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History of Reading
History of Reading | Alberto Manguel
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At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book--that string of confused, alien ciphers--shivered into meaning. Words spoke to you, gave up their secrets; at that moment, whole universes opened. You became, irrevocably, a reader. Noted essayist Alberto Manguel moves from this essential moment to explore the 6000-year-old conversation between words and that magician without whom the book would be a lifeless object: the reader. Manguel lingers over reading as seduction, as rebellion, as obsession, and goes on to trace the never-before-told story of the reader's progress from clay tablet to scroll, codex to CD-ROM.
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StaceyKondla
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I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join the fun if you want.
This is day 254 #bookstoread #tbrpile #bookstagram

Graywacke Have it on my tbr too. ☺️ 4y
Palimpsest This book is great! 4y
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Thndrstd
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Truer words were never spoken

MemoirsForMe 😊👍🏻 4y
Bklover Boy, that‘s for sure! 4y
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Fortifiedbybooks
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"...one doesn't simply read Crime and Punishment or A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. One reads a certain edition, a specific copy, recognizable by the roughness or smoothness of its paper, by its scent, by a slight tear on page 72 and a coffee ring on the right-hand corner of the back cover."

ValerieAndBooks 💗 great quote. 5y
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Fortifiedbybooks
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"I know that on a page somewhere on my shelves...is the question I'm struggling with today, put into words long ago, perhaps, by someone who could not have known of my existence"

Palimpsest I love everything written by Alberto Manguel 😊 5y
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Nafiza
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My newest acquisition. I adore Manguel‘s prose. #albertomanguel

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TheSpineView
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Tanzy13
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toofondofbooks
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TK-421 ❤️ 6y
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Landslide
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TK-421 ❤️ 6y
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TiredLibrarian
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Thanks for this #LitsyLove19 giveaway, @LazyDays and the great question! It's been fun reading the responses.

I was lucky to have parents who read to me, and always found time for trips to the library & bookstores. Reading was my door to different worlds. It became my portal to entertainment, enlightenment, and escape. My tastes have changed over the years, but I still turn to books for these things. 📚❤

LazyDays Thanks for entering and good luck!💜 6y
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Nafiza
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Pickpick

This book is brilliant and every reader should read it.

#nonfiction

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TheBookKeeper
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I'm so enjoying my current Litsy Reading Challenge that I've made one of my own. This one is intended to extend my reading in all ways uncomfortable. While I thought I read widely, I have since dicovered that I actually don't!

#litsy #litsyreadingchallenge #readwidely #readwildly #reading #books

https://thebookkeepersite.wordpress.com/2018/05/15/reading/

BookishMe This looks AMAZING! thanks for sharing ;D 7y
BookishMe I too don't think I read widely enough... I read a lot but not widely ;D 7y
TheBookKeeper @BookishMe 😊 I'd never really thought about it until I started these reading challenges. Thank you for your comment, I know what you mean 😊 7y
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readingjedi
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Pickpick

Sadly a lot of my books aren't aging well due to becoming damp once upon a time then being on a bookcase in direct sunlight. This one is over 20 years old & showing it. Yellowing edges and a slight musty odour 🤤

Excellent book though. Highly recommended and due a reread!

AlaMich I love the cover! 7y
youneverarrived Fab cover! 7y
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kwmg40
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What every book hoarder needs: a caravan of camels trained to walk in alphabetical order. 🐪🐪🐪

jenniferw88 Going to have to send this to my friend who isn't on Litsy! 7y
kwmg40 @jenniferw88 I had to share this with some non-Litsy friends too! 7y
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Librarybelle
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#BeYourself #JuneTunz Two of my biggest passions in life are history and reading. This book combines both.

Cinfhen Nicely done ✅ 😃 7y
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tournevis
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#day3 of #riotgram #riotgrams is How I Read. The right answer would be "fast" because I don't have a lot of time.
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I read on three devices: my cheapo tablet for Kindle books, my beloved Kobo for almost everything else, and my phone (taking the pic) for fanfiction. I do read physical books on my occasion, but I use a book stand.

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ReadingEnvy
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In today's reading class we had some monkish reading experiences, with readings from the Manguel. Did you know that silent reading wasn't really a thing until the 10th century?

