading the Globe one evening, I came across Mrs. Croft's obituary. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then Emily passed her a note, which she pocketed without reading. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

It scared me, but I couldn’t stop reading, couldn’t stop imagining—what if it were possible, all these things that they wanted. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The woman was even harder for Citra to read than Faraday—and reading people was not her forte by any means. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He invites them to do that in his church every Sunday He gets those guys, Joe, Graeme, and Joshua, to do some readings. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

As if reading her thoughts, Jude leaned down and whispered, “Me too.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s good of them to warn us,” Shoba conceded after reading the notice aloud, more for her own benefit than Shukumar’s. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

After reading your last letter, I worry so much about you living in that capitalist society. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

A noise in the kitchen startles me from my reading and I check the clock. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The novel became required reading for all Hitler Youth and later was turned into a successful film. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Clusters of brightly colored balloons were tethered to the green-shaded lamps on the reading desks. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Living such dangers, however, proved quite different than reading about them. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Later, Nathan awoke and stayed in his room reading the third book in the trilogy. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Any other experts would find, after proper study, the exact readings I have given here.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mom spent a lot of time reading, and Dad got the shed set up so he could work on inventions, and I made a couple of new friends. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

So what I'm reading about here on the screen, this is still going on. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking at art in those three days expands his view of color in painting in a way that reading about it could not. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The man fidgets, twisting a hat in his hands while Danuta sits at the table, reading the letter he’s brought. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Tonight,” she said, “a reading from the Book of Psalms.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Felix focused on the web page, reading it from top to bottom. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Pollard, who called the horse Pops, sat outside the stall, reading the paper while Seabiscuit was cooled out, the horse would tug his hot walker off course to snuffle his jockey’s hands. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, after we finished reading about how ancient Sumerians built sundials, Jack whispered: “Do you ever want to beat those kids up?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

When she came back with the small pile of earlier editions, her mother was standing at the table, reading the editorial about Mr. Larson. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve already read some of these, but I don’t mind reading them again,” he said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

One day, following a series of months during which I had been repeatedly punished by teachers for being without certain reading books, I decided to quit school permanently. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

On warm days, instead of going to school, I would go to Central Park and spend the day reading. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I tried reading five pages every evening, but often I was too tired to concentrate and did not understand what I read. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Presently, she was in a room with white walls where a woman sat reading a book by a window. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t think of anything worse than reading a column on how to clean house,” he says, and I notice that his front tooth is the slightest bit crooked. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He was sitting at the table, reading the Weekly World News. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Uncle Vernon finished reading, put his hand back into his breast pocket, and drew out something else. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

People who have had highly abusive childhoods also do well; like stroke victims, they’ve had to practice the difficult art of reading minds, in their case the minds of alcoholic or violent parents. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Emily did not even look up from her reading, and she gave herself time to read the letter several times over. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When he was not socializing or sleeping, he lay on his cot smoking or chewing gum and reading sports magazines or paperback thrillers. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, to Gogol Ganguli’s relief, they take turns reading aloud from “The Necklace,” by Guy de Maupassant. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Start reading, will you, little witch!” she hissed. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She provided the safe space of a reading room on the first floor, low-rent lodging upstairs, and an employment bureau to provide leads on jobs. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“What a miserable business. Two years of reading Freud, and I have to end up doing experimental psychology.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Conway had us up and reading as soon as the readers had been handed out. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

After a while, I sit at a table near the front of the room, facing the flower-strewn altar that’ll soon be occupied with a fine of people reading their eulogies to my brother. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

One woman had left her Bible on her seat, and she picked it up and began reading it, her lips moving silently. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Never did I weary of reading to him; never did I weary of conducting him where he wished to go: of doing for him what he wished to be done. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I am reading a book called Antarctic Adventures. It is very interesting. It tells all about the different people who have gone to the South Pole and what they have found there.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

As more time went by, I contemplated taking out a book to look like I was reading, but I didn’t want to sit there by myself anymore. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Dad sits at the table reading the paper. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I inquired if that was Serjeant Clippinger’s reading; and he replied glumly, Liberty to Slant. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It was the first time he’d said her name since they admitted to reading my letters. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Copernicus tells us that he engaged in a systematic programme of reading as he struggled with the formulation of his new astronomy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He’d say, Is this what the men of Ireland fought and died for that my own son is sitting there at the kitchen table reading the freemason paper? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

After hearing this news, Reynie could hardly return to his reading. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She tried reading for a while, but soon noticed that she wasn't taking in a word of what she read, so she gave it up and stared out of the window like Dustfinger. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He could read about it in the Post- Intelligencer in the morning and then enjoy reading about it again in the Seattle Times in the evening. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I start reading some of the stuff on the walls. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, you like reading books too. So just do that!” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Our reading material was random and inappropriate, delivered to us in unlabeled cardboard boxes from Léopoldville. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When encouraging Johnny to try training for a marathon, or when I failed to win the reading prize in seventh grade. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Is it reading aloud in front of others that bothers you?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Only a handful of sparkling silver stars that she scatters across the velvet-covered table, reading them like runes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

On an October day in 1753, Robert Dinwiddie, Royal Governor of His Majesty’s Colony of Virginia, sat in his office in Williamsburg, the capital of Virginia, reading the latest reports from the frontier. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d read some about it in my geography book in Navajo High School and was reading more about it now. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They encouraged him to study constantly, to read through their meals together, to stay up late reading, to stop wasting time with his friends. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Alex could see that he was reading from a sheet of paper. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It’s a picture of a frowning Will, a wilted bouquet of flowers in his hand, a bubble caption underneath it reading “Sorry.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Papa already sat at the dining room table reading yesterday’s newspaper. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then, with his pencil poised over the form, Grandpa looked up over his reading glasses and asked, “Son, why ain’t you said nothin’ bout this up to now?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The deacon walked up to the lectern to give a reading. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I’m reading about Glenn Burke out here because I have the apartment to myself all afternoon. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“Remember, just because it’s summer doesn’t mean you have to stop reading,” Mr. Shephard says. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

A moment’s reading vindicated Miss Marsten’s statement; the Nexus-6 did have two trillion constituents plus a choice within a range of ten million possible combinations of cerebral activity. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Kendra was sitting on her bed, reading poems by Shel Silverstein, when the room suddenly brightened. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I sank down into the bedcovers, thinking and thinking and occasionally reading a couple of pages of Anne of Green Gables, to help put me in a writing mood. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

But perhaps you had best throw this letter onto the fire after reading it. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I used Shabbat afternoons for reading, and by the first week of May I had caught up enough to be able to begin attending student council meetings again. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I assume it’s boring grown-ups’ business and go back to reading the newspaper on the living room floor. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I rushed up to our room where Caroline, still innocent and golden, lay stomach down on her bed reading. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was watching me around Grandma’s rowing arm, and she was reading my mind. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

When they first arrived, the officers told us, inmates segregated here received no privileges beyond an hour of daily exercise—no reading or writing materials, no personal property. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the reading had been wonderful; the Louisa Alcott books for example. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What are we reading this week, my friend? Another travelogue?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brother Worbs opens his Book of Mormon and continues reading, leaving the boys to check through the warehouse every few hours. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

From her bedroom, the book she was reading still in hand, appeared the death of them all. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man in a white coat was reading the dials. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Ten minutes of silent reading plus fifty of math plus fifty of social studies before music class, equals one hundred and ten minutes. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

In the interim, despite my lack of college, my reading skills had allowed me to get better jobs. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“As a matter of fact, from now on, I’ll leave time for poetry readings at the end of every month. We’ll call them Open Mike Fridays.” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I ran out of reading matter, I was reduced to studying the ripstop pattern woven into the tent ceiling. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sweet, gentle, silly Grandpa Dan, who told stories in between the readings and said things like “How do I know? I was there!” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

John sits with our mother at one end of the dining table, reading to her from a book of old Republic tales. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I had known, even before reading the message, that my mother shared my father’s dark vision, that she believed the devil had a hold of me, that I was dangerous. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The room must be reading her heartbeat, her sweat, her pupil dilation. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

So I will just say I wish she was here right now and we were sitting close together reading a book or something. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Harry woke early on the morning of the trip, which was proving stormy, and whiled away the time until breakfast by reading his copy of Advanced Potion-Making. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The windows of the reading room were bright and blank; bookshelves, empty carrels, not a soul. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I see her reading her Bible every now and then. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As much as I enjoyed reading, in the world in which I was living it had to be a secret vice. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe this is on the reading list,” he huffs, and holds up a book—The Catcher in the Rye. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Anyone in town who missed reading about it in the newspapers will have seen it on the morning news, which showed close-up footage of us queens in our sashes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had stopped at his cell another day after he knew me a little and asked what he was reading. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But over the summer there was little he could do to police the boys’ reading, and there had been much in both papers to catch their eyes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

That was why, that afternoon I was reading Daniel Deronda on the grass and Ruth was being irritating, I decided it was time someone pointed it out to her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the moment that my friends entered the store, Ping Wah was reading a Chinese newspaper. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s not easy reading with all the noise you’re making on that thing either, you know.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

That same morning, Adams collapsed in his favorite reading chair. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Without looking at me or saying a word, he took the magazine from my hand and began reading. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I was literally overwhelmed when, in reading the works of Russian revolutionists, I came across descriptions of the “holiday energies of the masses,” “the locomotives of history,” “the conditions prerequisite for revolution,” and so Forth. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Most of his known victims had been butchered outdoors, but I also remembered reading about torsos and limbs washing ashore the Thames. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Will sat on a rock, reading the map. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I slept late and spent the tail of the morning reading over my own notes on Palace etiquette and the observations on Gethenian psychology and manners made by my predecessors, the Investigators. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once my parents are asleep, I use my extra key to go back into Olga’s room to see if I can finish reading her emails. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It’s a lot like reading your audience when you’re playing in a tavern. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I can remember as a child reading with breathless fascination the Mars novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, their teacher was casually reading a book at her desk. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I went to my room so I could continue reading the letter from the Courters in private. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

That was definitely enough reading for one day. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above the door to another room is a sign reading County Sheriff’s Office, and under it is a card saying Conservation Officer on duty today. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No extra money in my budget," Mrs. Johnson says, not looking up from her reading. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I felt comfortable enough with him to admit how difficult I found the reading. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It happened one night after I had fallen asleep while reading the lyrics of a song. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I was trying to do my required reading and ignored him. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I picked up The Times and turned the pages without reading it. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I venture out into the hall and into the living room, where Hideo is reading by a crackling fireplace. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Again, Dede feels as if the woman has been eerily reading her thoughts. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Ube hadn’t said she should, Jam considered pulling on the white gloves nestled in the reading desk drawers to use in looking through the books, they seemed that old. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Then why are you reading all the time?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ishmael found his mother at her kitchen table once again, reading the last chapter of Sense and Sensibility by lantern light and drinking tea with sugar and lemon concentrate. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, the song ended and Papa and Dadi started reading again, as if nothing had happened. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. He’s got the lights on. He’s sitting there like he’s reading. Jesus, how that guy does read. You’d think he’d ruin his eyes. He’s got a glass of beer in his hand.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, going to the movies seems to suddenly qualify as an intellectual accomplishment, on a par with reading a book or devoting time to serious thought. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh yes,” said Neville, “I’m fine, thanks. Just reading this book Professor Moody lent me. He held up the book: Magical Water Plants of the Mediterranean. “ Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She said Lord Jon had been reading more than was good for him, that he was troubled and melancholy over his young son's frailty, and gruff with his lady wife. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

While reading the letter, I thought about Paul White. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Whether or not their plan worked depended on him and his words—and Meggie’s reading. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I spent the nights reading Greek until four in the morning, until my eyes burned and my head swam, until the only light burning in Monmouth House was my own. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then, in the summer of 1954, Bobby had an opportunity to see in action some of the greats he’d been reading about. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Besides, I have need to improve my reading, and no one in my family can read.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Penny caught this kid named Joe Ming reading the paper under his desk and asked him what his problem was. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The signing was a secret, but George III was reading a copy 42 hours later. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She started reading: “‘On September twenty-eighth, Poppy Lopez went to Mrs. Garcia’s office and told her that she thought she saw someone taking a baseball bat to her car. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while, pages slide onto the floor, or get greasy from some eggs or bacon Momma eats while she’s reading. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I keep reading what it says...why would any moral person need a gun when it’s clear that too many people are dying? The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Speaking of improved work habits, I was also spending a ton of time reading. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she felt good at seeing him so keen and happy as he moved along, picking out books and looking at them and reading the first page and putting them back before trying another. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was only the Englishman who was unaware of all this; he was, for the most part, immersed in reading his books. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would walk into the Moorland reading room and fill out three call slips for three different works. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Finn tried very hard to look like he was reading about Commander Toad standing at the edge of the black hole. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Anna, in the youngest group, learned reading, writing, and arithmetic. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The only problem with them was that their titles were so long, it took me forever to write them on my reading log. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed crazy, but it actually looked like he was reading my Mysteries of Science poster. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

