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swynn
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Pickpick

(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.

Ruthiella A century later but Dickens is so good read out loud and I like to think of families of an evening gathering around to listen to the latest installment being read by a family member. 4w
MemoirsForMe Fascinating! 4w
swynn @Ruthiella I agree! As I was reading, I kept thinking about reading to my son at bedtimes, and how my parents read to us when my siblings and I were much younger. It's such a nice way to experience a book, and some books seem to be made for it. Why should it stop when you're old enough to read for yourself, I'd like to know? 4w
rwmg wishlisted 4w
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swynn
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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.

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Leftcoastzen
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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

SilversReviews My first book was fabulous. It was THE SECRET HISTORY OF AUDREY JAMES by Heather Marshall. 3mo
Leftcoastzen @SilversReviews that one does sound good ! 3mo
BookmarkTavern Always appreciate a good appendix! Thanks for posting! 3mo
SilversReviews @Leftcoastzen Ohhh…it was so good. I didn‘t want to put it down or for it to end. 3mo
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Leftcoastzen
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Soft 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!😁

Ruthiella 😻😻😻 3mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3mo
merelybookish Sleeping cats make perfect book props! 3mo
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Leftcoastzen @dabbe thanks! 3mo
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Karisimo
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#wickedwhispers #magic
This book was a drag but I love the Stephen King quote that inspired the title!
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Awesome 👏🏻 5mo
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Lizwarnerpdx
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Too much if a history less/documentary for me.

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tournevis
L'Apparition du livre | Henri-Jean Martin, Lucien Febvre
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@SilversReviews

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).

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thereadingpal
La nascita del libro | Henri-Jean Martin, Lucien Febvre, Armando Petrucci
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Always reading around...
Hopefully I can write two reviews for the #litsylove newsletter soon but I'm absolutely exhausted so who knows!

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🤞🤞🤞 10mo
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keithmalek
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keithmalek
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Suet624 What? Astonishing. 12mo
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