public List <DeskQuote> readJSONFile(string file) { StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(file); List <DeskQuote> deskQuotes = new List <DeskQuote>(); string JSONString; try { while (!sr.EndOfStream) { JSONString = sr.ReadLine(); DeskQuote deskQuote = new DeskQuote(); deskQuote = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <DeskQuote>(JSONString); deskQuotes.Add(deskQuote); } } catch (IOException e) { System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("There was a problem trying to read the file" + e); } sr.Close(); return(deskQuotes); }