My house is probably nicer than yours, she’d murmur to herself while reading their well-meaning comments. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

On this particular Friday afternoon in October, Mr. Larson was reading an important article about the baseball pennant races. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

When Gilly came in, the huge woman smiled shyly at her over the top of her reading glasses. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t even a good note. ‘If you are reading this I am probably dead.’ The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Kit chose the stories she herself enjoyed most, and her reading had a zest and liveliness that enthralled the children. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Nick’s family did a lot of reading, so book-shelves covered three of the four walls in the family room. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt stopped reading so he could savor the words. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy spends most of his time reading. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You have to be patient, Ifem. If you really get into it, it’s very interesting and you won’t want to stop reading.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was a book I had once loved and carried around with me, but I knew the real reason I was reading The Stranger wasn’t because I wanted to drift back into the past. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She sounded like she was reading an instruction manual. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Isn’t it a great pity you have to be reading all about England after all they did to us, that there isn’t a history of Ireland to be had in this hospital. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We found him, as usual, on the back porch, rocking and reading. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I stood at a counter and picked up the Memphis Commercial Appeal and began my free reading of the press. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the Englishman stared out at the desert, his eyes seemed brighter than they had when he was reading his books. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know? Mrs. Brenner does palm and forehead readings on the side.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ky Ebright was, in fact, in the midst of doing essentially the same thing—perhaps in reaction to all hed been reading about the Washington sophomores. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She cleared her throat and kept reading aloud: “I do mean all your valuables. Otherwise my turtle and I will destroy you. You have five minutes.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

For Ophie, who could now clearly see the ghost lurking beneath the skin of the girl, all of this was like reading a tragic pulp romance—just the kind she and Clara loved. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

It may be that in all our reading science books and watching videos, this information had made its way to us before. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

They hate reading, and getting them to write is out of the question. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I really want to get home and hang out with my cool dad instead of reading my favorite book.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

In 2010, high school students in Shanghai, China’s largest city, finished first in an international standardized test of math, science, and reading proficiency given to students in sixty-five nations. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It depends as well on impressions that build up in a reader over the course of reading many paragraphs and that depend on the author’s grasp of the text as a whole. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I went to my room and entertained myself by reading a few pages of The Great Gatsby. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He had gotten used to reading in the truck without getting as carsick. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Francie breathed the warm air, watched the dancing leaf shadows, ate the candy and took sips of the cooled water in-between reading the book. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don't think she minds reading the poems. Writing them makes her nervous.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It’s very possible that Nott, in reading about yellow fever epidemics from the past, had come across Rush’s mention of those little red spots on patients called petechiae that “resembled moscheto bites.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

And so he was reading the story as if it were a spell and the words of it, spoken aloud, could make magic happen. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

After I dropped Radar off that afternoon, I sat around the house reading “Song of Myself” and halfheartedly studying for finals. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

And I would read him the letter—reading slowly and pronouncing each word with extreme care—telling him that his claims for a pension had not been substantiated and that his application had been rejected. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Might you,” he said, as if reading my mind, “be hungry?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

We laughed, and I changed the radio station and thought it was over, but then Daisy started reading me an Indianapolis Star story from her phone. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Zach showed up a few times just to visit and found me in the lawn chair with my legs tucked under me, reading back over my notebook. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can remember my mother sometimes reading aloud to him. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The book Grandma was always reading in her bedroom. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“But when you’re through reading those books, I want you to tell me what you get out of them.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except that my father got a raise, and my mother didn’t because she doesn’t get paid for housework, and my sister stopped reading those self-esteem books because she met a new boy. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was late the next afternoon, a Sunday, and I’d been at my desk nearly all day reading the Parmenides. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She rustled through the tissue pages of the Bible until she reached a certain passage and began reading, pronouncing the words aloud with painful concentration. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He used to teach high school English, and Mom says he got everyone to love reading. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The old Royal typewriter my father had bought me was saved, I believe, by the fact that I could type really fast and had difficulty in reading my own handwriting even when I wrote slowly. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

So the three of us sat there in the afternoons, reading or talking quietly, until it was time for supper. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Mini, why were you reading a medical textbook...?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When the reading was over Daniel escaped to the kitchen and sat on his bed. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It always boggled my mind to think of the great mountains and wide rivers across which he had people bring the papers just for his reading pleasure. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s that new girl, Heather, reading by the window. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I should have sensed him there—I’m supposed to be so good at reading a room. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

How dare she, he seemed to be saying with each rip of a page, how dare she enjoy reading books when he couldn't? Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now I’m going to need to go and see if Mr. Hughes’ picture’s been hanging upstairs the whole time I been downstairs reading his books. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Hercules was a jerk,” he said, as if reading her thoughts. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“How many of you have been watching on TV or reading about the school protests happening around the country?” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Infinite Mayhem, the ninth sequel to The Price of Dawn, lay atop the table next to his reading lamp, the corner of page 138 turned down. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I ask, reading the name from the side of one of them. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was as if I were reading about someone else. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“You know,” he said, his voice dropping to a low, confidential tone, “many comrades go wrong by reading the books of the bourgeoisie. The party in the Soviet Union had trouble with people like that.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop frightening her at once, or I’m not reading you another word.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You don’t look at all well, and I’m afraid your term of existence is drawing to an end. Still, would you like to see some of the readings recorded today?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s an episode about space aliens!” said Abby, reading something off her phone. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Jordan Gripenwaldt, editor of our school paper, is reading the article to her friends Brittany and Priscilla in a low, disgusted voice. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He slipped the light-pen into the pocket of his shirt and removed his black-framed reading glasses, which hung in front of his chest on a thick cord. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

But Hannah and Prudence were fast friends now, and she knew that the reading went companionably on. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He was upset enough as it was with his own reading. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

But after reading both of them again and thinking it over, I had to admit that my poem was pretty lame and Annie’s was better. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

For days on end, he’d sit under the orange trees reading. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

That Saturday, Brian and I were reading on the sofa bed when one of the windowpanes shattered and a rock landed on the floor. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I gotta say: I've been reading your sermons and studying your books for six months now, and it feels like all I have to show for it is frustration and a sense of defeat. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And he kept his hand there the whole way home, even when he was reading the map and giving me headings. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He was reading Mr. Pope when the clock chimed the half hour. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

If she was reading the prophecy right, either Leo or Jason would defeat Gaea. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Her desk was isolated in the choicest corner of the room where there was a north and an east window, the best light for reading. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been reading about Ben. It looks like a chip off the old block as far as basketball is concerned.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s aiming a flaming ax toward the camera and his gray eyes are so intense it’s like he’s daring me to turn the page without reading first. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He starts his last semester, goes to class, sits with the social secretary to plan his graduation dinner, buries himself in highlighted annotations and supplemental readings. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There was a week of reading Francois Villon and not liking him at all. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“So good that I’m almost okay with you reading it in class. But not quite.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

On reading this, Dewey felt it could be “very important.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had paused in my reading to give her a chance to finish. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Idle and withdrawn in her grief and shame, she whittled away the days making lace for nothing, reading her newspapers, tossing them on the floor, picking them up again. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, “Think you’re too good to do the assigned reading, Mr. Vega? Did you have something better to do?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She just glanced at me and then refocused on a paperback she was reading. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I’m reading the beginning of Plato’s Republic for humanities class. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

For the evening reading before prayers, he selected the twenty-first chapter of Revelation. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The church supper is the grandfather of the country club, just as the Thursday poetry reading in the basement under the vestry sired the little theater. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The voice was a man’s and he was reading numbers and dates. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Charity, hope, faith,” he said, reading them aloud. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

My reading had created a vast sense of distance between me and the world in which I lived and tried to make a living, and that sense of distance was increasing each day. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had sat down on the bench near the wire screen and was reading his book. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Just after reading time ended, either on weekends or when we got word of trouble, Mother and Grandma would begin the ritual I watched for my entire childhood. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

As soon as he closed the door, Mom pulled out the book she’d been reading to me for the last couple of weeks. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

No wonder he had gone to such great lengths to hide what he was reading. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He sat on the stained seat of the noisy train, opposite a woman reading the evening paper. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“They have books in King’s Landing too. I recall my little brother reading them from time to time. Perhaps your son would like a look at them. I will accept Hoster as our hostage.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After reading to Diego from my journal, I felt less like a freak discussing the aliens with him, though they still weren’t my favorite conversation topic. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Many nights I drifted off to sleep to his rumbling voice reading from a book of battle strategy. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The aluminum treatments, the voodoo dolls, UCLA, the psychiatrists, the Bible readings, Mrs. Kelly. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drop in regularly at Milla’s place, and she shows me her photos again and I continue reading from Wuthering Heights. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He stares at them, palms up, like he’s going to do a reading, just like Auntie Idris likes to do, fingers tracing the lines in my hands and telling me all about my life. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

And I’d have to will my eyes not to peel away, not to wander to where Soraya sat reading a paperback. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Felix tried to pass the two hours by reading, while Benji tried to entertain everyone by offering to do stupid tricks for money. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Serber looked down at his notes and began reading quietly, with a slight stutter. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have the best architects and builders in the world,” Reyna said, as if reading her thoughts. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In both places the public death was accompanied by the reading of ritual scripts. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It hits me: we’re reading a book about a main character who’s on trial for a crime he claims he didn’t commit. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

When Johnny got back with Mr. Lorne, Rab had Mr. Adams’s text in his hands, reading it as a printer reads, thinking first of spacing and capitals, not of the meaning. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stella gnawed on her pencil as Mrs. Grayson put on her reading glasses, slid away the twine from the package, and snapped the wrapping open. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Shunk must know he can’t read, but even though we have a remedial reading teacher, it’s too close to graduation to help the kid. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He’d finally finished reading it but couldn’t get himself to give the book away. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Why, I just started reading that. My lawyer friend lent it to me,” he said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sure Dr. Schultz had plans for testing our reading ability. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Turner came to the classroom to tell us to finish reading the chapter we were on and to be quiet. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Immie put this cream on her hands, marked her reading with that bookmark. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then he glanced back toward the lion fountain where the girl was still reading her book and the hedgehog was stirring the filthy water with his hands. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I be busy meanwhile reading my short history of England and finding out all about their perfidy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The guy reading the news on his iPhone looks up at us and reaches across, scooping a few pretzels. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Despite a decent library, few students had a love for reading. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A rapid reading was made of the relevant sections. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

That evening I tried reading a few more pages of Dr. Doolittle, but I could not focus. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“In my reading. There’s a lot of work been done on dreams. It’s one of the ways they have of getting to a person’s unconscious.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I saw the rabbi was still sitting on the bench, reading. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The best reading light in the Night of Joy was the small one on the cash register, so Jones went over to the bar and flipped it on. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They taught reading The school, the same one my own children had gone to, was close enough to walk to. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That electric bulb is too dim, surely, for you to be reading by.' it is perfectly adequate, thank you, Miss Kenton.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It is interesting, in that light, to note that the outsider’s invective is typically more stern and solemn: an insider, more comfortable reading the audience’s social codes, can risk a joke. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

She picks up Lin Yiitang and starts reading the page where I left the book face down on the table. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She argued that she was more connected to God reading her Rousseau than when she was at mass listening to Padre Ignacio intoning the Nicene Creed. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grabbed hold of me and pulled me through a maze of shelves until we came to one of the reading holes scattered throughout the Archives. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At least when she was home in Soweto, I could picture her cooking in the kitchen or reading in the lounge, I could imagine her waking up in the house I knew so well. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spoke with less of an accent than Alex, and though he struggled with writing and reading, he liked to make jokes, and that gave him the drive to improve his spoken English. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The reading of the names would begin at the exact time that the first plane had struck the first tower, 8:46. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Though counting abilities were rare in the ancient world, numbers and the fundamentals of counting always developed before writing and reading. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

As if reading my thoughts, he said, “Lice Peeking knows the truth about the Coral Queen. What’d he say about my skiff? Will he take it or not?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Let’s close it like a book and go on reading! East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the slanted nature of the news, we were glad to have it, and prided ourselves on reading between the lines and making educated guesses based on the obvious omissions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn to the cart as she puts them on, and a metal arm like a record needle is reading out my pulses. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Since they were reading children and read everything they came across, they stopped and automatically read the list of acts playing that week. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right now, he’s reading Finding Yourself by Screaming a Lot, and the other night, when I heard the most awful noise coming from the basement, I didn’t even bat an eyelid. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me tell you a story,” he said, and I stopped reading my rocket book. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Look,” I asked, “if you found me reading Trotsky, what would that mean to you?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dill watched Lydia as she moved along the shelves, gently dragging her hand behind her along the books, touching each one, as if she were reading the titles with her fingers. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Of course not. This is my father’s book. Gray’s Anatomy. We can find out everything, just everything, reading it.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Neel remembered the reading material that used to appear in the library. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell if she had scrunched up her face from reading what Cecile had written or from turning up her nose at Cecile’s movable-type letters in red, black, and green. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She insisted on checking over his homework and projects even though he also got extra help at school for reading and writing. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

