Irene and Theodora resting in between reading.
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i love the feeling of checking off multiple books from currently reading to read #readinglife
pick(2017) We think of reading as a solitary activity, but in eighteenth century England, reading was also a social one: families read together in the evening, friends read to one other, readers formed clubs to read aloud from novels, histories, and plays. William's study discusses the why, where, who, how, and what of reading in company and it's a fascinating world with very different habits of literary consumption.
Interesting: the 18th century book market saw a demand for “miscellanies,“ collections of choice excerpts from longer works.
Some critics at the time were concerned about the ruin of culture due to the new generation's education through shallow excerpts instead of longer texts. Three hundred years later I share their concern, but maybe it's just history rhyming again.
The tagged book was my first read of the year, not the best book on books & reading I‘ve ever read , I did enjoy it . Her specialty is the history OF the book so she went deep on some elements of that I didn‘t get into. Short book & she did have lots of info in the appendix if you wanted to dig deeper, always appreciate that . #SundayFunday
pickSoft pick. As a lifelong reader & lover of books I enjoyed the book mostly. Learned a few things . She went on a few tangents that weren‘t all that interesting but with a page count of 170, not too long . Exploited Crosby as a book prop this #Caturday 1st book completed 2025 . Yay!😁
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This book was a drag but I love the Stephen King quote that inspired the title!
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bailedToo much if a history less/documentary for me.
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I prefer paper books, but with my painful hands I can't really hold them for long anymore. I have a Kobo Libra Color (which is amazing!!!!) and a Kindle. (a cheap one, for DRM crippled academic books).
Always reading around...
Hopefully I can write two reviews for the #litsylove newsletter soon but I'm absolutely exhausted so who knows!
