Reading is a bootcamp for developing and exercising critical thinking. Without that — intellectual apocalypse! And critical thinking is about developing a point of view, and all writing is — or, should be — about arguing a point of view, implicitly or explicitly. When you bring the crowd into the equation, this concept completely disappears — because a crowd cannot have a point of view, at least not one that is simultaneously focused and authentic to each individual in the crowd.
I don’t need a focus group of strangers to tell me what I should be reading or, more dangerously, how to read what I’m reading. Decision by committee doesn’t work in creative labor, and it certainly doesn’t work in intellectual labor.
” I shared some thoughts on the future of reading, and why “social reading” isn’t necessarily a great idea, over at Findings. (via explore-blog)
“Bitches in Bookshops” makin the rounds today
Five Classic Irish Books You Should Read
I always love a book list. Haven’t read anything on this one except for “The Picture of Dorian Gray”. But thanks to free domain, I just “bought” a free edition of Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” for my Kindle.
Lesbian Protagonists in Science Fiction and Fantasy
By Catherine Lundoff, as part of KB/KT Grant’s Lesbian Fiction Appreciation Event.
Fair enough, Atlas Shrugged. Fair enough.
(Source: themindisadangerousthing)
All men need to be reading to their children. Find the time. Find any time. Your children need words, and they need them from you. They need to hear and see you use words. They need to hear and see you read.
They’ll learn from you, if you read to them or not. And that’s exactly the point.
(via thelifeguardlibrarian)