We are reading The Scarlet Letter one sentence at a time, tearing it up and chewing on its bones. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I got the feeling it was her favorite reading position. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They were reading the dinner menu in one of the Hotel Governor Clinton's three restaurants, the Coral Room. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Granddaddy said, “I find that actually reading the book is a much more effective way of absorbing it.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I loved reading and talking with the other students, finding out who they were and where they came from. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He turns to the title page and continues reading. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I haven’t started reading it because I am very behind in my other classes because I spent so much time with Patrick. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She is good at reading minds, reading the room, at having a feeling that just won’t go away. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“The library is a place for reading, not eating,” Mr. Yardley says in a disapproving voice, just as the bell rings. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was pretty sour reading, but the Trazon made it easier. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

"I'm beginning to think you shouldn't have started reading comics with a book that completely deconstructs the last fifty years of the genre," he said. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Sunday, January 6,1935 The next morning when I get up, I’m happy to find my father at the table, reading the paper. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides basic reading and math most of our instruction is coal-related. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She takes her reading glasses off and they hang around her neck, bouncing against the kittens and their balls of yarn on her shirt. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

All my studying, reading, thinking, traveling, had it transformed me into someone who no longer belonged anywhere? Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I didn’t hear it, since I was out on the balcony, lazily reading in the sun. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Work, play—at sixty our powers and tastes are what they were at seventeen. Old men in the bad old days used to renounce, retire, take to religion, spend their time reading, thinking—thinking!” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gabriel turned a page of the book he was reading. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

No matter how many times I have prayed and worked and hoped, reading for me is still like trying to make sense of a can of alphabet soup that’s been dumped on a plate. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I’m not too tired so I stay up reading the neon signs off the highway. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened one of the envelopes, took out the letter inside, and started reading. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I walked out to get a snack and saw Dadi on the couch, reading Lentil Soup for the Reincarnated Soul, with Oso curled up like a little prawn by her feet. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Behind on your reading? All you do is read,” Lindsey said. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Local commerce was robust—too robust in some cases: a sign reading please wash at home awaited customers of a Norfolk Laundromat enjoying too much of a good thing. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Grampa sitting in his chair smoking a cigar and reading the paper. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The nearest guard set down her reading tablet. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Well... most demigods are. Or dyslexic. Just being a demigod means that our brains are wired differently. Like you—you said you had trouble reading.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I was reading in Central Park, at the sailboat lake, when four of them came along. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Miller had listened to their interpretations of the reading with this condescending smile on his face before explaining the real, approved-by-Christ lesson meant to be taken from the passage. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He stopped reading and put my paper down. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Throughout his writing career, he stayed abreast of new ideas and discoveries by corresponding with researchers and reading scientific papers. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

She’s got a clipboard in her hand and horn-rimmed reading specs on a chain around her neck. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s always reading books on the bus when our team travels. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dumbledore’s reading what signs?” said Ron, looking per- Hedwig gave him an extremely offended look and took off for the open window, cuffing him around the head with her outstretched wing as she went. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

As if reading my mind, Miss Love came over and patted my arm. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He dreamed that he was on show in a zoo, with a card reading underage wizard attached to his cage. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

But not with arms stretched out like airplane wings, nor shot forward like Superman in a horizontal dive, but floating, cruising, in the relaxed position of a man lying on a couch reading a newspaper. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She humphed and hemmed and slurped her coffee without answering, but as soon as I’d gotten my book again and was settled down on the couch and reading, she said, “It’s onto four o’clock.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put my hand over the page of the book she was reading, forcing her to glance up. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

They may spend prosaic domestic evenings together, him reading the paper while she serves up a casserole. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I got that impression from reading William Burroughs. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I picked it because it had a rather stylish embossed dragon on the cover, but when I started reading I discovered it was an educated investigation into several common myths. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Maybe you could go online this afternoon, Bobby. You could go to the website of the journal Science and do some poking around, search their database for articles on light, do some reading— okay?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spends the rest of class writing on the board and speaking to the flag about our required reading. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, you can understand reading Treasure Island four times, but no matter how good a Shakespeare play is, no one reads it twice. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Just reading them would take him most of the hour. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

On the wood bleacher, Coach is reading papers, filling out forms for fencing meets. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I spent the morning reading The Small Redemptions of Lagos. Scouring it, actually,” he said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I liked reading about explorers planting flags all over the New World and I marveled how they never looked mussed up in their pictures, although I thought exploring must be dirty work. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was there, except Willie, who was looking for work in Milwaukee, and Nicholas, who was in the public library reading up on contracts and music royalties to get a record deal. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He isn’t reading but looking at the coffee drinkers in the shop. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

In her special-education reading class, she got 100s all fall and was moved to a regular class. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Mark and Linda were in the kitchen downstairs, eating breakfast and reading the paper. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

By high school, the nuns were reading her stories and compositions out loud in English class. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The class waded through a morning of math, reading, and science, wishing impatiently for the afternoon to arrive. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He was a reader and recognized his habit of reading as obsessive and neurotic, and told himself that if he read something less frivolous than newspapers and magazines he might indeed be better off. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t have a great love the way I love art or Shoji loves reading. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He put his reading glasses on again, leafed through a book, and started to read. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I was still a part of it all, playing ball, eating, reading, experiencing the death of a family member, and the sadness. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I looked over; he was reading another piece of paper. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

From the time I finished reading the file, I couldn't stop thinking about how tragic this case was—and my somber thoughts weren't interrupted until a small child was pushed into the visiting room. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

We must have sort of burst into the classroom, because everyone looked up from their silent reading to stare at us. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Next thing you know, she’ll be drinking black coffee and reading books without pictures. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Startled, he looked up from the book he was reading and said, “You’ve been in the library?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I’m the only one around and she’s got better and better at reading it despite how loud the river’s getting. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I went downstairs and out to the cookhouse to give Nigel his reading lesson. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It’s actually fun reading Mr. Langston Hughes’s poems. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Spent a lot of time reading your history homework last night, did ya?” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

She tells me to choose one story and write an explanation of what I learned from reading it. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Shake it off, Lockwood. That was three years ago,” she says, practically reading my mind. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I read on for half a page before I realized that I had left out the whole episode telling about Mr. Bonaventure and his money, so that what I was reading made no sense. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He believes reading the Bible is the right thing to do. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And at once, while reading that passage, my mind stopped, teased, challenged with the effort to remember, to associate widely disparate but meaningful experiences in my life. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I be a fine midwife’s apprentice now. I know about babies and birthing, singing songs and cooking chickens, crying and laughing and reading.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picture a thin college-age guy with wire-rim glasses at a desk lit up with a small reading lamp, looking out the window, nodding at the good deeds he’s doing. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

That’s when the letters came, and Henry reading them all, without jealousy, with that complete abnegant transference, metamorphosis into the body which was to become his sister’s lover. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

My drinking never really bothered me before we started reading all these books about people changing and wanting to make a difference. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

A natural-born engineer, Rob loved infrastructure, electronics, and gadgets of all kinds; he spent his spare time endlessly tinkering with the solar electrical system or reading back issues of Popular Science. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Just a small reading lamp on in the corner, lighting up the chair where Cramp still sat, reading a newspaper. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I’m reading a spell to preserve dying cultures. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get applause after reading my poem, the loudest from Colin, who gives a whistle. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Its pages are old and worn, some are just about to fall out, some have folded-down corners, but she finds the page she’s looking for and starts reading. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

But we never got around to discussing what he was reading in Freud. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

More often I don’t have the energy, and end up reading murder mysteries in the bathtub. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I ask them eagerly, “What are you reading?” they let me flip through their books, mostly guidebooks with little maps of Otavalo and information about the markets and Quichua culture. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally came lunch, and after lunch there was reading. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Donuts, I thought, after I was done with my reading and turned off my lamp. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She had gone to parties, played charades, competed in poetry readings, joined a chorus and orchestra. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe not quite fair. How about something from the Bible? You know something from the Bible? I’ve just been reading in Philippians here.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe that they were really the source of reading’s value. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wizened, frail- looking wizard, bald except for a few wisps of white hair, was reading a letter by candlelight. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I went to the side of the run-down house and pretended to get a reading from the electric meter. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Our holy men have better things to do, like locking themselves up in caves and reading sheep entrails. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Tío Carlos is back from driving two shifts of relatives to the subway, and now he’s lying in bed, reading some history book that would put even an owl to sleep. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Lefty ate his breakfast of prunes and yogurt, reading a Greek newspaper a few days old. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The fact that the Zodiake had been placed on the Index only confirmed this reading. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

To people like Reb Saunders, it also meant any educated Jew who might be reading, say, Darwin, and who was not wearing side curls and fringes outside his trousers. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She considered herself a die-hard book nerd, but she realized even she needed a break after doing nothing but reading for the past four days. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A half hour later, Werner and Frederick are reading Goethe in poetics. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Everyone thought he was a decent guy, but Maggie Kelly had sonar for boys who were interested in her girls and she was picking up a strong reading on Dominick. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“When you’re done reading these, we will talk,” he informs me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Harry read the parchment through several times, his breathing becoming easier with each reading. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Finally, Mr. Habazz said, “Okay, bus thirty-two kids, time to sit down. Back to our normally scheduled programming. Silent reading or page ninety in the math book.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

One of the Lieutenants was reading a newspaper. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In buoying me up, reading also cast me down, made me see what was possible, what I had missed. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here are examples of how I culled information relating to Bigger from my reading: There is in me a memory of reading an interesting pamphlet telling of the friendship of Gorky and Lenin in exile. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was pleasant to take a hot drink up to her room and have it beside her as she sat in her silent room reading in the empty house in the afternoons. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“So many bad things happen in that book, and she never found out that it all ends reasonably well—after all, I never finished reading her the whole story. That’s what she wouldn’t like.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

At that, a few other students rustled in their bags and took out their books or reading devices, too, and a roll of laughter rumbled through the room. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Jim stomped up to my room, where I was lounging on my bed reading a book, slammed open the door, and told me what he had done and why. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

This was not unexpected, for we were then not even permitted reading glasses. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knows the risk reading such a book would pose. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

On the North Carolina College campus in the southeastern part of Durham, where the spring semester was just underway, students compared class assignments and reading lists. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I spoke little, not because I found silence to be a superior virtue, but because I satisfied my curiosity by listening, observing, and reading. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

They then went to their room and crowded together on the one bed, reading intently and happily. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

I put my shopping list away before he can ask me what soy milk has to do with Zora Neale Hurston and the book he’s been reading to us, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man in a thickly knitted jersey was reading Fisherman’s Week. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Although he tried to sound humble, he was soon behaving perfectly naturally, standing over Mr. Lapham with his notebook in his hand, reading off exactly how those spoons had been ordered. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore sensible heels and kept a pair of reading glasses on a chain around her neck. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

John said he told an entirely different story—about how he had been taking a speed-reading course and he was reading faster than anybody in the world. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The mayor was not reading from any notes; he did not break eye contact with Moss. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Upon hearing or reading the string of words, the perceiver can work backwards, fitting them into a tree and recovering the links between the associated concepts. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I enjoyed looking at them and making up stories, but I wished I understood what she was reading. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

But did he actually think that was going to help, when he sounded so much like he was reading from a script? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Sitting in the corner of his bunk, reading a black-bound book with a cross on the cover. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or reading one,” he says, with more unflappable sincerity. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Goodness,” Justice Strauss said, when she came into the library and saw what they were reading. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Much of our understanding of mind reading comes from two remarkable scientists, a teacher and his pupil: Silvan Tomkins and Paul Ekman. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking of Abbey, alone in Rado’s dinghy, reading her book by flashlight. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Blaine might have been more forgiving if she had simply forgotten, if she had been so submerged in reading or blogging that the protest had slipped from her mind. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But the Obscure Object had a good reading voice. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

