Rereading a book shows you how much you changed. Every great book quietly argues with an older one. The footnotes were better than many novels I read this year.
The short version
The footnotes were better than many novels I read this year. Keeping a reading log turned a habit into a conversation. Abandoning a book is allowed and sometimes wise. Every great book quietly argues with an older one.
The author never explains the ending, and that is generous. Some books are best read in one sitting; others need a month and a pencil.
Getting started
Poetry rewards reading aloud, even to an empty room. Libraries remain the best recommendation engine ever built. A short story can hold a whole life in twenty pages. I underlined less this year and remembered more.
- Write three lines after each chapter
- Borrow before you buy
- Read one old book for every new one
- Reread a favourite each year
The author never explains the ending, and that is generous. The first chapter was slow, and the slowness was the point.
A small example
Good translation is invisible until you compare two of them. I underlined less this year and remembered more. Keeping a reading log turned a habit into a conversation. Libraries remain the best recommendation engine ever built.
Abandoning a book is allowed and sometimes wise.
I underlined less this year and remembered more. The author never explains the ending, and that is generous.
Keeping a reading log turned a habit into a conversation. Some books are best read in one sitting; others need a month and a pencil.
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