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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Fav. Quote- "Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but, most important, it finds homes for us everywhere." Hazel Rochman
It is a book I would recommend to a) anyone who loves books and b) anyone working with youth. Quindlen explains the process of how she became a life-long reader. She also addresses the issue of technology and how that affects literacy. I found the book an important reminder that reading is for enjoyment. I found many of her points interesting. One point being that excellent writers don't decide to become writers after they read the greats. They get inspiration from lowbrow to middlebrow books. I also liked the idea that reading is for enjoyment and not necessarily for enhancement. A book I would definitely read again. A great reminder.
It is a book I would recommend to a) anyone who loves books and b) anyone working with youth. Quindlen explains the process of how she became a life-long reader. She also addresses the issue of technology and how that affects literacy. I found the book an important reminder that reading is for enjoyment. I found many of her points interesting. One point being that excellent writers don't decide to become writers after they read the greats. They get inspiration from lowbrow to middlebrow books. I also liked the idea that reading is for enjoyment and not necessarily for enhancement. A book I would definitely read again. A great reminder.
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Who doesn’t love a book about books?! Especially her thoughts on why physical books continue to live on in a digital world: “people are attached, not only to what is inside books, but to the object itself, the old familiar form that fist took shape four centuries ago.” I know I certainly am.
Anna Quindlen, famous author and columnist, offers a 70 page essay on books and how reading has affected her as a person and as a writer.
If I had tabbed or underlined every breathtaking line about the power of reading, my book would have looked like a porcupine. I share so many of Quindlen's feelings about reading, but she is able to state them much more eloquently than I could.
If I had tabbed or underlined every breathtaking line about the power of reading, my book would have looked like a porcupine. I share so many of Quindlen's feelings about reading, but she is able to state them much more eloquently than I could.
Short ode to reading from Anna Quindlen where she states near the beginning "I did not read from a sense of superiority, or advancement, or even learning. I read because I loved it more than any other activity on earth."
Published in 1998, the only time I felt any discord with the contents was in a discussion about the future of reading in a world of computers and technology, although the arguments seem the same today.
Published in 1998, the only time I felt any discord with the contents was in a discussion about the future of reading in a world of computers and technology, although the arguments seem the same today.
I love how Anna Quindlen writes. She describes the intertwining of the books she reads and her life experiences in a magical way. Reading this brings back memories of reading during the formative years. She talks about reading Judy Blume's Forever and the books under her parents' mattress. She describes the characters that came alive to her as she turned the pages. This is a short, but heartfelt tribute to reading and its impact on the lives of readers.
This is a bibliophile’s Bible, a primer, of sorts, for all things literary. Full of delightful, nerdy quotes and complete with a detailed list of titles, I’m not sure what took me so long to read this love letter to readers.
I always love to read about people who love to read just as much as myself. I felt Anna was very descriptive about different books she has read. I really enjoyed this book alot and I love some of the quotes that were used in this book as well. I even wrote some down.
I didn't really care for the book, compared to what I read it did to lots of other people here and on Goodreads. I suspect it is because reading hasn't been quite the same for me in these last couple of years. So I guess you could say that this is a wrong book at the wrong time.
Reading about reading is always a winner in my book, though I’d probably read the yellow pages from cover to cover if Anna Quindlen was commenting on it