"My sister Dolores tops me because she was reading Wuthering Heights when she was probably 11. [But] when I was young, [my favorites] totally were mysteries, The Bobbsey Twins. Actually, I'm not going to lie, anything I could get my hands on. Any escape I could find."
"I always say that the book is only 30% of who I am because it really, what it does is it challenges memory and the power of memory. What I've remembered and what I've processed is maybe 30% of it. And then there are certain things that, I'm not going to lie, I'm too ashamed of."
Viola Davis, an acclaimed actress, author, and philanthropist, developed a passion for reading during her teenage years, initially drawn to mysteries and adventure stories like The Bobbsey Twins as a form of escape. She channeled this love of literature into her 2022 memoir, Finding Me, which became a New York Times bestseller and provided an unflinching account of her childhood marked by poverty and racial discrimination, leading to her eventual rise to Broadway and Hollywood prominence. Davis won the Grammy for Best Audio Book in 2023, achieving EGOT status. Her latest project, Judge Stone, co-authored with James Patterson, explores complex themes through the story of a Black judge in Alabama navigating a controversial legal case.
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