by Rachel Seigel --- I take a lot of pride in the number of books I read in a year, and every year I challenge myself to read just a few more than I did last year. After all, there are just too many books that I know I want to read, and already too many that I know I'll never get to. Yesterday, a conversation about books and reading that I had with a neighbour gave me pause. He said everybody always talks about enjoying books they speed through because they can't put it down, but he doesn't like those types of books. In his kind, those books that you can't put down don't have enough substance, and he prefers something that forces him to take his time, and gives him something to think about. I read extremely quickly for the most part, and the more engaged I am in the story, the faster I want to get to the end to see what happens. (I don't do we'll with cliffhangers). I love reading books I can't put down. One of my highest measures of a good book is how anxious I am to get back to it when I finally do have to put it down, and I was so consumed by the story that I did miss a bus stop, stay up too late, or arrive late for an engagement because I couldn't stop. I stayed up half the night reading Rick Yancy's
Suspense versus Substance: Can Books Have Both?
Suspense versus Substance: Can Books Have…
Suspense versus Substance: Can Books Have Both?
by Rachel Seigel --- I take a lot of pride in the number of books I read in a year, and every year I challenge myself to read just a few more than I did last year. After all, there are just too many books that I know I want to read, and already too many that I know I'll never get to. Yesterday, a conversation about books and reading that I had with a neighbour gave me pause. He said everybody always talks about enjoying books they speed through because they can't put it down, but he doesn't like those types of books. In his kind, those books that you can't put down don't have enough substance, and he prefers something that forces him to take his time, and gives him something to think about. I read extremely quickly for the most part, and the more engaged I am in the story, the faster I want to get to the end to see what happens. (I don't do we'll with cliffhangers). I love reading books I can't put down. One of my highest measures of a good book is how anxious I am to get back to it when I finally do have to put it down, and I was so consumed by the story that I did miss a bus stop, stay up too late, or arrive late for an engagement because I couldn't stop. I stayed up half the night reading Rick Yancy's