ValerieAndBooks Very cool. What kind of class is this exactly? 8y
batsy I only learned this recently, reading this: http://m.nautil.us/issue/47/consciousness/the-deep-space-of-digital-reading-rp (an interesting article on the practice & techniques of reading) 8y
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LeahBergen That fact has always blown me away! 8y
ReadingEnvy @batsy ah cool.and this is good fodder for a day we do later on with deep reading exercises 8y
ReadingEnvy @ValerieAndBooks we have a three week term at the University where I work called "May Experience." A lot of people do study abroad but there are also on campus options - fly fishing, history of baseball, intergenerational learning, etc. I taught storytelling a few years and then developed this reading class. It has a lot of parts but the main goal is to give students time and space to rediscover reading for pleasure. 8y
AmandaL @ReadingEnvy What a fabulous class! 8y
ReadingEnvy @AmandaL it's a lot of fun for me too, and a nice diversion from my "normal" job 8y
ValerieAndBooks I'd love to take that class -- even though I already read for pleasure, there seems to be so much more to your class than that! I was scrolling through your page and it seems like I somehow have missed a lot of your posts about class projects, etc. 😊 8y
ReadingEnvy @ValerieAndBooks yes I try to create experiences that both rookie readers and avid readers can get something out of - next week is #weneeddiversebooks, banned/challenged books, bookish controversies, and the history of the book 8y
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RealLifeReading
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#aprilbookshowers day 24: #shelfie
One of our projects last year was setting up our library! This loft area was first used as a TV room, a nursery for my second kid, a playroom but now with this comfy chair and a sofa on the other end, it is our very own library! Every evening after bathtime the kids head here for storytime. (They have a small shelf of books along the corridor as well as some squares here)

Sarah83 what a wonderful idea 😍 8y
GypsyKat Love this! 💗 8y
LeahBergen It's wonderful! 😍 8y
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Merethebookgal Lovely! 8y
Paula3 Awesome 💜💚 8y
Cinfhen That's a lovely use of space 💕 8y
TheWordJar Perfect!! 😍 8y
Kalalalatja Lovely! 😍 8y
TrishB Gorgeous 💗 8y
Jeg Lovely 😍 8y
maich Wow!😍❤👍 8y
Eyelit Very cool! 8y
Tnovo I miss my office library and shelf space!!! Such a nice place you have there. 😍 (edited) 8y
Mariposa_Bookworm I love it! 8y
minkyb Very inviting! 8y
kspenmoll How wonderful! 8y
tpixie Great space! And glad the kids use it too! 8y
jfalkens Is there going to be a new daily for May? 8y
RealLifeReading @jfalkens yes! I hope to post it tomorrow 8y
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MeaMck
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“The Book Fool” 1494. #selfportrait 😂

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wahanakecil
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He's not lonely...

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pocketmermaid
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I'm enjoying my assigned reading! I am not, however, enjoying NJ's recent 80°F temps. I want cozy autumn reading!

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At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book- that string of confused, alien ciphers- shivered into meaning. Words spoke to you, gave up their secrets; at that moment, whole universes opened. You became, irrevocably, a reader.

MrBook Niiice! Added 😊. 8y
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scripturient
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It's only roughly two more months till the Gilmore Girls are back! I can hardly wait. Who else was in love with this show? I was always like 'I want to know someone like Rory. She would so get me.' 😉 And...tataaaa... here we all are on Litsy. 😁

JacqMac ❤️ Can't wait! 8y
Leelee08 I'm so excited! We have to stick together! 8y
ImaginativeMom Love this show! Have you listened to the Gilmore Guys podcast? 8y
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prowlix I can't wait to binge watch the new episodes on Netflix! 8y
Varshitha I had always passed up on this show before you guys mentioned it on Litsy, 🙈.. Now I am busy binge watching all the seasons .. All the new seasons of my fav shows might cut short my reading time. 8y
CoffeeAndABook Yes! In love with the show, with Rory & her books, with Jess (yep, I'm on team Jess) and Luke's, of course!! And sooo excited about the new episodes 👏👏👏 8y
Yournewfriendsams So excited too! #teammarty 8y
Godmotherx5 I can't wait. Have plans with my mom & sister to watch when it return. 💕 8y
Hollyg113 ❤️📗❤️📗 so excited!! 8y
Elisa Memememe! I love them. 8y
Shemac77 Me too! Love them! Counting down the days until the premiere. I'm on the third watching (or fourth, can't remember) of the series. And I just bought the Reading is Sexy tshirt yesterday. 8y
Ruri_kaichou I'm doing a rewatch too! And as I keep watching I keep discovering more books that I have read on Rory's Book List. 8y
kendra I recently binged the series for the first time. Loved it! 8y
jmtrivera Agreed. I was such a Rory growing up! She'd totally be on Litsy. 8y
Yamich49 ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 8y
Jhullie I am in the middle of S5 of my binge before November's exciting event! I loved that t-shirt so much I tracked it down and bought one. 8y
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