You don't have to take my word for it

Who else watched Reading Rainbow as a kid?

Here, for reasons obscurely related to my writing process (I'm working a lot on chapter 50 of "Lee," but it's fighting me, and I'm somewhat especially anxious for this one not to suck), are some of my favorite passages from some of my favorite books. In order: The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen, East of Eden by John Steinbeck, Iodine by Haven Kimmel, Possession by A.S. Byatt, and The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.




I. ( Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections )

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II. ( John Steinbeck, East of Eden )

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III. ( Haven Kimmel, Iodine )

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IV. ( A.S. Byatt, Possession )

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V. ( Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows )