by Alan Jacobs
Read would give you delight—at least most of the time—and do so without shame. And even if you are that rare sort of person who is delighted chiefly by what some people call Great Books, don't make them your study intellectual diet, any more than eat at the most elegant of restaurants every day. It ...
A while back my teenage son drifted into the room where I was reading, tilting his head to catch the title of the book in my hands. It was that venerable classic How to Read a Book, by Mortimer Adler and Charles van Doren. "Oh man, he said, "I had to read that in school last year. Maybe I learned so...
A thoughtful, insightful, and enjoyable commentary.
Some reviews:So Many Books: http://somanybooksblog.com/2012/04/02/the-pleasures-of-reading/
A pleasant little book. Reading is enjoyable, don't get too caught up in just wanting "to have read"--where you don't actually read anything but just finish things. But don't just read crap, either. You're special because you read. That's the book.
A wonderful little book of short essays on various aspects of reading - the pros and cons of e-readers (this author finds that his Kindle has improved his concentration), the value (or lack thereof) of reading lists, the various reasons for reading, and of course, the effects of the internet and the...
This book was ordered by a customer in the store and, both when she placed the order and when she came to pick it up, I remarked on the title. The customer in question is a teacher, and I would like to think out relative professions allow us to be aware of the pleasures of reading, even in this curr...
A book about the pleasures of reading ought to be a pleasure to read. I did not find this book to be a pleasure to read. It wasn’t a waste of time. I took notes. “Read at whim!” the author, Alan Jacobs, reminds us, quoting poet Randall Jarrell. Worthy advice. Jacobs also warns us not to multitask, t...
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