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A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader by Claudia Zoe Bedrick, Maria Popova
5.0

Everyone, at any stage of their reading journey, needs to read this book!

I started marking pages with particular letters that I wanted to remember and share with friends, but too quickly I ran out of post-it notes!

This is a book of letters and amazing illustrations about reading from writers, artists, scientists, entrepreneurs, and philosophers.

As an example, Naomi Wolf started her letter –

“Dear Person, Why Read? Because you only have one life but reading gives you many lives.”

Or Amanda Peters, -

"Dear Person-Who-Is-Afraid-Of-Books, Don’t forget: You don’t have to finish every book you start!”

How many times did I feel I needed to – well, as a Book Discussion group facilitator – probably, always! How many times would I have preferred not to continue on?! Those who have read along side of me, most likely already have that answer…

This book is a 250-page love letter to the kid we used to be, written and illustrated by people whose character has been shaped by a life of reading. It is worth taking a break from your regular fiction reads.