"Let's not waste time on formalities," he said and prepared to sign the papers without reading them. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s a golden opportunity!” she said, and inked her name without reading the fine print. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The old lady had been reading her morning portion of Scripture—the Lesson for the day; her Bible lay open before her, and her spectacles were upon it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how long I was reading; I was so engrossed in the paper that I did not hear any footsteps. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put my own ingenuity to work, coming up with a dozen names from my reading, because, of course, I don’t want to give the sons any real Dominican names and get someone in trouble. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, that’s an interesting way to put together a reading list, basing it on bookcase elevation...” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I’m a good student—I have a 9.4 grade level in reading. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It only seems scary,” Klaus said, as if reading his sister’s thoughts, “because of all the mist.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Baba would appreciate that, and like he’s reading my mind, Nico explains, “My mom’s trained me. It’s always the first thing I do when I get home.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“My nephew is entering it wi :h a dramatic reading, and I must be there for the boy.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No. But they’ll find him. Now that the FBI is involved,” Velia said after reading silently to herself for a few minutes. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I will read a multiple-choice question. Use the touch-screen computers in your reading desks to select your answer.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Daddy said I wasted too much time reading, when I should be outside playing and helping him ’round the house. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

The man stood up again and put both his hooks in front of Klaus’s face, letting the light from the reading lamps reflect off the wicked-looking devices. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Would...would you like a reading?” she asks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The head officer has a time reading them. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m reading on my white couch when Carla comes in the next morning. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

While I was reading in the flat during the day, I would often place a pint of milk on the windowsill to allow it to ferment. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he was staring at John, who probably sat in the lean-to reading my primer like I should’ve been doing. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

While other kids spent their afternoons playing outside, I would be inside my house studying or reading a book. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Unable to stop him, Smith dug up a copy of Captain Billy’s Whiz Bang magazine and began reading aloud. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew he couldn’t actually be reading them—not with eyesight as bad as his, at least. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

If you’re reading this, then you know how much I wish to have you home. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Tell me about today’s reading assignment. What would you do if you were Romeo and you loved a girl you couldn’t have?” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

In a fifth-grade “reading for comprehension” lesson, students read a short passage and then were prompted to mine facts and define vocabulary words. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“There are no such books in Saybrook. In Boston, perhaps. But the proper use of reading is to improve our sinful nature, and to fill our minds with God’s holy word.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

You may be shocked to hear this, but my Farsi is at a first-grade reading and writing level. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

When he had gone through about half of them, he figured it was time to tackle the encyclopedia A. Problem was, Amanda was always reading it. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fine. All right. So why do you sit in this room every night reading instead of coming out and having fun?” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

And in the late nineteenth century the Congress made its reading a mandatory ritual on Washington’s birthday. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Although she had been raised to ten dollars a week when she went on reading, her runner-up received twenty-five dollars a week and the other readers received twenty. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He now had about fifty staffers reading and answering his mail. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He ignored me, staring into Trueblood's face as though reading a message there which I could not perceive. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She entered without knocking, while he was reading in bed, filling his burrow with the flutter of her long hair and her undulating arms. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a stack of books on the floor beside his bed, with his reading glasses sitting on top. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Vanessa’s mom is watching while she sits in a folding lawn chair, reading a book. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

This view, however, was not the one presented to the reading public in newspapers and books. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

History, government, religion, politics, and current events became his greatest interests, and during the thirty-three-year interval from his first Reykjavik stay to his second he spent most of his spare time reading and amassing knowledge. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They would sit in the alcoves of each floor reading to each other and eating sheets from the book of fruit leather. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m not still reading it,” I told her. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“AlbieMom said slowly, pulling a sheet out of the folder, “is this your reading log?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mama even picks one up and starts reading. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Not quite the new reading I was hoping for,” Brandon said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mom went out on the porch, staying there sewing and reading magazines with Daisy Mae on her lap, Dandy at her feet, and Chipper on her shoulder until Dad returned, near midnight. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I hold my breath until the Beauty Minister finishes reading the queen's title. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Ruby stood there, a beer and a cigarette in one hand, reading through the names on the petition. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A warm summer evening was my favorite reading time. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of habit he checked his engine gauges and took a reading from his compass. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We take turns reading paragraphs out loud about the thirteen colonies, and then Mr. Fabian hands out worksheets. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“You have to talk loud when he’s reading. Otherwise he just ignores you.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Our only diversions are reading, studying and listening to the radio. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

This did not prevent his reading, of course, since as you know, cats can see in the dark. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

I started reading the poem more closely, figured out you weren’t running probably, just holed up, planning. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I could open the textbooks, I could read the assignments, but then I would be drawn back to my own writing or reading. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The girl in it was reading A Wrinkle in Time. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The groups abroad that provide these after-hours readings are called “Nighthawks” by the American radiologists that employ them. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Helmuth weighs this answer, tries hard to determine if reading a banned book could harm another person. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

By the way, I decided what I like about reading books. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

So, as well as reading about those faraway animals, I also watched the wild creatures near my home—squirrels and birds and all kinds of insects. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I found a bench surrounded by an Irish Gifts store, the Fountain Pen Emporium, and a baseball-cap outlet—a corner of the mall even Kaitlyn would never shop, and started reading Midnight Dawns. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, We just finished reading Romeo and Juliet; I couldn’t believe that Juliet stabbed herself over a guy that she only knew for a few days. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s at their reading room on Central Street.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I look forward to finally reading your words. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Every night when the family is sleeping, Chester goes to the bookshelf, selects his midnight reading and curls up on his favorite chair. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

“So since he hates squirrels, he doesn’t want anybody else reading about them?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Jam reached for the pamphlet he’d been reading and looked at the children illustrated on the cover. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

This rule is especially important when the two parts cross; otherwise there is no way for the performers to know that the "low" part should be reading the high note at that spot. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Some spend hours in the Carnegie Library reading English and Irish newspapers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Careful writers pick up the nuances of words by focusing on their makeup and their contexts over the course of tens of thousands of hours of reading. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She moves me to the reading table next to a Thanksgiving bulletin board about being grateful. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He has been reading the Vercors—he has read Le Silence de la Mer, The Silence of the Sea—the French Resistance tract, at my recommendation! Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I filled my time writing and reading—writing for my own amusement that year except for an essay contest run by Life magazine for “the book I would most like to see in Cinemascope.” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Other than that, if I wasn’t selling tickets, I was reading. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“Here’s a thought. Why don’t you get started on the readings this weekend and think about the materials for the map on Monday? It isn’t due for a while.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

When I was assigned to teach freshmen with below-par reading skills, the head of the English department challenged me, saying, “Let’s see what you can do with these kids, hotshot!” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

BREN: Then why are you reading her hook of Cuban love poems? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He’d spent most of his childhood inside, reading the eclectic books in his mother’s library. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In the main reading room, she chats with the reference librarian, who helps her find a cache of books on Irish history and immigration in the 1920s. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was reading when three black guys from the Muslim Brotherhood knocked on my door. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He’s silent, but his eyes dart back and forth across the passing landscape, like he is reading words that are hidden from my view. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

At night, I sat by the light of the stove, reading Dombey and Son. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Behind it sits an old man with a bad comb-over and thick glasses, reading the newspaper. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I said it before I had a chance to lose my nerve: “Can I ask what you’re reading?” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had never had a sustained period of reading really good books before. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

People stood there, shuffling their feet, reading the handout, going through their bags. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She softly whispered, reading her drafted words aloud from time to time, or slipped into a light, cheerful hum as she worked. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Singleton asked: “Do you think it’s possible maybe the accident occurred when he was reading your text?” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

When I finished reading it, I told him I hated it. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The cone of light fell on the reading stand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A girl is seated next to the window, reading a folded-back issue of The New Yorker. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been reading up a storm, and since Pa went to meet with Mr. Clemson, a storm was brewing between Ma and Pa, but they didn’t say a word about it, even in whispers. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Lying in bed and reading felt pleasantly familiar. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

At other times they crowd into my brother’s room, lying on their stomachs on his bed or on the floor, reading his huge piles of comic books. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was reading Mr. Milton when he heard the clock chime three with a weary, halfhearted chime. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He was sitting ten rows from the door, reading an X-Man comic, as the bus turned the familiar corner and began to slow down. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have nothing to say to that; I am just chewing through it when Margo says, “Emily Dickinson. Like I said, I’m doing a lot of reading.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

By Christmastime she was reading circles around the whole snotty class. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I remembered reading that alcohol, even though it is liquid, makes you thirsty. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right because I am the girl who spends her summers reading books and working, tutoring at the rec, when a lot of her friends are at the rec, playing their summers away. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

No one's reading about the missing kids, though they're probably thinking about us. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Rowan would catch her reading in various places around the mansion: mortal age books made of paper that had apparently been collected by the owner before he surrendered it all to Scythe Goddard. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

No one looks over at me or interrupts my reading. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She should be reading fairy tales and taking her nickels to the sweet shop for a bag of penny candy. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She had thought maybe Mister Singer would be reading the paper on the porch like he did most Sunday mornings. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

You pulled back on the stick to raise the plane, he knew that from reading. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peering over the book or newspaper she was reading, she would always greet me the same way: “And what did you learn today?” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I started telling her the story of my book, not reading it to her, just telling her about it, starting with the first scene, where Meg wakes up at night, afraid of a thunderstorm. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I thought reading an interesting story set here might make me view it differently. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

During some witness testimonies, Guiteau made a show of ignoring the speaker on the stand by reading his newspapers and brushing away flies around his head. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He never had much to say to them, but Tayo saw that he was reading some kind of book about auto mechanics. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The mother looked up, thinking the poetry reading had begun. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Just seeing her reading, something she worked hard to teach me to do, I knew I'd be on the bus back to school before the evening was over. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I was reading somewhere that Amnesty World is giving your brother an award,” Father Amadi said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I thought maybe I’d missed something from the police report, so I went through it again and was still reading when Daisy called me. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Our teachers aren’t used to teaching children as old as you. Or as good at writing and reading as you are. There are larger schools, where you would have greater opportunities. Better facilities.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We just finished reading a story about a kid living in the projects who had to deal with peer pressure and gangs. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’m on the bed, reading a gossip magazine. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Where’s the proof that it will increase their reading levels and their SAT scores? Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I used to have dreams of reading there when I was young. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She knew that these classes were enhancing her students’ reading levels, their understanding of the world, their souls. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“How wondrous—eyes reading back and forth. Now he’s writing his thoughts down. What’s that thought?” she asked, pointing. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Princesse returned to the beach and found her stretched out in a black robe, in her usual lounging chair, reading a magazine. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“You guys have been inseparable forever. I remember when we were doing Where the Red Fern Grows in sixth grade and we were reading book reports in front of the class.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Mother sits on the folding bed, either reading, sewing, knitting or studying, whichever is next on her list. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I knew it was for Aunt Loma, but horses couldn’t of kept me from reading it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I hope that, when reading Proud, anyone who has had an opportunity taken from them because of their race, religion, or gender can find solace in these pages. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He lay on the top bunk, reading for his English class. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her mom’s head shot up from reading the label on a box of instant oatmeal. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They are happy to hear about the things I’ve been reading. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sisters were gone to Morton in my stead: I sat reading Schiller; he, deciphering his crabbed Oriental scrolls. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He reached around her to close the one she was reading. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

A shilling a week makes a big difference and she gives me tuppence to see the Dead End Kids at the Lyric after I’m finished the reading. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

If my reading was less accurate, the computer would start adding numbers in place of the zeros. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pencil woman came up behind him, reading her stopwatch. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Whatever,” he said, as if he was reading my mind. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I began reading their biographies to find out what, if anything, in their lives had influenced their music. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the camper, Luke is stretched out on his bunk, reading. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Grandma asked from behind the Outrageous Detective Stories magazine she was reading on the couch. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

At Zola’s doorway, he sees her sprawled on the floor with her feet up on the bed, a stack of paperback novels beside her and one in her hand, which she is reading. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

"I love reading your letters. I missed them." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“All the same, I hope reading about them is as close as you ever get,” he said quietly. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I barely slept for two weeks: every moment my eyes were open, I was either reading or thinking about those texts. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The night clerk was a middle-aged man, reading a book by John Grisham. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

It was a very touch-and-go business, in 1955, to get a wholly plausible reading from Mrs. Glass’s face, and especially from her enormous blue eyes. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

His wife in the TV parlour paused long enough from reading her script to glance up. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Willie was engrossed in the Almanac, his nightly reading, and my brother was far away on a raft on the Mississippi. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she kept reading, she might start another book by suppertime. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Since Roosevelt was unwell and often stuck indoors, he spent much of his time reading books. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

At least now I had solid proof that my mom wasn't reading my diary. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The smart ones say so and people listening to them and reading what they write down agree: Here comes the new. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There was a newspaper in my office. I was reading it. I don’t know how old it is, but...” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Oliver was sitting inside one box, reading, and Laney was sitting in another, pretending she was a puppy. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Decide? What’s to decide?” my mom demands, as if reading my thoughts. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

