SLOW READER AND NOTES ON SHANTARAM
I have read 1 (one) book in the last 3 weeks. I find this deeply distressing as a usually fervent reader, and regular preacher of 'there's always time to read'. Turns out, when your degree is reading-based, and those readings are heavy, the last thing you want to look at is a book. In the interest of keeping this blog personal, I'll say what every student thinks: university has me swamped. I've frequently described this first month back as feeling like having my head held under water. My average reading pace was 2 books a week, and now it takes me 3 weeks to read one? Dissatisfied. So while I'm coming to terms with officially being a slow fiction reader, I believe I am now an established fast academic reader. Reading the quantity I have this year has so vastly improved my skills, and I am whipping through texts. What your English teacher told you at school is true! (And what I tell my students now). Reading is a practice. A learned skill. So really, I h