Rick Carol Shields
Enthusiastically and Joyfully Curling up With a Book Millions of people enjoy a good book and a good read, but does everybody enjoy reading for the same reasons? The answer to that question lies in the words of two incredible authors. Author Rick Moody’s enjoyment he gets from the freedom and thrill of reading a book and Carol Shields love for indulging in a book and entering another reality both shows how everybody can love reading in their own ways. Moody loves reading due to the feeling of freedom and being able to come to his own conclusions and Shields enjoys reading because it allows her to enter a state of relaxation and depth while exploring another reality. Some people may view reading a book as a hard and boring task, but Rick
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And because of that, we should dedicate time to experiencing that journey. Shields sees reading as a way to open our senses, and be invited into a reality beyond our own. This complexity and ability to “be in more than one places at once” is what draws Shields into the love of reading. She also believes that to be able to truly enjoy books content, a person needs to dedicate a block of uninterrupted time and give every ounce of focus and attention that they have to that book. Shields states, “When we read with attention, an inner circuit of the brain is satisfyingly completed. We feel our perceptions sharpen and acquire edge” (9). She see’s the phrase “being lost in a book” as actually being “found” in a book. Shield’s strongly executes the idea of electronic information and believes that it limits our ability to expand and learn from a book. Literature in a text, she believes, allows us to imagine more deeply, discover our own experiences more vividly and become more in touch with ourselves. In her own words, Shields says, “We need literature on the page because it allows us to experience more fully, to imagine more deeply, enabling us to live more freely” (10). While she discredits the enjoyment of electronic text, Shields gives much credit to the enjoyment of
And because of that, we should dedicate time to experiencing that journey. Shields sees reading as a way to open our senses, and be invited into a reality beyond our own. This complexity and ability to “be in more than one places at once” is what draws Shields into the love of reading. She also believes that to be able to truly enjoy books content, a person needs to dedicate a block of uninterrupted time and give every ounce of focus and attention that they have to that book. Shields states, “When we read with attention, an inner circuit of the brain is satisfyingly completed. We feel our perceptions sharpen and acquire edge” (9). She see’s the phrase “being lost in a book” as actually being “found” in a book. Shield’s strongly executes the idea of electronic information and believes that it limits our ability to expand and learn from a book. Literature in a text, she believes, allows us to imagine more deeply, discover our own experiences more vividly and become more in touch with ourselves. In her own words, Shields says, “We need literature on the page because it allows us to experience more fully, to imagine more deeply, enabling us to live more freely” (10). While she discredits the enjoyment of electronic text, Shields gives much credit to the enjoyment of