A good story, then, well told, even if sometimes it feels a bit like having a children's book read to you.

Certainly the book doesn't read as if he had spent whole days on single sentences.

He had asked her if she would not like him to become an author and have his books read in England.

The first book of hers I read in fact, well over a decade ago.

The book, however, reads very much like a collection of short stories, each with its own beginning, middle and end.

A book perhaps; that might do the trick - she could read a while.

I would bring flowers, and books of poetry to read.

Often, it is the books read in youth that influence later years.

From this list the student can then choose one book to read and report on.

Unfortunately, her daughter did not have any books to read.