She used to simply retort, “I’d rather be reading.” But then she became jealous of a friend who kept an especially rich log.Įver since that moment, she’s written a simple log herself. Bogel was skeptical of such practices at first. Some vociferous readers even keep diaries, logging key scenes and memorable quotations from books. That’s why it’s important to keep a record. Every book is bound tight to the time in your life when you read it.īut like all memories, memories of reading can get mixed and foggy. Or, more painfully, which books you chucked out when your heart was first broken. Maybe you still remember which book you were reading when you took your first trip abroad.
Just as the smell of a certain kind of floor polish can take you back to old school gymnasiums and memories of vaulting the horse, so books can take you back to certain times in your life. If you remember what your old favorites used to be, then you’re also going to be reminded of who you used to be. The risk was that it might appear that she never tackled serious literature.īut of course, no one has the same favorite book forever they change. On the other hand, if she claimed a soft spot for Marisa de los Santos’s lighthearted romantic comedy Love Walked In, maybe she’d seem a little more fun. If she’d made the case for Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited, maybe her friend would think she was a boring old windbag who restricted herself only to the classics. It’s a pretty intimate question after all, and she was also worried about what this new friend would think of her answer. They give a real insight into the soul of their reader.Īnne Bogel was asked that very question when she met a new friend over coffee one day.īut she wasn’t ready to divulge. It’s the classic question most of us have asked or been asked at an interview or on a date: "What’s your favorite book?” why there’s much to be gained from reading a book a second time.some strategies for organizing your home library and.how not to rub other book lovers up the wrong way.In this summary of I’d Rather Be Reading by Anne Bogel, you’ll learn: You aren’t the only book geek in the world, and don’t let anyone tell you your hobby is anything but an absolute joy. In this book summary, you can finally embrace your bookwormery. The travails of being an organized booklover have been well documented, but until now few have achieved this with as much humor as Anne Bogel. These are issues with which famous readers from the Greek medic Galen to the philosopher Walter Benjamin have grappled. And as for how you store your many volumes, well that’s another subject entirely! Of course, what you as an individual think about a given book says as much about you as the books themselves. The pleasure of books lies in collecting them, dipping into them, giving up on them, and even returning to them later in life.īooks are special as objects, they have a tangible charm that few can resist.
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