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By Nicholas Elliot
| Friday, March 13, 2015 - Off the Shelf
Every now and then, I get in a reading rut. I start a book and
put it down, pick up something different only to find that I’m just not
feeling that one, either. Sometimes I’ll switch over to magazines for the
week or binge-watch TV, deciding that I need a break from reading
altogether. Usually, after a little time goes by, I’ll start back up where
I left off and continue on.
Although I like to read books of various genres—adult and YA
fiction, children’s books, and memoirs in particular—I usually come across
books one of only two ways. The first is through work. I work in
publishing, so reading new and upcoming books is one of the advantages to
my job. Oftentimes these books are being lauded as the next big thing. The
second is by word of mouth. Even the books I pick up at bookstores are
generally those displayed at the front of the store.
But what I’ve realized is that nearly every book I read is a
book that’s getting a lot of buzz. Amy Poehler’s Yes Please, for
instance, is waiting on my nightstand right now, as is All the Light We Cannot See,
Anthony Doerr’s critically acclaimed bestseller. I’m not reading the same
types of books, but I’m reading loud books. By that, I... READ
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