A review by emilyinherhead
Am I Alone Here?: Notes on Living to Read and Reading to Live by Peter Orner

2.5

Particular sections of writing really stood out and resonated—

And think about it: if you pause a little and simply watch people, doesn’t the world have a way of turning miraculous? (75)

Aren’t we perpetually, one way or another, trying to solve loneliness? The loneliness we feel? The loneliness we know is coming? (153)

And yet I have come to the conclusion that reading keeps me alive, period. I wake to read and sleep so I can get up in the morning and read some more. (239)

Overall, though, I found myself losing interest and having trouble sticking with this. I didn’t know many of the books Orner is writing about, which made it difficult to follow along.