From: Sally Miller <derbymiller_at_fuse.net>
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:19:11 -0500

How many different ways of reading there are! When I am dropped into a world as absorbing as that of Calpurnia, I don't need much "tension" in the way of external events. Because Calpurnia and her family became real to me, I was in no more hurry for things to happen than I would be if I were spending a quiet evening with friends. I found her vocabulary and speech patterns entirely believable, because, like Maia, I was brought up by a mother who, before I was four, taught me to say ""Am I not?" instead of "Aren't I?" To me it's much more unbelievable that parents today don't raise an eyebrow when one of their children tells them, "Me and Joey are going to the store." But I digress. Perhaps I just suspend my disbelief more quickly than others; I am not a good critical reader. But since I loved Calpurnia Tate, even more so than When You Reach Me, which I always enjoyed, please allow me a frivolous note: As my mother was also fond of saying, "Everyone to their own taste, said the old lady as she kissed the cow."
 
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