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A Book I Love

Readers of all ages tell about the books that have touched, thrilled, or inspired them the most.

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"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." ― Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!

Books inspire, motivate, educate and thrill readers of all ages, and often serve as the starting point for truly great accomplishments.They entertain, comfort, and help pass the time like nothing else.

In A Book I Love, people from every walk of life - united only by a love of reading - take the time to remind others of the difference a good book can make.

The Tucson Festival of Books makes a great place to ask people for reading suggestions, and you can hear from attendees at the 2016 Festival who took the time to give their unscripted, off the cuff opinions about some of their favorites. Here is A Book I Love...

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From Amy Tan to Winston Churchill, listen to the latest radio episode of A Book I Love from Arizona Spotlight, recorded March 15 & 16, 2014 at the 6th. Annual Tucson Festival of Books at the University of Arizona:

A Book I Love 2014 (recorded March 15 at the 6th. Annual Tucson Festival of Books at the University of Arizona). The first speaker is Matt, a resident of Tucson for 30 years who calls himself a true lover of books:


Listen to a radio episode of A Book I Love from Arizona Spotlight, recorded March 15 & 16, 2014 at the 6th. Annual Tucson Festival of Books at the University of Arizona):


A Book I Love 2013 (recorded in March, 2013 at the 5th. Annual Tucson Festival of Books at the University of Arizona):

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