This is probably not going to be the worst book all year, but it will probably be the most obnoxious. Ostensibly, this book teaches you how to read a book. Cool. How do I read this book then? Not answered! The book goes into the process of reading and discusses the levels of reading: basic comprehension through dialectical reading (putting texts into conversation with each other or as parts of communal conversations on topics). And again all fine. But where this book feels downright silly […]
How to Read a Book (kind of)
How to Read a Book by Charles van Doren and Mortimer Adler