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The secret gift of reading is time.
The secret gift of reading is time.

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  • New Lamps for Old

    New Lamps for Old

    Some have decried bookshops as anachronistic, that the march of technology has replaced not only the bookshop, but the book itself. But perhaps, like Aladdin's servant, they are too quick to trade new lamps for old.
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  • Neverness and Resonance

    Neverness and Resonance

    For our current purpose, it is important to understand that both the medium of the novel and of music is realised in time, not space. A novel unfolds its words in time, even when asynchronous. A song unfolds its notes within measures of time. Indeed there is a resonance, even synergy, between books and music.
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  • Keeping a Reading Journal

    Keeping a Reading Journal

    I have found that the practice of writing a reading journal leverages on the catharsis one experiences upon completing a reading. Revisiting and writing out annotations in the reading journal help to synthesise concepts and therefore aid learning. You get more out of reading by writing.
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