Libraries remain the best recommendation engine ever built. Some books are best read in one sitting; others need a month and a pencil. Poetry rewards reading aloud, even to an empty room.
A small example
I underlined less this year and remembered more. Libraries remain the best recommendation engine ever built. The footnotes were better than many novels I read this year. Abandoning a book is allowed and sometimes wise.
Poetry rewards reading aloud, even to an empty room. Libraries remain the best recommendation engine ever built.
The short version
The first chapter was slow, and the slowness was the point. Reading before bed works best on paper and badly on a phone. Abandoning a book is allowed and sometimes wise.
- Keep a reading log
- Read one old book for every new one
- Quit books that don’t earn it
- Write three lines after each chapter
The footnotes were better than many novels I read this year. The author never explains the ending, and that is generous.
Going further
Abandoning a book is allowed and sometimes wise. A short story can hold a whole life in twenty pages. Libraries remain the best recommendation engine ever built. Good translation is invisible until you compare two of them.
A short story can hold a whole life in twenty pages. Keeping a reading log turned a habit into a conversation.
The author never explains the ending, and that is generous. Good translation is invisible until you compare two of them.
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