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title: "How Reading Changed My Life"
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# How Reading Changed My Life

**Brand:** anna quindlen
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## Customer Reviews

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    ~time out od time~
  

*by V***A on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 3, 2011*

I love being on planes, love being in airports; sometimes I truly feel that I like journey more than the destination: it is a time out of time, a moment in life to fully relax and take all the responsibility off my shoulders, and, as Anna Quindlen helped me to fully realize, a time to read:"This is what I like about traveling: the time on airplanes spent reading, solitary, happy. It turns out that when my younger self thought of taking wing, she wanted only to let her spirit soar. Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination and the journey. They are home." (88%)Bookworms escaping the real life and hallucinating in the imaginary world: this is how many people perceive us, avid readers. How to explain to them that for us reading is the miracle of bringing other worlds to life with the power of this miraculous process of turning the little black ants of letters in flowing rivers of strong feelings that move the soul and make us laugh and cry and ultimately become better people? But why to even try to explain it? Because every reader wants to share the joy of reading like parents who leave books open on catchy pages; like librarians who take kids down into the basements filled with the marvels of Renaissance novels. God bless their hearts; if not for them, would there be such a page-turners army that stays strong and even growing despite the constant distraction of TV, social life and money-making pressure?This slim volume tells a story every reader and writer can relate to: reading changes our lives in ways we never fully realize; it makes us who we are; it trains the muscles of our soul and the joints of our brain. For Anna Quindlen, reading became re-reading, and ultimately, a glorious writing career. After reading the masterpieces of world's literature, she decided that "I know that I will never, ever write as well as this, but that if anything even dimply like this power, to enthrall, to move, to light in the darkness of daily life, lies hidden like a wartime cryptogram within the Royal manual typewriter on my dorm room desk, I must try to make a go of it." (73%) It is a joy for us that she gave it a try: check out the raving Amazon.com reviews on her books, both fiction and non-fiction.We, readers, are never alone: as long as we can read, we have a company of myriads of other people, the authors, the fictional characters and the other readers who have read same books as we. How Reading Changed My Life warmed my heart and reminded me of that. And several reading lists Mrs. Quindlen shares at the end of the book added a good 40+ jewels to explore to my TO READ SOON list.Victoria Evangelina Belyavskaya

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    A classic
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 31, 2021*

I first picked up this book twenty years ago in paperback. First read it through the prism of a lifelong fan of reading and then returned to it a few years later as a middle school librarian to read aloud parts to my students. Turning to it again 15 years later just because I want to remind myself which list Buddenbrooks was on (was it the "Books I'd love to find in a summer rental" or "Books that make me proud to be a writer"? or..." and before I leisurely return  to fully enjoy Buddenbrooks, curiosity satisfied and mind primed for a great read, I take a quick look back at the "Books for girls who are full of beans" because I know several girls in my 8th grade girls book club who will appreciate these recommendations. This book has proven to be a treasure.

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    "..A Book Should Serve as the Ax for the Frozen Sea Within Us"~Frenz Kafka
  

*by T***E on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 16, 2012*

How Reading Changed My Life is my first exposure to Anna Quindlen, but will not be my last.  In 84-pages she has expressed many of our feelings about reading eloquently.Reading is a necessity for some of us or at the least an addiction.  It is good to know that we are not alone.Reading is not a punishment.  The act of reading should not be viewed as a negative activity for lazy people.  The author points out that reading gives you new friends that may exist solely between the pages of a book.  It allows us to mentally travel through many worlds, visualizing places and people from all walks of life.  Books expose us to thoughts and stories of people who are no longer physically alive, but live through the ages through the magic of reading.In addition to a great prologue and profound words from Anna Quindlen and other great thinkers, the author discusses many interesting books and authors and has provided 11 reading lists as recommendations for various groups of people.Ironically, I found this book on a recommended reading list by K. Corn, a fellow reviewer and cyber friend, on her amazon.com profile page.  Thanks, K.  You were spot on.  This is a life changing book.While this book is written from a woman's perspective, I believe this "National Bestseller" is germane for all readers and would especially benefit readers as early as those in middle school.This is a book that I really enjoyed, plan to read many times and use as a resource. I believe others will find it enlightening too.Enjoy!

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