Reading Short Story Collections Slowly

Abstract books gradient artwork

Rereading a book shows you how much you changed. Poetry rewards reading aloud, even to an empty room. The footnotes were better than many novels I read this year.

Going further

Libraries remain the best recommendation engine ever built. Abandoning a book is allowed and sometimes wise. The author never explains the ending, and that is generous.

Every great book quietly argues with an older one. Libraries remain the best recommendation engine ever built.

Details

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. Libraries remain the best recommendation engine ever built.

What worked

The author never explains the ending, and that is generous. A short story can hold a whole life in twenty pages. Poetry rewards reading aloud, even to an empty room. Rereading a book shows you how much you changed.

Every great book quietly argues with an older one.

Poetry rewards reading aloud, even to an empty room. Libraries remain the best recommendation engine ever built.

Reading before bed works best on paper and badly on a phone. The first chapter was slow, and the slowness was the point.

Comments

4 responses to “Reading Short Story Collections Slowly”

  1. Small tip: the list at the end makes a great checklist.

  2. Small tip: the list at the end makes a great checklist.

  3. Priya S. Avatar
    Priya S.

    Shared this with my team, it sparked a good discussion.

  4. Interesting perspective. I had the opposite experience, but I see your point.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *