The last one of these reading links posts was in August, so what we have here is in fact two months worth of reading, writing and book related content.
Last week I found myself in Minneapolis, USA and I loved having time to browse whole bookshops in my own language. Something I didn’t know I was missing until I had time to browse. And seeing second hand bookshops with better religion sections than I’ve seen in any bookshop in Sweden was a sharp reminder of the state of Christian faith in my adopted country. I also seem to have spent more time buying books than reading them. But in my defence there were so many more books I could have bought!
Which makes me grateful for the wisdom of Umberto Eco,
It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.
Or alternatively this sort of wisdom…
On Reading
- A Prayer Before Reading (Sanctify My Wit)
- If You’re Trying To Do This Fast, You’re Doing It Wrong
- The 4 Levels of Reading
- Treat your to-read pile like a river, not a bucket
- Mark Meynell has been continuing his series on 25 books on different themes. Here are three more 25s – Trying to Navigate the Modern World; Fiction with Theological Horizons; and Laughing Out Loud
- Girls Outscore Boys in Reading in 89 of 90 Education Systems
- Ranked: The World’s Best Countries at Reading in 2026
- Singapore launched a scheme promising actual cash to citizens as a reward for logging reading time on a government website
- Reading and writing and ’rithmetic
On books and bookstores
- Why Paper Books Endure
- Jimbōchō Book Town
- Chop up your books. I think I would struggle with such sacrilege.
- Will There Be Books in Heaven?
On libraries: past, present and future
- Scientists Burned Their Own Scrolls. Then The Hidden Writing Lit Up.
- The Library Is Closed. Feel Free to Come In. – In communities where workspaces are scarce, libraries are welcoming visitors outside of staffed hours. All they need is a library card.
- The Future Library
If you’ve seen some good book related content around the wonderful world or web, please send it along my way. Happy reading. Or buying. Or shelving. Or reading.
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