On Reading
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On Dusty Bookshelves
Last year in August, I started a reading journal. It is literally a list of books I read and when I finish them. As the list started to grow over passing weeks, I realized that when I pay attention–real attention–to what a book is saying, there is a lot between the lines that a skim…
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3 Reasons I Want to Read Slowly
A while back, I was obsessed with learning to speed-read. I tried all these iPhone apps that supposedly help you read faster. I timed myself whenever I opened a book. I gave up on those weird apps almost at once, but over time did learn to speed-read. Though I’m not the fastest reader I know,…
Mariella Hunt & the Tearoom 