Content tagged with "reading"

A History of Reading
Book Review
April 8, 2021
125

Kind of an odd book, honestly. It’s really a meditation on reading in all its forms. Each chapter covers a different aspect of reading: Being Read To, The Author As Reader, etc. What it didn’t seem to be was an actual “history of reading,” as the title suggested. That doesn’t mean it’s bad, it’s…

How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
Deane’s Library
Book Review
November 20, 2021
569

This is a classic instruction manual that does what it says on the cover – it explains the different ways one might read a book. Specifically, there are four levels: Elementary Reading Inspectional Reading Analytical Reading Synoptical Reading An interesting thing happens between #3 and #4 –…

How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines
Deane’s Library
Book Review
October 29, 2015
198

An interesting guide to how to interpret fiction. You know those classes in college where the professor talked and talked about a book and got so many weird interpretations of it that you were wondering if you had read the same book? Well, this book tries to give you some insight on that process….

How to Read the Bible Book by Book: A Guided Tour
Deane’s Library
Book Review
March 27, 2017
25
Life Lessons from Literature: Wisdom from 100 Classic Works
Deane’s Library
Book Review
December 7, 2023
267

This is a very light, fun book that profiles 100 famous works from history and why they matter – what larger life lesson can we draw from them. Each work is given a quick summary of both the plot and the lesson. For example, here’s Crime and Punishment : Synopsis: A penniless former student plans…