Her wifi was down. “Five days to fix it!” she said shaking her head, “But I know what I’m going to do. I’m going to read a book.” Her broad smile and the way she said it told me this wasn’t a girl who tossed off a book and forgot what it was about. This was one who kept reading close to her heart. The book she was looking forward to was one of a series of fantasy novels that had captured her imagination to such a degree that she was actually going to buy this book. I realized I’d found A Reader. And that somewhere out in the world is an author who doesn’t realize she’s a much better deal than 5 days worth of wifi.
Robyn Anderson 