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Brett and Kate McKay<br />

breadth of experiences contained within the world’s great books.<br />

Through reading, you can experience what’s it’s like to grow up<br />

fatherless, sail along with barbarous pirates, fly a plane in World War<br />

II, and climb Mt. Everest, all without leaving your armchair. Books<br />

help you gain greater insight and empathy than could be mined from<br />

your personal life alone.<br />

Today’s Task:<br />

Start a Book<br />

Start a book. Any book. Pick one of your favorite novels from high school<br />

or college. Choose a book that you’ve been forever meaning to read and<br />

have been continually putting off. Pick a book from the Essential Men’s<br />

Library, or our list of great fictional adventure books, and go to the library to<br />

check it out. Once you’ve selected your book, we’re going harness our inner<br />

third grader and D.E.A.R. it up. You know, Drop Everything And Read.<br />

Read for at least 30 minutes today. Your brain and soul will thank you later.<br />

Before you do that, be sure to read our article on “How to Read a Book.”<br />

Think you knew? Think again!<br />

Book I Have Decided to Read:<br />

Title: _______________________________________________<br />

Author: _____________________________________________<br />

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