As if surrounded by a celestial halo, space shuttle Discovery made its way towards the expansive confines of NASA Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building following a move from its processing hangar on Sept. 9, 2010. A metal sling will be carefully connected to the spacecraft and then operators will hoist it from transfer aisle to the high reaches of the 52-story building before lowering it into place beside the external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters. Crews then will connect the spacecraft giving the stack its familiar launch day form. Discovery is targeted to liftoff on the 11-day STS-133 mission on Nov. 1 at 4:40 p.m. EDT. Image Credit: Jen Scheer
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I’m not sure of the exact date, but they tell me I started reading when I was about four-years-old. I couldn’t tell you what the books were, or which ones were my favourites at that tender age, but I can tell you that books and reading have been an important part of my life ever since.
I have volunteered in school libraries in junior high and high school. I worked at the library at the university where I did my English Literature degree. Nothing makes me happier than being surrounded by books.
My list of favourite books is long and varied, but my all-time number-one is Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. My favourite author is Susanna Kearsley (who also writes under the name Emma Cole), and I have a webpage dedicated to her, as well.
