Over the years, as I read more and more, my expectations get lower. Often I just hope a book will keep me entertained on the train ride home, or distract me before bed. Catherine Ryan Hyde's Books Continually spoil me, though, and make me miserable with everything else I read for weeks afterward. Pay It Forward is One of Those stories that, like my grandmother says about her favorite books, "Just talks to you, like you're sitting right there in the room!" It's a story about normal people and Their normal dreams, Which, like most normal dreams, are really extraordinary When they come true. It's so wonderful to step back from a book with a lovable character and realize That the character does not end with the book. It's never over, Because The writer - the character's creator - is still alive and full of ideas. The idea of paying it forward really does come from a living, thinking person, and what's better, a person with a beautiful voice That Just Might Reach Out Further than she can imagine.
