I showed up expecting to be read to but  I was taken by  surprise when the Dean, upon completing the  introduction, asked me to read immediately after him! Well, I could not just say no to him so I took a deep breath and remembering to enunciate clearly and project to the audience, I started to read. Mind you all this was being recorded and pictures were being taken, for the Ticker no doubt.  What else can I say? I love the book and it was thrilling to read in front of an audience. I  really enjoyed hearing the various different reading styles that everyone else brought with their reading of the work and would most certainly attend another event like this one.