I read in bursts, a paragraph here and there. Sometimes I amaze myself and actually read a whole page. To read a book is a miracle, but to read a novel I have to be mesmerized and turn page after page in wonder.
Knowledge is a circle I had to realize. All knowledge is connected. I do not learn by reading a book sequentially. I usually learn in bursts. That caused me some problems in school. The teacher expected you to make it through a book, then another, etc. Anyway, I surround myself with books. A burst here, a burst there. I even occasionally read a book from cover to cover. Most times I open it anywhere and start reading. I am not compelled to read a book from beginning to end. Novels are difficult. One type of book I do read from cover to cover are interesting memoirs.
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It was cold, wet and rainy today. I watched the many birds come to our feeders: titmouse, cardinals, goldfinch and others. The weather did not dismay them. There was a steady stream of them. It was one of those days I wanted to go back to sleep. Or if anything else see a movie. I really did not want to go too far. And thank God for the heat and shelter. Maybe, I will read that book I set aside. It certainly was a good day to bury oneself in a book.
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I 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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