In her spare time she read books on cooking.

她在业余时间读些烹饪方面的书。

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What made Madeleine sit up in bed was something closer to the reason she read books in the first place and had always loved them.

真正让玛德琳在床上坐起来的原因，正是她当初之所以读书，并始终爱书的最根本原因。

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She was proud that her son had read thousands of books and he was awarded a PhD in literature.

她儿子读了成千上万本书，并拿到了文学博士学位，这让她感到非常骄傲。

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When his mother learned of his failing grades she required her sons to read two library books every week.

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But it was a hard struggle. Few of the books she needed were written in the Braille language that the blind could read by touching pages.

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She read poetry,religious books, and art history to find ideas for her creations.

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Jessica, who was a year older than Connie, seemed content to cede the kitchen to the neighbor girl while she read books or played with her terrariums.

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With her original Kindle, she could read and buy books from anywhere and only needed to recharge the thing once a month on average.

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"It shortens research enormously, months of time you would normally spend in libraries, just trying to read books, " she said.

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