A dozen students were scattered throughout the room, reading. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After reading this book, I realized how teens are very gullible; getting tricked into doing things against their will because they want to fit in and be popular. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Rich was already up, showered, and reading the Sunday paper. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

So they applied for U.S. citizenship, sitting up at night reading the Constitution, a dictionary by their side, and studying for the exam. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

A small, white-haired man who seems vaguely familiar is reading a book. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She’s looking at us more closely now, reading me up and down, seeing right into my Noise with a skill I’ve only ever felt in Ben. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then we both turned to our books—this time neither one of us understanding a word we were reading. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Jenna’s mom had been happy reading a book on a shaded bench the entire day, letting us run around the park on our own as long as we checked in every few hours. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I’d brought Margo’s copy of Leaves of Grass to school, and I started reading the highlighted parts of “Song of Myself” again, under the desk while Mr. Jiminez scratched away at the blackboard. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She moved across the room to the other bed, where she lay on her stomach and started reading her sister’s autopsy report. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Or I was on long-distance to Mr. Muhammad in Chicago, reading from my notebook and asking for Mr. Muhammad’s instructions. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

After reading an article describing the nutritional intake of the University of Washington crew team, Smith made sure the horse received feed with a high calcium content. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We will ask Doctor Snydman when you leave the hospital. But no reading now.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

In addition to reading on my own, I attended a school which had been arranged especially for us “new boys”—the third group of astronauts. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Friday night, I was reading my new book, but my brain got tired, so I decided to watch some television instead. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I started reading my mom’s copy from the place I left off with Bill’s copy. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Besides his quiet times reading the mountain, Tree-ear’s favorite part of the day was unloading the wood at the kiln site. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Clarence the security guard marched into the reading room and, folding his arms over his chest, took up a position near the three envelopes. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

If you’re a normal kid, reading this because you think it’s fiction, great. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

This hasn’t been blacked out, even though we aren’t supposed to be reading. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a horseshoe-shaped room with about a dozen beds and a cadre of nurses, who constantly bustle around, reading the computer printouts that churn out from the feet of our beds recording our vital signs. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

At long, wooden tables folks sit reading or with books spread out, some scribbling down words on pads of paper. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Everyone walked slowly, reading as they made their way to their first period. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Farther down the hall the doctor, reading Pamela, lifted his head occasionally to listen, and once went to his door and stood for a minute, looking down the hall, before going back to his book. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was a moment or two before Xenophilius seemed to realize that she had stopped reading, then he withdrew his gaze from the window and said, “Well, there you are.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

‘They are — at first sight at any rate,’ laughed Pippin with sudden relief after reading Gandalf’s letter. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Fabyan was reading their mail before they did, and he destroyed any letters he didn’t want them to see. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I didn’t bother reading any of the names on the trophies or plaques, for I knew none of them belonged to a black person. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell he was reading ahead to himself, because his face flushed all of a sudden and he had to take a deep breath before he could go on. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He picked up the sports page instead, but I could tell he wasn’t really reading it. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He never wants for attention, with his sisters taking turns holding him, taking dangerous things out of his mouth, reading to him, dressing him in their old clothes. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Those of you who are fellow office workers and find yourselves reading this incisive journal during a coffee break or such might take note of one or two of my innovations. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I kept reading about shark embryos that snack on their lesser sisters and eventually devour other siblings in the womb until the fittest shark remains and the mother gives birth to only one baby. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She had a cold and was reading Uncle Tom's Cabin so much that her eyes had begun to hurt. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Thereafter I kept my books and magazines wrapped in newspaper so that no one would see them, reading them at home and on the streetcar to and from work. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had broken up the passage into its thought units as I had studied it, so I knew precisely at what points I would stop reading and begin my explanations. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I could sit there for hours reading, the world passing below pretending to be real, me above doing the same thing. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

At the height of Ottoman power, one thousand women were kept in the Harem is what I’m reading when Farooq comes in. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Samuel Pepys records how he sat up reading the volume until 2 am, calling it ‘the most ingenious book that ever I read in my life’. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I raised my head and saw Teacher Zhang standing with his back toward us, reading all by himself, “Down with imperialism.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Allen and Kenny made better time walking—Kenny backwards and dribbling his basketball and Allen forwards but reading—than I did on the lawn mower. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if reading my thoughts, Mr. McShane turned off the air conditioner and powered down the windows. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Plus, it was a big deal when people got murdered, if that’s what had happened to Clara—at least, it was a big deal in the detective magazines Ophie had started reading. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

In her excitement she had not considered who it was she should give the letter to; a trick of her imagination had everyone reading it at once. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When I wasn’t outside playing, I spent hours happily reading. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad are probably reading the note I left on the kitchen counter. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then, sitting in her dark living room a year and a half after Cofield’s lawsuit ended, she finally began reading and rereading the full details of her mother’s death in her medical records. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Colonel Arbuthnot was sitting in a corner smoking a pipe and reading a magazine. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess I was too busy reading comics. But seriously, does he ever come back?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The teacher has us all file up to his desk to pick up the first book on our reading list—Lord of the Flies. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

At the end of the reading, some crossed themselves, others wiped their eyes. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of August, she was reading more papers and marking more items than any other reader in the Bureau. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I love the thought of reading my sister’s books. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Most jobs could be handled by anyone with a willingness to work and some reading ability. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he says, “why don’t you just tell me instead of reading? First of all, tell me your person’s name.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Booth sits on the front step, half reading his mail and laughing aloud at his sudden good fortune. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mom was also in the food court, alone, sitting in a corner where she thought I couldn’t see her, eating a cheesesteak sandwich and reading through some papers. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Her readings were “not a matter of opinion.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He continued reading: The aims of these three groups are entirely irreconcilable. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A boy in his class named Ogden Morrow noticed what Halliday was reading and invited him to attend one of the weekly D&D gaming sessions held at his house. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I was sitting at my kitchen table, reading, when I heard a noise from the barn. And there she was.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

In fact, I believe that’s the only novel I have ever read since I started serious reading. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I wandered among the stacks, I kept hoping I’d stumble upon him reading about the life of Rimbaud or searching the pages of cooking books for a great lemon meringue pie recipe. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She’s lying in bed reading, on the other side of the privacy screens, but of course she still knows my eyelids have fluttered open to Friday morning. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The article avoided making any reference to actual readings, for they had none to report. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

At least you know what I’ll be doing over the break—reading your poetry. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When a librarian at the George Bruce commented that I probably wasn’t reading all the books I took out, I began to space out my visits. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I came home from school to find her at the kitchen table, reading about the day's events at Ground Zero. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She tore the envelope open and pulled out a card that was the same eggshell color as the envelope, then read to herself before reading it aloud. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Last night, for example, Margot was reading a book with beautiful illustrations; she got up and put the book aside for later. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

And then his musings broke off, and he saw that Denethor and Gandalf still looked each other in the eye, as if reading the other’s mind. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She taught me not only the words but their proper reading and what gestures to use. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I swim in the lake provided, and eat raisins and crackers spread thickly with peanut butter and honey while reading detective stories, and sulk because there’s no one my age around. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

All three—Hobbes, Digby and Charleton—had a great deal of reading in common, reading which surely included Montaigne, Galileo and Bacon. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

A woman with coat hangers instead of bones sat reading Watership Down. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I suppose,” he said in his pinched, polite voice, “in just one reading, one might. . . .” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then I take a copy of Feed off the shelves and try to remember where I left off reading, a number of bodies ago. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He happened to be an unusually bright child and his mother had worked hard with him at home on spelling and reading. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

A tray held giant tins of dried milk and Boumvita, near a study table with a reading lamp, bottles of medicine, books. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her laughter floated upstairs into the living room, where I sat reading. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

At least I’m assuming it’s from Shakespeare, since we don’t start reading him until ninth grade. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I could relate to what I was reading. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He would sit in the parlor, sometimes reading, sometimes sitting with his eyes closed, for as long as I would play. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“What you reading all them books for, boy?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I walk in her house, there Miss Leefolt is reading my book at the kitchen table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

If I keep reading, maybe I can hold my own. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

In general, then, they talked about the other news stories, those that varied day to day, and afterward they amused themselves by reading the advertisements. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I looked over at my mom who was reading the newspaper. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

When I got to my room, I found Takumi sitting on the couch, reading my biography of Tolstoy “Uh, hi,” I said. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

As if he’d been reading her mind, Matthew pulled out his earbuds and asked, “So what happened with James? Why didn’t he do this with you?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

With one cat in her lap and another licking an oatmeal bowl on the table, she sat drinking coffee and reading a book of theater plays. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I liked to imagine him reading the letters in there by himself, in his recliner with his cigarettes and crystal ashtray. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

After Emma’s reading, he was ready to test it out on a few others. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now when he couldn’t carpenter any more he had put a sign at the front of the house reading ‘Clocks and Watches Repaired Cheap.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The next day during silent reading, Nick glanced at his teacher, and he noticed that Mrs. Avery’s nose was curved—kind of like the beak of a hawk. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought one dream was enough for a person, but reading his story, I learned some people could hold on to many different dreams and see them all come true. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She looks as though she is contemplating a painting or reading a sign from far away, squinting just a little. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Didn’t I realize that reading would open up whole new worlds? Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope you’re better at farmwork than you are reading. Or your pa might as well ship me back to New York now.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Rose asked, reading from a huge stack of three- by-five cards in her hand. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

After a while Joe took a pocket Bible from the green serge army shirt he wore and began reading the Psalms to himself. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But if you fill out a call slip, you can use this material up in the reading room.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He’s reading something on his lap top and eating a sandwich. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She was always an easy, undemanding houseguest, and it was a pleasure having her as she was happy following me around on errands or just lying on my sofa reading a magazine. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t I tell you I didn’t want you reading!” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen crystals, no larger than seeds, rattled across the parchment he'd been reading. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

First we have a Bible reading and prayers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The competition was tremendous now, but the day after she was ninth a three-page letter arrived from Westley in London and just reading it over put her up to eighth. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It’s about Jacob and Esau, whose story my Torah reading covers. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I wait and then go on reading about the creation of the United Nations. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

By the time he had finished reading, tears were running down his face. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Someday Ml have a poetry reading and a one-man show at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe on the Lower East Side. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

You’re thinking of April/Dallas/Anything to avoid reading the last few dreadful pages of this dreadful book. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The words were the same on the hundredth reading as they'd been on the first, when Sansa had discovered die folded sheet of parchment beneath her pillow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I'd been reading it out loud pretty dramatically, trying to get the accents right, so I felt embarrassed to be caught. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

And more fun than just reading a boring old paper aloud. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The investigation stalled, I took to reading for religion class again, which seemed to please the Old Man, whose pop quizzes I’d been failing consistently for a solid six weeks. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

We took off running again, past students reading on the quad, weaving around a tour group and in between buildings, until we got to the Plaza. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Eberhardt was in the den, reading at his desk, when Mrs. Eberhardt came to the door with a worried expression. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad had spent the spring reading out loud from the camp’s literature, but the only thing I’d cared about was that I was going to camp with other classical musicians. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lancelot stopped reading and threw the letter on the table. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also wonders why no one else is reading the books he is. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning Georgie and I made ourselves comfortable in our favorite tree, and I began reading Lassie Come-Home to him. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I am reading a lot now, and Miss Kinnian says I read very fast. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bardic recitation was by nature collective and unifying; the reading of books, by contrast, promoted independence, privacy, and the hoarding of knowledge by the privileged few. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

I was thinking the whole time when I was reading it if I’d look out for my sis like that if I had one. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

My English teacher, a tall, wiry fellow with a Ph.D. from one of the black universities, gave us The Merchant of Venice for a reading assignment. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Future Twinkle, your hands shook as you finished reading the e-mail. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

As he put on his spectacles, he was quite pleased at the prospect of a whole winter of reading travel books, with no work to interrupt him. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

You know, the one who was on the tire swing reading a book. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She quickly pulled out her books and started reading, surely to avoid having to talk to me anymore. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Counting and reading a few key words at a time. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you guessed that Freak has been reading a book about the Ice Age, you're right. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I laughed, and said, “I just love reading, sir.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last June, when John Green came and did a reading at the Brooklyn Public Library, we went together and stood on line starting at three in the afternoon, when school got out. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I wonder if he heard the fighting coming through the open window, or if he's just reading my face. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

After I finished reading the novel, I could not get it out of my mind. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

After the preacher helped with reading the papers, he showed Papa where to put his X. Our little farm had gotten bigger. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"That reminds me," my mother said a few weeks after New Year's when the whole household had been mobilized to look for her reading glasses on top of her head. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

