Greetings Readers! Join Kate and Sheila as they share time-tested, foolproof reading practices!

Marcel Proust penned, “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”

Lets endeavor to have “new eyes” as we discover how we can up our reading game.

True reading is active, we are conversing with the author, asking questions, and making meaning.

This acrostic poem helps us to remember some important points:

A - annotate by underlining, circles, starring sparingly, making connections, and creating your own personal index

C - choose wisely (Inspect the table of contents, index, preface…) Quickly get a feel for the Book, this survey can keep us from starting books that aren’t worth our time

T - time to read (what is easy to do, is also easy not to do. Daily time to read needs to be a priority

I - investigate, meet the characters, spot important words, notice patterns, make meaning, discover the author’s why

V - validate your reading journey, great habit that you will thank yourself for doing

E - evaluate, did the author solve the problems,  answer the questions, make his point? Did I grow as a reader?

We wanted to share practices that have helped us become better readers. We are so thankful you are a part of our reading journey! May we strive to be active in our reading and choose books that make us want to be a better person!

Onward and upward once was said, let’s be daring and read over our head!

Sources:

How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren

The Art of Slow Reading by Thomas Newkirk

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