Nov
23
2009
I Don’t Feel Compelled To Read A Book In Any Order
Author: siggyI don’t feel compelled to read a book in any particular order. Of course, that is easier to do with non-fiction. You certainly can’t do that with a novel and know what is going on.
It is very rarely I read a book sequentially. For that to happen I have to be riveted by the subject content and writing. I can count on my one hand how many books I have read that way recently.
Usually I skip around a book and read it in quick bursts. For someone to feel they have to read a book every time page by page in order is a trap: after awhile you don’t want to read any more. It is too much like work.
I do not feel that compunction. There are really no rules to the way you read. You make your own. And you can break them any time.
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