Archive for August 2014
Article: Readers absorb less on Kindles than on paper, study finds
Readers absorb less on Kindles than on paper, study finds
A new study which found that readers using a Kindle were “significantly” worse than paperback readers at recalling when events occurred in a mystery story is part of major new Europe-wide research looking at the impact of digitisation on the reading experience.
Book Review: Mariana by Monica Dickens
Yawn. Not really my kind of book.
Article: The Pleasure of Reading to Impress Yourself
The Pleasure of Reading to Impress Yourself
But there are pleasures to be had from books beyond being lightly entertained. There is the pleasure of being challenged; the pleasure of feeling one’s range and capacities expanding; the pleasure of entering into an unfamiliar world, and being led into empathy with a consciousness very different from one’s own; the pleasure of knowing what others have already thought it worth knowing, and entering a larger conversation.
