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He loves animals, the outdoors and is a great reader. I read to him every day from an early age and he developed a love of reading even during his most difficult times



This is excellent..if he still loves to read during his most difficult time. What type of books does he seem to like during this time? If it's fiction, what type of fiction/authors?

I'm going through a phase myself where I haven't read a novel in ..several years...which is ironic..I did my English literature university undergraduate degree. I think I just don't want to spend the effort to understand a well-written literary novel. And I get impatient with some novels written for the masses according to a formula.

Reading primarily non-fiction --travelogue books, social issues.

As for animals..has he ever volunteered for an animal shelter? Or be involved in training animals..dogs, horses, etc. Did you know that less sharp police dogs, are retrained for seeing eye dogs for the blind?
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