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What's the right number of times to read a book, and what's the right notion of what a book's supposed to be, and what degree of flexibility to it is required?
by gdulli 3y ago
What's the right number of times to read a book, and what's the right notion of what a book's supposed to be, and what degree of flexibility to it is required? We're all eager to start reading correctly but can't until you tell us more specifically how.
- cwmoore 3y agoThe classic is "How to Read a Book": https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21956990-how-to-read-a-book https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21956990-how-to-read-a-b...
- gdulli 3y agoGreat, now I have to figure out whether to go by the standards of mycologos or Mortimer J. Adler.
- burnished 3y agoAre you not aware that there are some genres that have effectively unlimited volume, and low variation? A certain kind of romance novel and a certain kind of fantasy novel are the genres that I am familiar with. Reading these can be enjoyable, clearly, but the person you are responding to is noting that this kind of reading is not the mind expanding kind though it is referred to in the same way. I thought I should explain that because it was the only reason I could see for you to respond so defensively to a pretty uncontroversial opinion.