The footnotes were better than many novels I read this year. Rereading a book shows you how much you changed. I underlined less this year and remembered more.
Going further
Libraries remain the best recommendation engine ever built. Good translation is invisible until you compare two of them. The footnotes were better than many novels I read this year.
A short story can hold a whole life in twenty pages. Keeping a reading log turned a habit into a conversation.
A small example
A short story can hold a whole life in twenty pages. I underlined less this year and remembered more. Abandoning a book is allowed and sometimes wise.
- Write three lines after each chapter
- Read one old book for every new one
- Quit books that don’t earn it
- Reread a favourite each year
Some books are best read in one sitting; others need a month and a pencil. Poetry rewards reading aloud, even to an empty room.
The short version
Some books are best read in one sitting; others need a month and a pencil. Every great book quietly argues with an older one. Rereading a book shows you how much you changed.
Rereading a book shows you how much you changed.
Keeping a reading log turned a habit into a conversation. The footnotes were better than many novels I read this year.
Rereading a book shows you how much you changed. Some books are best read in one sitting; others need a month and a pencil.
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