We get comfortable and he begins reading his chapter. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Mom shook her head and stuck the paper back in my folder without even looking at all the good reading in my reading log. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby continued reading anti-Semitic literature as well as neo-Nazi tracts and getting into heated arguments about the evilness of the Jews with virtually everyone he met. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The words on it were faded, some beyond reading, and in places the paper was so damaged that the writing had rubbed away. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lewis flipped through her file and kept asking her questions, and she knew what the notes in the file said just as surely as if she was reading them herself. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

But somehow she made it all the way from the front of the room to the back, where I sat reading a comic, without my hearing her. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Deleting his e-mails took a click, and after the first click, the others were easier because she could not imagine reading the second if she had not read the first. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

One day, just to get her to go away, I started reading the page she had opened. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

My reading glasses are on the coffee table, and ain't none of these pigs willing to go fetch 'em for me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A prep school kid, a touch arty, wearing an old man’s suit and no doubt reading Camus or Kerouac. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He misplaces his reading glasses, the ones attached to the Dollar Store string. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Deborah and I sprawled across the bed for hours each day, reading her files and talking about her life. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

At first, I would sit by the window engrossed in reading while they talked by the room’s door in low tones. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In almost all cases, the tests measure strictly math and reading skills, so even science and history have been de-emphasized. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Apparently, watching a real live person risk his real live life by doing something really, really scary was one thing more exciting than reading. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He periodically checked their accuracy by taking a kind of astronomical reading called an occultation. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

As if reading his mind, Mr. Lemoncello said, “Only two more,” and tapped a pair of library cards on the podium. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I kept struggling with the reading, but I could not put it down. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

There was a possibility for change because I saw change on the pages of the history books that I was reading. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I was crazy about reading myself, but my taste ran to novels. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I thought reading the book would help Epsilon-5 adjust to the new planet.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’d always managed to get through reading the text of the report, but I could never bring myself to study the photos. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I hear a faraway David-shriek, and Mom stops reading to watch the corridor. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I still go into my brother’s room and lie around on the floor reading comic books, but I never do this when any no* other girl is there. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

My bedtime was nine o’clock or after I finished reading them a bedtime story, scrubbing their tub, and taking my own bath. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Some even wrote parodies of my poem, reading them to me in the hopes of getting under my skin. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I wish the people back home reading magazine stories about dancing cannibals could see something as ordinary as Anatole’s clean white shirt and kind eyes, or Mama Mwanza with her children. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But happening to look up at Mrs. Pocket as she sat reading her book of dignities after prescribing Bed as a sovereign remedy for baby, I thought—Well—No, I wouldn’t. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Dusty usually had the first chapter of Genesis, so that by reading the same thing over and over he might eventually learn. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t even like buses. They love buses. They like reading things about buses. You can offer them a ride home and they’re like, ‘I’ll take the bus.’” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I was now content to spend a Saturday night reading a good novel on the couch. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Reb Saunders had drawn the line not at secular literature, not at Freud—assuming he knew somehow that Danny had been reading Freud—but at Zionism. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He was eating lunch and reading a pulp magazine. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know she’s going to make me help her, so I stay in bed reading until she forces me to get up. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Did you bring any of that pre-colonial reading material back with you?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been reading about ancient Egypt,” Pauline might begin, flipping a book open. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the intended reading, the pleasure is caused by the singing; in the unintended one, it’s caused by the not-passing-this-way-again. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t take in what I read, which didn’t matter since I knew it by heart and was reading merely to shut up the interior voice that kept telling me, It has all gone wrong. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t bother to stop your reading for me. But perhaps Kaede has a preference?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Teresa was leaning against a stack of shelves, reading a single sheet of paper. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I know this because I was spinning slowly around in the barber’s chair to the left of Penny, reading a book about a sixteen-year-old who sucks his thumb. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I had long wanted to ask her to tell me about the books that she was always reading, but I could never quite summon enough courage to do so. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right by the window sat a huge leather armchair and a spool table holding a lamp for reading. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He opened one eye, saw poor old Edgar Derby reading The Red Badge of Courage by candlelight. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve been reading the same five pages in that book for days now.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I go upstairs, through the old building and its room full of lamp-lit tables and people softly turning pages or asking hushed research questions, reading glasses on noses. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Still, I want to tell her, you reading about Miss Skeeter, don’t you know? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Their parents, understanding the importance of a bachelor’s degree, spent hours reading to them, researching school districts, and making it clear to them that they simply must graduate from college. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

One night he was reading the bedtime book from the watcher’s chair with his eye on Clayton. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I remember more than once his having a glass of scotch in one hand whilst he was reading me from a book with the other. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was reading her tatty copy of Vogue with intense interest. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

They would frown at me for reading prayers and meditations when they preferred to gossip. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I slipped into my pants and walked barefoot down the narrow, dim-lit hall to the door with a crudely lettered sign reading MEN. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that after reading my letter, Ivette would not write to me again. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

But it meant so much to me to have it said and out and free and flying-—that was the discontent I endured the night my father stopped reading, I realized right then. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But he couldn’t stop reading him, he said, because it had become increasingly obvious to him that Freud had possessed an almost uncanny insight into the nature of man. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to — to get this book out of the library. Just for background reading.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I’m in Special Education like her, but I take regular reading and math classes. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But Im keeping up with my reading and learning new things every day and I know its going to help me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“That would be Mrs. Blake, my neighbour;” said the woman, reading the initials. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

My excessive reading puzzled Aunt Maggie; she sensed my fiercely indrawn nature and she did not like it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let me tell you something: from then until I left that prison, in every free moment I had, if I was not reading in the library, I was reading on my bunk. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wait for me to stand before class, easily reading words even high school students stumble over. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

She felt suspended, reading spines of other books, held fast by his presence close by. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

We both take deep breaths and she begins reading in a slow, steady voice. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I think we’ve been reading that line the wrong way. The world...the Earth. In Greek, the word for that would be...” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He stood up, took out his reading glass, and looked at the clock. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

When we discussed the readings in class, I was surprised to find out that I had not really understood what I read. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

So I start reading the chapter where we left off. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

There were the Picketts, Nelson, who’d played tackle for Georgia Tech and now worked for Parke-Davis, the pharmaceutical company, and his wife, Bonnie, who was always reading the miraculous tales in Guideposts. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They went up to the dormitory to fetch their books and charts, to find Neville there alone, sitting on his bed, reading. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The edge of the sky began to lighten as morning crept up on the Strong family farm, just enough to do a bit of reading. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The Ellsbergs spent long days alone, reading newspapers and watching television. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

You could be giving thanks for your two remarkable recoveries.You could be saying the rosary.You could be reading The Little Messenger of the Sacred Heart that’s beside your beds. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He sat on the stoop and began reading Julius Caesar. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I went to the library and used a part of my day reading science fiction, and in its marble washroom I changed my bandage. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can tell he’s sitting in his favorite chair in the family room and guess that he recently finished saying his prayers and is reading Quran. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes down on the reading list the teacher had given me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well, I don’t want anyone to get bored and quit reading halfway through.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

To console myself for the loneliness I’d feel when I read, I tried reading in a very soft voice. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

All Hanako could make out was that it was a “bad” book, something they weren’t supposed to be reading. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Only this time, instead of a book, Holly was reading the Hope Springs Gazette with Rayburn snoring at her feet. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Then she announced it was time for us kids to help clear the table and do our story reading and head for bed. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I was sitting in the dining room with the door open, supposedly reading. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe I was reading too much into it, but it kind of felt like Samira was saying the whole bus thing was my fault. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Basically, I really need them, and one way or the other, Pm going to get them. Only in today’s sick society can a man be persecuted for reading too many books.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She sat on the chair, perched really, suddenly thinking that, from reading a City Paper ad, she was now alone with a strange man in the basement of a strange house in America. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I never will forget how shocked I was when I began reading about slavery’s total horror. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not. I just think you might be reading too much into a musical selection.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second thing he did was to convince me that my good reading ability and good test scores made me special. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have the answer to the math problem as fast as the kid next to me, or I hadn’t read as far as everyone else in the book we were reading in class. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I went to the kitchen and he was sitting there with his tea, smoking and reading the Korean-language newspaper. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, as I was lying on my bed reading Greek, I was startled by a flash of remembrance, almost as if a hidden spotlight had been trained without warning on my face. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I said right away with my foot planted firmly in the words I spoke, “Like reading.the Bible over and over.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Only Ms. Udell’s threat to cancel the play quieted the class, and even then, she struggled to wrangle her students through a morning of reading, journals, math, and vocabulary. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

For instance, reading The Autobiography of Malcolm X—a book that begins and ends in the madness and pathology of America’s racial obsessions—is a rite of passage for young black men. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

One day Sass caught us at our reading. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I went to the porch and sipped iced tea and Edith was reading this book and she didn't put it down when she said, ‘That’s not necessarily true, you know.’ The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell rings, Mrs. Winstead walks to the front of the class, saying, “Everyone, pull out your books. Free reading starts now.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Henry was sitting in a chair by my bed, reading by the table lamp. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When I finished reading that passage, I read it again. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

With immense interest, Mrs. Glass bent down and picked up the manuscript Zooey had been reading before she made her entrance into the room. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I had not ever fully made the connection between my reading and the writing process. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Somehow, after reading all the big books that Jen had loaned him, he didn’t find the fancy words so daunting. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

She had made a bunch of tapes for the ride and had brought reading material: The Guardian, the last two issues of Parkett. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She’d never liked monster class—reading Pliny the Elder and those other musty authors who described legendary monsters from the edges of the Roman Empire. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Before he sat, he’d go to the cooler and help himself to a bottle of organic beer, Oxford Gold, and as he confronted his food, he’d open his latest reading matter. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The young black man in the checkered suit, after reading the letter, grudgingly gave me papers indicating that I was now qualified to apply for a pass. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nearly all of them struggle with basic reading and math. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Her most favorites were marked up with hearts and exclamation marks and other reading notes in the margins, so she would never part with those. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And just as in Mrs. Bedlow’s parlor, chairs had been pulled away from the tables and girls were chatting and sewing and reading in the living area. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Think of it this way. Students who have trouble with math get extra math help. Or if they have trouble reading we give them reading help.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once night came, we kids all lay in our rope-and-cardboard beds, reading by flashlight or a candle we’d set on our wooden boxes, each of us creating our own little pool of dim light. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll show you the numbers if you show me the words you know for reading. And,” he pointed at me, “what you learn in history.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

By meeting these people, it made the books we’ve been reading more meaningful. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I sat in the same secluded spot I had sat reading on my first day, and I ate my lunch, hoping no one would notice me. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I spent the rest of my time reading one of the Phyllis Whitney paperbacks Ob got me. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I see you reading your little books every day.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The drama of the Restoration, aside from the time-consuming reading required, was easy to manage after her home study of Shakespeare. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is every good German's duty to report enemy propaganda to the Gestapo, to turn in anyone suspected of listening to or reading enemy propaganda. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

We’re reading this book called Monster, and today’s lesson is on symbolism: cue my realization that the key Daddy gave me was symbolic. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

When I go to my table and start reading, I find out Bud, the main guy in the story, is away from his mama like I am, only his mama died. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Well, they don’t sit around reading stargazer books and eating Christmas cookies. They fly someplace exotic. On their parents’ private jet. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“This is terrible English,” I said to a classmate as we were reading the play. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hope and believe that some of you reading this book will be so privileged; in your lifetime, it is certainly possible. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Reading is but reading, Octavian. We are disappointed in you.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He remembered reading about wild boars that came plunging through forests, and how the hunters waited, and then leaped out and stuck knives into the throat and heart and eyes of the animal. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

It’s like reading a seemingly random collection of words before the sentence becomes clear. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“This is no time for a psychic reading!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It shows kids reading books atop a big book of stories, flying as high as the moon. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I had long wanted to talk to an economist about some of the ideas I had come across in my reading. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

April always hated to be fussed over, but it was sort of nice to open her eyes now and then and see Caroline just sitting there, quietly reading a book. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

My success made me happy, but, this time, the grade seemed less important than what I had learned from reading the book. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She heard him give a reading more than forty years ago at the Principal de la Comedia Theater. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

All he did was reach in right after me and pull out his book, the Bible, and open it up so he could pretend like he was reading just the same as me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It is the second time he has paused his reading and discussion to look at me, like he is giving me an opening to interrupt him. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“I saw you reading our files before you came in.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Also, Dante wasn’t blind; if he was really reading off my music stand, he didn’t need to have his face practically in my hair. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

While reading for my master’s thesis, I’d been surprised to discover echoes of Mormon theology in the great philosophers of the nineteenth century. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They quietly occupied the stores, some sitting at tables reading and working on homework assignments, until the owners shut down their establishments in the middle of the afternoon. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“I sympathized with him a lot, reading his letters,” Sasha said. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They borrowed some novels from the library, starting a lifelong tradition of reading together—usually Emma read to Charles while he rested from his work. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They asked me for an explanation of reading and writing, Slant saying, “You friend Private Williams, he writes too.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t even the Ogden and Flügel psychology books he had been reading. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

