There is something to be said for reading a story only as a story.
There is something to be said for reading in bars — not just in one of Hemingway's "clean, well-lighted" places, but in any old bustling spot with taps, bottles, a firm flat surface, and a seat.
Most eReader apps tend to be built for reading something from start to finish — which makes sense, given that that's how about 99percentt of fiction works are meant to be read.
Earlier this year, Hillary Clinton brushed off a proposal for free public college tuition from her primary opponent Bernie Sanders with a zinger: "My late father said, 'if somebody promises you something for free, read the fine print.'".
Court documents showed the woman had been using coded language to correspond with clients—"a quarter pack from KFC, here if you still want something for tea," read one text, which was code for a quarter gram of methamphetamine.
It may as short as 15-20 mifutes it it's something like reading a story for a potential new primary schoolteacher.
Now that you know the genre, have something to shoot for, read some poetry.
And if she's looking for something to read, she looks for short stories by Lorrie Moore or Alice Munro or perhaps an art book.
They made the books look the same because they were trying to sell Ann Petry and Ralph Ellison to people waiting for a bus or looking for something to read in the beauty parlor.
Much was said that did not find its way into print then; here, for fans and the curious and anyone just looking for something to read, is some of the rest of it.
If 1,000 people go into a library looking for something specific to read, for example, the more volumes there are on the shelves, the better.
