The Little Guide to Your Well-Read Life

时间：2007-10-10 01:22:23

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Author: Steve Leveen

List Price: $17.50

Pages:144

Publisher: Levenger Press (April 15, 2005)

Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.3 x 0.7

ISBN: 1929154178

| Book description |

How do readers find more time to read? In The Little Guide to Your Well-Read Life, Steve Leveen shares some of the most rewarding methods he's found for getting more books into your life and more life from your books.

Spend just three hours with this Little Guide and add years of fulfillment to your reading life.

You'll discover:
o How to read 12 more books a year even if you have no more time to read
o Why part of your personal library should be empty and a large part filled with books you want to read
o How to get a reading on a book before you read it
o When to give up on a book (even if it's a classic)
o How to create an annotated¹ reading biography

Both practical and uplifting, The Little Guide to Your Well-Read Life shows you how to transform a pastime into a lifelong passion that gets stronger with every book you absorb.

The author's recommendations are disarmingly refreshing², as when he advises when not to read a book and why not to feel guilty if you missed reading all those classics in school. He helps readers reorganize their bookshelves into a Library of Candidates that they actively³ build and a Living Library of books read with enthusiasm, and he emphasizes the value of creating a Bookography, or annotated list of your reading life. Separate chapters are devoted⁴ to the power of audio books and the merits of reading groups.

The author himself admits he came "late to the bookshelf," making this charming little guide all the more convincing.

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1 annotated
v.注解，注释( annotate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
Thematic maps should always be annotated with the source and date of the topical information. 各类专题地图，均应注明专题资料来源和日期。来自辞典例句 And this is the version annotated by Umberto de Bologna. 并且这是有安博多-德-波罗格那注释的版本。来自电影对白

2 refreshing
adj.使精神振作的，使人清爽的，使人喜欢的
参考例句：
I find it'so refreshing to work with young people in this department.我发现和这一部门的青年一起工作令人精神振奋。 The water was cold and wonderfully refreshing.水很涼，特别解乏提神。

3 actively
adv.积极地，勤奋地
参考例句：
During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。 We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。

4 devoted
adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的
参考例句：
He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。 We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。