They are more like puzzles and games than those awful bubble tests we do, where I just fill in circles without even reading the questions. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Back then, we all worried that John would be the one to fail the Trial, considering his trouble with reading. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Still, decisions about crescendos and decrescendos, tempo, and score reading have to be made, but there are endless possibilities for vocalizing and playing these child-centered compositions. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

She suggested that I read more, that reading would improve my writing. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The boy who first entered a classroom barely able to speak English, twenty years later concluded his studies in the stately quiet of the reading room in the British Museum. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she closed the door to the gray room the outside light was cut off and only the reading lamp threw its cone on the table. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He expected ultimately to be drafted and serve—the war was in full swing, and he was nothing if not dutiful—but a high blood pressure reading kept him out of the military and Vietnam. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He asks the church to stand for the reading of scripture and says, “Turn your Bible to Galatians 6:7.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Frankie was standing at the desk, holding an envelope in her hand, reading. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The book I was reading was this book I took out of the library by mistake. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Since reading about the old days keeps my mind off Frightful, I flip to last summer and the days when we were building the dam and water mill. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember reading that in a book once. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I think I’ll just stick to reading some books and writing in my diary. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t stop reading them, alternating between rage and sorrow; it was like having my skin rubbed off. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If other Americans reading this account should feel it true, that agreement would only mean that we are alike in our Americanness. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did think of it as work—the reading and the practicing of languages and pronunciation, the recitation of facts, the careful examination of every text laid before him. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Right now, he was probably reading whatever clue was etched into its surface. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He was alone in his parlor, reading, when the streets below him exploded in confusion. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I had finished reading all of the articles in the front section by the time Dad walked into the great room. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bradley pulls out the sheet with our assignment for the day and starts reading the instructions aloud, his eyes intense with concentration. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

July 30: Of all the sea books I've been reading, the book that has taken me over is Jack London's Martin Eden. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

It was the combination of Milton’s disgust at the antiwar movement and Tessie’s sense of uselessness that led them to begin reading the entire one-hundred-and-fifteen-volume set of the Great Books series. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He took a quick reading of his location and the situation, and then put his arm around the other driver’s shoulder. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated reading, I was very bad at it, and besides, how could you take the time to read when there were games that shrieked for playing? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

When she had left, I read Mate’s note over and over as if with each reading, new information would surface. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, the four walls of that shack squeezed so snug that I did my reading on the front steps. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Aunt Jessie was a devotee of palm reading, one of the “minor superstitions” that was in vogue, along with seances, phrenology, and physiognomy. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shop was empty except for the barber reading a magazine in the chair nearest the window. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The trash. He was reading a bunch of stuff and he threw it in the trash. I didn’t even—” He jogged away from her and ducked into the house, the screen door slamming behind him. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

When I brought books home from the library, I would sometimes run into older kids who would tease me about my reading. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I walk into the room where the Doctorita is lying on the sofa, grading papers, and Nino Carlitos is reclined in his chair, reading his textbook, scribbling on a notepad. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Honestly, I know she should be better by now, but it’s so hard, and we are working on it. The reading is just...going slowly.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Toward daybreak, as I sat up, reading in the half-light one of the ballad-sheets on the walls, Sander woke and peered drowsily at me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the evening, Salim sits in his hotel room, reading his Qur’an, telling himself that this will pass, that his stay in this strange world is limited and finite. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want her to find out I was still reading baby books, even though on my reading log it said I was reading a book for a fifth-grader. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The book was lying open on the reading desk. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Poems and stories about the hardships and joys of the Puerto Rican jíbaro were required reading at every grade level in school. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“You really want to help me with Ess, with the reading?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“You’d think people had better things to gossip about,” said Ginny, as she sat on the common room floor, leaning against Harry’s legs and reading the Daily Prophet. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The reading of the charges continued for the next two days. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spend that first week—and it does feel like spending, like not seeing him is costing me something—doing all my normal things: reading, learning, not dying. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

After only two or three months in the reading room of the British Museum, it became clear that I had joined a lonely community. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it came time for Pagliuca to take the afternoon readings, the wind was so strong that he tied a rope around his waist and had two colleagues take hold of the other end. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Their English teacher, who had been reading aloud from a textbook, interrupted himself to say that he had the attention of 70 percent of the class, and that 70 percent was a “dismal figure.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I sighed, too embarrassed to tell him how much I missed school myself—not arithmetic or geography or social studies, but reading and drawing and playing with my friends at recess. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Page 82 Each day, we had a brief reading assignment full of statistics and real-world examples. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I hung around afterward for a few minutes while Dad was reading the paper at the table. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was the same teacher reading his newspaper, same kids, same room. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

In 1996, the Chicago Board of Education enforced new rules saying that students had to make at least a 6.8 grade level in reading and math to move on to high school. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a few days later Muriel, reading over the Seven Commandments to herself, noticed that there was yet another of them which the animals had remembered wrong. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

If you’re reading this because you think you might be one, my advice is: close this book right now. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish you’d stop reading this trash,” she said and flung it inside, where it fell under the sofa, to be retrieved later. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The lower floors are blanketed with them— Becquerel, Lavoisier, Fischer—a lifetime of reading. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her father raised his head and looked at her with the usual absent expression he wore when she interrupted his reading. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

People were sitting around long tables with green-shaded lamps, reading newspapers and magazines. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When I speak, I follow the same story you've been reading. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Finally he got up in the darkness and joined Hermione, who was huddled in the entrance to the tent reading A History of Magic by the light of her wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Her lips are moving and I guess she’s reading the card. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whatever would Deacon Hurd say if he knew you were reading Charles Darwin?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I’m reading it for fun. I thought it might be the same copy you have here, but it’s not.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Her mother gave her the nod to begin reading. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“My eyes are tired from reading these books, Klaus, and they aren’t helping us. I’m going to go out and help Justice Strauss in the garden.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

She swallowed it down enough to finish reading the message. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Highcamp deplored the absence of her daughter from the races, and tried to convey to her what she had missed by going to the “Dante reading” instead of joining them. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is not known whether Bobby, on or near his thirteenth birthday of March 9, 1956, participated in the formal Jewish ritual of Bar Mitzvah, reading Hebrew from the Torah at a synagogue. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the first lecture, we were told that the next class would begin with a quiz on the readings. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The Americans were greeted by friendly villagers and a banner reading, “Welcome Americans.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He had trouble reading the expression on her face. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

No more reading beneath the streetlight for Dell. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The bass has been pumping since noon, and with that kind of noise, there's no reading, thinking, or dreamily staring out the window for me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I had tried everything: counting, having Mr. W. conduct me through it, NOT counting, closing my eyes, reading the music, ignoring the music. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And are violations of the rule obvious products of mishearing, careless reading, or a chintzy attempt to sound highfalutin? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

And then I started reading An Imperial Affliction for the millionth time. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Tom Weylin didn’t want me reading on my own, but he had ordered me to read to his son. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I read some of my book and then wrote in my journal and then went back to reading again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Because it seemed like it should be a good thing, that I didn’t have that long-word-x reading disorder, that my brain didn’t mix up letters and numbers on the page. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t reading, or listening to music, or doing anything. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

When she finished reading all that stuff to us I asked her if I could look at the notebook. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Famous people. Smart people. It just means your eyes mix up letters and numbers sometimes, and it would explain why you sometimes have trouble reading.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t picture him reading but of course he reads, since he taught the boys! Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Given my fairly light holiday reading schedule, I had to go to the library and grab the first thing that fell off a shelf. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She would never be able to find her place again now—all the stories she had been reading were lost among the infinite pages. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Mom got very good at reading my mind sometimes. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I’m sick of reading his stupid words, Mom. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He carried the tray into the lean-to and set it gingerly on the tilted reading table. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed unable to believe what he was reading. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It’s getting harder for me to write down all my thoughts and feelings because I know that people are reading them. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Brian’s reading the titles on the spines of books on the shelves like he’s going to be tested on it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He was ready to open up his newspaper and go back to reading when I pulled an edge down to look him in the eye as I told him the answer. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And finally she came to a point where she knew it so well that she went right on reading it without listening. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he came home, I was upstairs in my room, reading. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I spent a lot of money on drinks and meals while reading books. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

When you arrived, you received no specific information about the inmate under observation—just the special-watch logbook, the only reading ma-terial the officer was allowed to have. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had the same love of reading at every opportunity, so we sometimes ate lunch together. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Ellsberg and other staff members were gathered with John McNaughton in his office, reading the latest cables and waiting for the president’s announcement. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And I even understand a lot of the things I’m reading about, and they stay in my mind. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone here is reading a book called Salute to Freedom. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Jaimito called us over to where he was sitting at the dining room table, reading the papers he’d bought in the capital. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have been reading so much about what is happening in Zimbabwe and so I am especially glad you are not hurt. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

For full effect, it needs reading aloud by several people at once, moving the lips in synchrony. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eddie opened his eyes and stared at me as if he was reading every thought that came through my head. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” said Doctor Baker, “yes, yes I suppose I have. Some inquest or other wasn’t there? My wife was reading all about it.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

They were reading Odenigbo’s article, she was sure; it was easily the best there. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

One of them came over to express her condolences that they’d be stuck with the weird, quiet girl, and said she hoped they’d have fun reading books all day. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I was worried about finding it, since I’d never been there before, but I’m good at reading maps, and I didn’t have any trouble. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the floor beside his bed a book lay open; Harry had been reading it before he fell asleep last night. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

That Sunday evening, Yoyo was reading some poetry to get herself inspired: Whitman's poems in an old book with an engraved cover her father had picked up in a thrift shop next to his office. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Don’t feel sorry for me. I know I am the lucky one,” Grandpa says as if reading my thoughts. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

At the Clinic, there was comedy in the way Tessie, idly picking up a waiting-room magazine, found herself reading about the juvenile sexual rehearsal play of rhesus monkeys. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She wanted to ask him what he was reading, but she did not dare. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“But I can read,” he said to himself, “and they can’t. They don’t even know what reading is.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I would spend the summer reading Finnegans Wake and writing my thesis. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I read well and I knew it, despite the fact that I never got the best marks in the class in reading. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

In Davie’s she was reading a huge stack of books under a tree. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I showered, braided my hair with ribbons, and sat in the living room reading a religious magazine while I waited for Mami to pick me up. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Fabian snaps and claps, and everyone stops talking during silent reading. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Chattana had few books left from the days before the Great Fire, so Nok devoured the titles, reading as much and as quickly as she could before they had to leave. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Halfway down the passageway, a stewardess was sitting on a chair outside a galley way, reading a magazine and smoking a cigarette. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“While Chess gets the poster board he needs for his science project and Emma gets the next book she wants in that series she’s reading. Harry Potter, wasn’t it?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She props the legs up on a chair and that’s where he stays the rest of the night reading the paper or a book from the shelf above his head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He remembers reading it in the email from Dr. Taylor M. Martin. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She studied Jones’ face, but the glasses prevented her reading anything there. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom had us all reading books without pictures by the time we were five, and Dad taught us math. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was in the middle of reading Little House in the Big Woods, and I was going to miss her reading because I was in the principal’s office. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Flora hadn’t been reading The Criminal Element for two solid years for nothing. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Shakespeare did not write for your ease of reading,” she said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He just flipped from card to card, reading the get-well messages out loud to me like bedtime stories. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I did okay with the reading and writing parts. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

When she was reading, her face would be like the face of one listening to music. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Look,” said Roy, “every day we’ve been reading about regular people, ordinary Americans who made history ’cause they got up and fought for something they believed in. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within weeks the end of the semester is upon them, and they are besieged by exams and papers and hundreds of pages of reading. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kyle slipped on his jeans and sneakers and staggered out into the giant reading room. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

His reading glasses had fallen to the carpet. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I did not discuss my reading with Mr. Falk, who had lent me his library card; it would have meant talking about myself and that would have been too painful. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m so tired from staying up last night reading, I just want to get into bed and close my eyes. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He was reading straight through Chambers’ Cyclopaedia now. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I He stopped writing as he became aware that somebody was reading over his shoulder. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

While Father was reading the latest news, Mrs. Underdown tried to make friends with Mother by complaining about her houseboy in Léopoldville. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were still calmly, numbly reading Virgil and playing tag in the river farther downstream. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Early in the morning, reading a graphic description of combat wounds suffered by American soldiers, Gravel began to cry. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Tally sat down on the bed, reading the labels on the food packs. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“The first thing we have to do this morning is finish reading the story we began yesterday,” he said enthusiastically. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He’d dragged his finger along the Erie shoreline, reading the names on the map aloud. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

