The How, and When, and Why, and What of Reading
December 11, 2010
So this is supposed to be about the how, and when, and why, and what of reading-about the way that, when reading is going well, one book that leads to another and to another, a paper trail of theme and meaning; and how, when it’s going badly, when books don’t stick or take, when your mood and the mood of the book are fighting like cats, you’d rather do anything but attempt the next paragraph, or reread the last one for the tenth time.
-Nick Hornby, The Polysyllabic Spree
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Ah, if this isn’t true, I don’t know what is…:O)
Beautiful quote, Eva! I can totally relate to it! The picture of the kitten is so beautiful! We once had a kitten like this – it was black and white – which used to ‘growl’ at us like this, when it was not in a good mood or if it was in an aggressive mood :)
I might have decided to use this quote just so I could have a kitten picture. ;) lol at your kitten!
I love when one book leads to the next in the paper trail of themes :)
Awww, teh kitty!
I know, right?! I spent like an hour on Flckr looking at all the kitten pictures…it was so hard to narrow it down to one. :D
Oh, that Nick Hornby! He really knows how to tell it!
So true.
And I love the kitty. :)
That’s perfect :)
Been there too!
that was wonderful…especially the last line!
*sneaks up to The Polysyllabic Spree on the out-from-the-library book shelf* Can’t wait to read it!
Heehee: sneak very, very quietly. ;)
That is so true!
Great quote from a wonderfully bookish book ,all the best stu
Yes! I LOVE Nick Hornby’s Believer essays! I’ve only gotten to The Polysyllabic Spree, but the others await me on my shelf. It’s all so darn quotable, too!