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Tag Archives: pleasure reading
Top Ten Reasons to Visit Your Local Library
This blog was originally published in 2013! But I am putting it out again because I want us to support our libraries more now than ever! I can’t imagine how hard it would be to be a librarian or manage … Continue reading
Addicted To Distraction — Great article in the New York Times about Concentration
I have found that more and more it is harder and harder to concentrate and to get things done. And I teach people how to concentrate better! Most of the people I talk to about reading confess the same problem. The New … Continue reading
Summer Speed Readers Soar with Less Stress and More Success!
“I was very skeptical of this class at first, but by the end of the first day I was very excited to learn and grow. This class taught me so much more than I ever expected and I know this … Continue reading
Posted in Enrichment, Learning, learning disabilities, reading, reading classes, Return on Investment, schools, skepticism, speed reading, speedreading, teaching
Tagged adult learners, Columbus, learning, pleasure reading, print reading, reading, reading improvement, skepticism, Speed Read, speed reader, speed reading, speed reading lessons, speedreader, speedreading, student learners
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Is the Internet Ruining Reading?
“The attention span of a computer is only as long as its electrical cord.“–Dan Rather Because of the internet, emailing, and text-messaging on cell phones, we actually do more reading now than we did in the seventies and eighties when … Continue reading
Posted in e-Reading, information, reading, speed reading
Tagged books, computers, google, internet, novels, online reading, pleasure reading, print reading, reading, research, speed reader, speed reading, speedreader, speedreading, writing
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Reading a “Real” Book Is Better Than Reading on an E-Reader
More fun to read a real book I have always preferred reading from paper to an electronic device. My Kindle does have advantages as it goes to sleep when I do so I don’t have to find my place when I wake … Continue reading
Posted in children's reading, e-Reading, family, Learning, reading, schools, speed reading, speedreading
Tagged books, e-readers, e-reading, magazines, newspapers, novels, online reading, periodicals, pleasure reading, print reading, reading, Speed Read, speed reader, speed reading, speedreader, speedreading
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The Gestalt: What How to Read the Bible, a Novel and Making Military Decisions Have in Common
I am re-posting this blog as one of my recent graduates wanted to know how to read the Bible. He was accustomed to reading it one-word-at-a-time. I told him about this blog and decided to re-post it. It was written … Continue reading
Posted in critical thinking, decision making, educated, information, Learning, miitary intelligence, military, reading, reading assignments, reading classes, speed reading, speedreading, teachers, teaching
Tagged Anglican Church, Bible, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Facebook, gestalt, intelligence, Josh Krobel, London School of Economics, military, N. T. Wright, novels, pleasure reading, reading, reading the Bible, Romans, skepticism, speed reader, speed reading, speed reading lessons, speedreader, speedreading, teaching, U. S. Defence Intelligence Agency
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August 9th is Book Lovers Day!
Saturday, August 9th is Book Lovers Day. I found the following information about it from the website of Holiday Insights: “When : August 9th and/or first Saturday in November. Book Lovers Day encourages you to find a place in the … Continue reading
Posted in celebrations, reading, speed reading
Tagged blogs about books, Book Lovers Day, books, pleasure reading, print reading
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To Annotate or Not To Annotate/Brush Strokes or Picture?
“The thing that bugs me most about annotations is that they make what could be a 10-minute read a half hour read instead.” –Caroline C., Hinsdale Central High School In January 2012 we posted reasons students are reluctant to read, … Continue reading
Dog Day Reads
“Reading a book gives us somewhere to go when we stay where we are.“–Mason Cooley July 3 marks the beginning of summer known as the Dog Days. The Dog Days, which end August 11 and coincide with the ascent of … Continue reading
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Tagged A Walk in the Woods, Alexie Sherman, Bill Bryson, Blue Highways, books, classics, Friday Night Lights, John Steinbeck, Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain, Nick Nolte, novels, Paul Newman, pleasure reading, Reservation Blues, Robert Redford, Travels with Charley, William Least Heat-Moon
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Celebrate Women Writers
“Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands.” –Jane Austen March is National Reading Month and Women’s History Month. … Continue reading
Posted in classic reading, reading, reading classes, reading improvement, self development, speed reading, speedreading, writing
Tagged A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Alice Hoffman, Betty Smith, books, Charlotte Bronte, Edith Wharton, Emily Bronte, Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, J. K. Rowling, Jane Austen, Jane Eyre, kathryn stockett, Maya Angelou, Muriel Spark, National Reading Month, novels, pleasure reading, reading, Sandra Cisneros, Seventh Heaven, speed reader, speed reading, speedreader, speedreading, The Help, The House of Mirth, The House on Mango Street, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, women authors, Women's History Month, Wuthering Heights
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Advanced Reading Concepts
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