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Light Reading #1: On the opening line of Leif Enger's I Cheerfully Refuse
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Light Reading #1: On the opening line of Leif Enger's I Cheerfully Refuse

Something new: To glean more nourishment from my reading, I'll start a series of posts where I pay close attention to a few lines of a book. You're invited to read along. Share your own observations.
05 Aug 2025 8 min read
On Books & Writing

Do You Find Reading to Be a Chore?

Is reading a chore for you? Do you find it difficult to sit and focus on a book for an hour? The following excerpt is from Deep Attention, Lauren Winner's thoughtful, thorough reflections on the new Alan Jacobs book The Pleasures of Reading in the Age of Distraction:
31 Jan 2012 1 min read
Through a Screen Darkly

Another Reader Goes Through a Screen Darkly

I'm jealous of anybody who has time to read. I'm especially jealous of folks who have time to read fifty two books in one year! But I'm grateful that somebody who has set out to do just that included Through a Screen Darkly on
04 Feb 2010
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