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great essays in here, written by some of my fav authors! I was deeply into a detectivemystery novel when my husband ruptured my thrall twice! to suggest that I might want to read this book of essays on the power and joy of reading literature.
I was irritated and made rude dismissive gestures,

However

I ran out of something to read and decided to pick this up,

I apologized to my husband for my unspoken assumptions, This slim and quickly read book contains eleven essays by twelve esteemed writers talking about their individual love stories around reading, It was a little like stepping back into an English Lit class at University nearlyyears ago, but, really, a great pleasure to have the rich experiences and rewards of books and reading reiterated in a time when the electronic media would sometime make "old school" literature and literary pursuits seem outdated and without value in a changing world.
Not so.

Since reading this book my husband has pitched to our younger grandchildyears old that we would like to read to her at least weekly.
Online of course, since she lives in another province, She was highly receptive, even thrilled, and suggested that our reading aloud to her would be "soothing", which was not exactly the descriptor we expected, but given her very stressful young life, the word is fitting.
She even suggested a couple of her favorite books, Her teen sister has not returned our call yet she might be a harder sell, The title is so much promising but unfortunately the essays don't deliver what's promised, There are of course a few gems here and there, but overall the essays are far more theoretical and philosophical than

I would have liked, Yes, we know the importance of reading, we are after all reading this book, we have already bought what they are selling, I would have liked more personal stories, favorite books, incidents, memories, That would have made me stop What I was doing and read this, "READING TRANSFORMS THE human brain, which transforms the mind, which transforms the life of every reader, " . .
Marcel Proust characterised this heart of reading as that moment when that which is the end of their the authors wisdom is but the beginning of ours Proust,.
Thought the last essay was very good at addressing ereading and reading in thest century, Vs most of the other essays which simply eschewed electronic devices as reading's nemesis, Though all of the essays were well written and interesting in their own ways they had a beef, And it was the Kindle, Which is ironic because I read this bad boy on Kindle, Thus feeling a stab of guilt, as though I were cheating on books, or the literary community, throughout,
Loved all the brain science stuff, I always eat that up, And anything arguing FOR reading Yeah I'm on board with that, Bravo. Reading is not just a languid pleasure, I'm improving my brain and compassion level people, And since you clearly have a goodreads account you are too, Way to be. This book contains ten essays by authors, publishers and other passionate advocates of reading, all giving reasons why reading is important if not essential in our lives.
It talks about the thousands of children in our country who cannot read and write with competence and those who rarely read outside of the classroom, The parents who do not read to their children, the homes which do not have books, Assuming you are browsing books on goodreads suggests you are a reader, whether devoted or casual, but this book aims to argue the importance of books and reading in all of our lives.
From Zadie Smith's portrayal of her family as chronic library users, to Carmel Callil found of Virago writing of discovering her beloved fathers book collection after his death, to the wonderful Michael Rosen discussing his father reading Dickens aloud on camping trips to Jane David, attempting through her The Reader Organisation to bring the joys of reading aloud to those who may not have experienced it before, this is a book full of joy for the love of reading and the importance of literature and poetry in all of our lives.
There are also scientific arguments for the positive aspects for those who need to be convinced, but reading has enriched my life so much that I could no sooner live without books than I could without food.
I suspect the same of you, but, even if you need no convincing that books are great, this is an entertaining and important read in it's own right.


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blurb Passionate, funny, revelatory and inspiring, this series is a mission statement about the transformative power of reading about the way it inspires us, the tangible impact it can have on our wellbeing and the importance it holds for us now and will continue to hold in the future.


Stop What You're Doing And Read This! features five of our finest authors and advocates from the world of publishing, Michael Rosen, Jeanette Winterson, Tim Parks, Carmen Callil and Mark Haddon, are all united here in a passionate belief in the distinctive and irreplaceable pleasures and powers of reading.
Their essays argue that reading literature is, and must continue to be, a fundamental part of our daily life, as it directly improves our mental health and wellbeing, enriches our experience and broadens our imaginations.


As the ways people read, what they read, where they buy their books and in what format are all changing rapidly, this series argues unapologetically for the paramount importance of books and reading in a fastmoving, dislocated, technologyobsessed world.


Producer: David Roper A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio, Yine güzel bir Deli Dolu Yayınları kitabı, Takip edenler bilir kitap okurken kendime üçlü, birbirini dengeleyecek, rahatlatacak türde seçimler yapıyorum: Bir roman / öykü kitabı, bir çizgi roman ve bir kuramsal eser.
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