If you’re a kid reading this, there isn’t anything you can do about it, but grownies can at least remember—when you fight in front of kids, what you’re really doing. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He was reading the billboards when suddenly the people around him were leaping from their seats, someone was shouting, “Look out!” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The breakfast dishes were standing piled around on the table, because for his father breakfast was the most important meal time in the day, which he prolonged for hours by reading various newspapers. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

He decided to do some reading, and reached for a book titled A Land Remembered, which he’d checked out from school. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The verses were in Spanish, and I had a feeling I was going to end this reading session with a headache. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yeah, I borrowed it for a bit of bedtime reading,” said Ron, but very quietly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

On the third evening I was at the kitchen table, reading, when Shawn and Benjamin shuffled through the back door. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The lodgers had already ended their night meal, the middle one had pulled out a newspaper and had given each of the other two a page, and they were now leaning back, reading and smoking. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew if I flipped a page over and read it line by line, I was officially reading someone else’s paper. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a white girl with brown hair and brown eyes reading in a chair by the window. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s called Nuptial Law, ” Klaus said, “and I learned many interesting things while reading it.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Shortly after, remedial reading classes were arranged for me with a very old nun. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She plays reading and vocabulary games to help us learn, and she listens to our questions. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Shout if you need anything. Izzy, why don’t you finish reading in your room.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then I started reading this timetable I had in my pocket. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Too much reading and too much tennis is not good for you,” he said. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

This aids in proper and correct on-pitch singing as well as sight reading and ear training. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I started reading to myself and he covered the Bible with his hand. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Watching them sit there playing with their sons, reading the paper, smoking, or drinking a Coke, I never would have guessed they were on trial for murder. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He spent afternoons working in the store or reading aloud to Abuelito. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Colin emphatically pushed the book cover shut when he finished reading. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

She’s seen them too: the scruffy youngish guy who came in today with a pile of books as if it were a reading retreat. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

On the lamp table were her reading glasses and a high pile of books. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered reading how the American South had often compared itself to Rome back before the Civil War. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They tried the sentence again, reading together out loud: “‘For the most wild yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief.’” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Because we can’t see into the Earth, we have to use other techniques, which mostly involve reading waves as they travel through the interior. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Instead, she fussed with him about reading the papers in bed, soiling their sheets with those poorly printed, foreign tabloids. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She kept reading the words over and over. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

While I recovered, Mae and Birdie gave me reading lessons and a book about dragons. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

They were twisting and turning and pointing their beaks toward the sun as they took their readings and plotted their courses south. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know Abby got a perfect score on the SAT reading, right? And she makes straight As.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” said Akimi, “from the way Mr. Lemoncello was just winking, either somebody kicked a bucket of sand in his face or our recommended reading list is another clue.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Rows and rows of black chairs are filled with people sitting, slouching, reading, dozing. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Any authors of color on your reading list?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I shed my borrowed life for an hour and put on the borrowed life of the book I’m reading. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Between Mr. Muhammad’s teachings, my correspondence, my visitors—usually Ella and Reginald—and my reading of books, months passed without my even thinking about being imprisoned. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “Okay. Could we like get a thingie, a reading on his limbic activity?” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, when the men had left the dining room to go into the taproom, she stayed behind, reading a book she had taken from a small silk purse that matched her lovely dress. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, she’s been reading up on it. Just today she asked about your foundation shrubs. So I told her about the butterfly bush and that smaller one, the purple one.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Poppy stayed home reading the newspaper or digging in the garden. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve really got to stop reading these horror stories late at night, he thought, it’s beginning to affect my mind. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

I love reading, but not the cheesy kid stuff. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I hand her the pad of paper and she starts reading it, then hands it back and says, “Here, you read it to me.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the young rabbi look up a moment from his book, then resume reading. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

These days, guitarists who want to play a well-known pop or folk song can do so simply by reading a chart with the names of the chords. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Neither of them noticed that she had come in; Elinor was bending over one of the reading desks with Mo beside her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You’re not in bed yet?” he asked, looking at me over his reading glasses. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

One day, when we were reading yet another description of a character with skin the color of caramel or chocolate, Elle pointed out that people aren’t edible. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Inside the flat a fruity voice was reading out a list of figures which had something to do with the production of pig iron. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The look on her face was far from friendly, and Shirley did not need a lesson in reading faces to interpret its meaning. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

All three of us would rather fold into each other on the couch, reading a book or watching a documentary, than gossip with Mama. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But reading the record of his trial had outraged me, and I felt that anger returning—not just about the injustice done to Walter but also about the way it had burdened the entire community. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The night clerk kept on reading his John Grisham novel, and barely looked up as she walked past him. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I was sprawled on the rug in the living room, reading The Voyage of the Space Beagle by A. E. van Vogt. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He sends me e-mails that I trash without reading. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Fisher starts reading names, and I hold my breath. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

My parents’ eyes meet, and it’s like mind reading. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I talk about how reading is a doorway to another world, about how hungry I am to learn as much as they can teach me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had my readings of every issue of The Source and Vibe. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Since the satellite TV was out, the satyr was probably sitting on his bunk reading back issues of Guns&Ammo magazine. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Inheritance Law and Its Implications?' he said sharply. “Why are you reading that?” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

She was propped up in her bed, reading a book. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

After supper Friday night Grampa was reading the newspaper, and I was out on the back porch hoping for a cool breeze. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray was already sitting out on his stoop reading the paper. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I am in fear that her power of reading the Count’s sensations may die away, just when we want it most. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

They found Mr. Weasley sitting in the bar, reading the Daily Prophet. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

But then we’d started reading The World at the End of the Tunnel for the first time, and I had barely given the box another thought. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“We had too many kids who were just nowhere in terms of reading,” he said. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

If Death-Cast hit me up one week ago, I wouldn’t have been up late reading all the notes Aimee wrote me when we were still a thing. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Wallace had many of the same ideas Charles had had for years, and Wallace also had gotten some of them from reading Malthus’s Essay on Population. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes don't leave the diagram, and he taps the sheet and says, "Get a reading on this rheostat, David. If the dial's out of alignment, that could double or triple the current getting past." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jermaine plopped down at the kitchen table and started reading his newspaper. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

There we chanted together, voices rising and falling, loud and soft, some boys shouting, everybody reading together, reciting together and not alone with one voice. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not that much fun, having a Care. Teaching them everything—swimming and reading. It’s hard. And some part of them is always dirty or dripping. They break things. They smell.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Kids is laughing and splashing and ladies is laying around in they swimsuits and sunglasses reading magazines. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There was no smell of salt and rum when Mo began reading this time. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I didn’t really hear what she said, because I was too busy trying to see what the girl was reading. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Across the street, Ms. Jones and her son sat on the porch, reading. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

None of those things, though, will improve her math and reading skills, and every carefree summer day she spends puts her further and further behind Alex. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I go back to the map, to Ben’s writing on the other side, the first chance I’ve had to look at it under something besides a flashlight, which ain’t really for reading. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“What is he wearing?” she asked, so loud that I could hear her from the kitchen, where I sat drinking tea and reading The Lord of the Rings. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The poorest kids come back from the holidays and their reading scores have dropped almost 4 points. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Can you cipher too—along with your reading and writing?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then when she calls on me in class, I have no problem reading aloud. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The bedside lamp was switched on, so obviously Elinor had gone to sleep while she was reading. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“And I’m sorry. But these books...You have so many. There’s dust gathering on their spines. I couldn't help it. Forgive me, I’ve missed reading so much.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Or maybe they’d realized I got my essay on Tom Sawyer from the Internet without ever reading the book and now they were going to take away my grade. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Go turn on the television set and warm it up,” Ignatius said absently and returned to his furious reading of the letter. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She examined the guts closely, as though she were reading a book, and diagnosed the person’s sickness. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go do your reading then, or bother someone’s daughter. I’m sure you have better things to do than watch me eat.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was no one at home to explain the fearsome racket, but she satisfied herself that the iron cook stove had not blown up, and returned to her sweltering bedroom to continue reading and copying. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t take down the nightly reading or homework assignment from the board. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

At a recent reading the daughter gave after her long silence, the mother's neighbor was the daughter's lover. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

But as I lie on my side, reading the lyrics of the first song as it’s playing, I’m immediately pulled into Hamilton’s story. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

And sometimes she looked to see what he was reading. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“I was not running around like Chicken Little,” said Mr. Ortega, reading his screen. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The vision was a true one. It was my reading that was false. I am as mortal as you, Jon Snow. All mortals err.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I took the bill and stepped close to the street light, reading. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bando is at an antique reading desk, engrossed in a book. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if he’d been reading her mind, Matthew pulled out his earbuds and asked, “So what happened with James? Why didn’t he do this with you?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I was reading and walking when I heard my mother shout at me through her open classroom door. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Elected officials deduced that a strong percentage of kids reading below their grade level by third grade would be needing a secure place to stay when they got older. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He had watched the boy reading the letter, once, twice, three times, and later as he spoke confusedly with the mac. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She goes back to reading the list, this time more carefully, moving her finger down each item. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big Ma had taken to reading her supermarket gossip news out in the open, and Ma Charles was none too pleased about “these chirrens today.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

What I was doing was spending more and more time alone in my room, reading or writing. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

When I finished reading the poem, I got a standing ovation. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He switched on the weak reading lamp on my desk and pulled the chair over to my bed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I put on my pajamas, even though it’s only seven-thirty, and I sit down in the den with Dad, who is reading the newspaper. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

One is to provide grounds for confidence that the writer has a history of reading edited English and has given it his full attention. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s simple reading comprehension. Read the paragraph and summarize, in a couple of sentences, what it was about. That’s it. It’s not rocket science.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

There would also be no flaming Olympic torch, just a giant, ten-foot-tall flashlight to celebrate the joy of reading under the covers. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Unless he was reading, he just couldn’t sit still. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“There are diverse ways of reading texts, depending on who you are. We all access books differently.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I was at an exciting part, and you know I don’t notice everything around me when I’m reading a good book, so I didn’t see the black streak arrive. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Everyone had sleepy, dreamy looks in their eyes because they’d been kind of drifting off in their comfy reading chairs. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I was reading to him,” I admitted. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sean had left him some horse magazines, but he didn’t feel like reading. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I had so far been successful in hiding my thoughts and feelings from them, but I knew that I would create hostility if I went about this business of reading in a clumsy way. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

While reading their lines, they had to be careful not to rustle the script’s pages. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Mother returns to her reading, and I open a kitchen cupboard and survey its contents. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Fallen on the battlefield of life” was something that Louisiana had said when they were reading aloud from the book. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I had trouble reading gods’ emotions, but I wondered if he had some doubts. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Upon reading the letter and the poem, he crowed with pleasure and, forgetting me, hastened to find the king. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She bent her head and went back to reading about the amazing Incandesto. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

For the reading, Miss Love sat down in the rocking chair, pulled as close to Grandpa as she could get it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Clara was in such a hurry to make her literate that at the age of five the little girl was already reading the newspaper over breakfast and discussing the news with her grandfather. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

After silent reading, Mr. Fabian hands back the math quiz. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Honestly, I didn’t know what to think after reading that outrageous story in the paper. The one about that policeman who had his windows painted black!” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old dry leather went up with a whoosh, and the yellow pages stirred as they burned, as if some ghost were reading them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He wrote letters to doctors in England, spent his evenings reading casebooks at the library, gave up eating meat on Fridays in order to appease his household god. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no,” he said, like he was reading from a teleprompter. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In the evening, after I had cooked dinner and washed up, there would be lessons in reading and writing the Tang people’s words and in the use of the abacus for arithmetic. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even want to know what depressing thing she was reading, so I kept my eyes on my next vacation. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It’s the class for the hobos, the kids who failed at math and reading. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He picked up a sheaf of papers and began reading. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She wrote in a letter to Etty, “I am reading the Psalms and I cannot conceive how they have satisfied the devotional feelings of the world for such centuries.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t get to sleep, so I sat up playing my Game Boy and reading skateboard magazines. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The more nervous I am, the worse my reading gets. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want Grandma upset because I was reading a book about the water. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not like to have the other widows see him struggling with his reading, so we sat in a corner of the courtyard with only Maa Kamala to keep an eye on us. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were curled up on the couch, she reading a novel, he watching sports. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“He pulled the trigger even before they finished reading him the instructions.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He was his father in so many ways: the way he fanned out his cards with both hands, the way he squinted while reading them, the way he rarely looked a person in the eye. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

School was free, as was reading when the books were from the library, and the only thing needed to play basketball in Harlem were sneakers and a game. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“In that case, you shouldn’t be reading such filth.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z