Reading

On Bookstores and Why I Don't Visit Them Anymore

Jorge Luis Borges once said, “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” The sense of belongingness a reader...

How To Improve Your Reading Speed and Retention

If one of your reading goals is to increase your reading speed and retention, try this: Focus on your reading purpose or intent. This is...

Overcoming the Fear of Reading Challenging Books

My biggest struggle as an avid reader: the daunting task of delving into intimidating books. To be more specific, back in the day, it was...

My Earliest Struggles As A Reader

Some of my earliest struggles as a reader were: Choosing what to read next. Transitioning from one book to another. Failing to recall...

Coping with the Guilt of Unfinished Books

Feeling guilty because you didn’t finish a book you started. A thing I recently thought about because I started Virginia Woolf’s Orlando...

Good Reader, Bad Reader

“Many artists…have two souls, two beings within them. There is God and the devil in them; the mother’s blood and the father’s; the...

When A Reader Becomes A Writer - A Reading Perspective

How does the act of writing and reading intersect? A Reading Perspective Even if I could find an answer to this question, the answer...