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Reader's Library => Book Talk [Public] => Topic started by: Hopscotch on May 19, 2024, 01:38:01 AM
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Here's the reader I want:
10 rules for reading from someone who does it for a living
Washington Post May 18, 2024
“…I read from morning till bedtime, with breaks for my job, family, meetings with friends, exercise, household chores and periodic review of my life’s greatest blunders. On the days I don’t read, I write….it’s a simple system. Many people complain that they have no time for books, yet somehow they manage to spend three or more hours a day watching television or scrolling through social media…You pays your money and you takes your choice….
“I don’t skim or speed read, though I envy people…who can zip through a novel in 20 minutes….As an exceptionally slow reader, I mentally murmur every word on the page, which allows me to savor the author’s style and to remember what he or she has said….
“After finishing a book, I tend to keep it. While not a frequent rereader, I do like to refresh my acquaintance with old favorites, if only by opening one up occasionally to enjoy a page or a passage. When I look at my living room’s bookcases, while sleepily sipping coffee in the morning, I see not only my past laid out before me but also my future…”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/05/18/how-to-read-book-dirda/ (https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/05/18/how-to-read-book-dirda/)
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I know this guy. He's a total bookaholic. We want more of these.
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Lovely excerpts. Thank you.