When I read Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed in the 1980s I read it for a year at least. I filled two steno notebooks and have referred to them over the years. It took about six months the read The Sound and the Fury the first time. When I “finished” I read around the book for several months in a casual manner. I read it again and have returned to it many times over the years. I’ve never belonged to a book club. Not sure I even know what it means to say I finished a book anymore but I surely knew what it means when I was in school
You’ve got me thinking again. You’re good at that:) Of course we finish books. We read from start to finish. But what does that mean? On one hand, it could mean stopping and starting, rinse and repeat. Artisans finish in phases, rough sanding, fine sanding. The fine finish work can last forever with certain books. Is it all in the messaging, the example, the modeling? Plus the self, interests, experiences… In any case, I’ve read lots of stuff I’m done with, too:)
When I read Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed in the 1980s I read it for a year at least. I filled two steno notebooks and have referred to them over the years. It took about six months the read The Sound and the Fury the first time. When I “finished” I read around the book for several months in a casual manner. I read it again and have returned to it many times over the years. I’ve never belonged to a book club. Not sure I even know what it means to say I finished a book anymore but I surely knew what it means when I was in school
Nice examples, Terry, and a good point that we may never be "finished" with certain books in our lives.
You’ve got me thinking again. You’re good at that:) Of course we finish books. We read from start to finish. But what does that mean? On one hand, it could mean stopping and starting, rinse and repeat. Artisans finish in phases, rough sanding, fine sanding. The fine finish work can last forever with certain books. Is it all in the messaging, the example, the modeling? Plus the self, interests, experiences… In any case, I’ve read lots of stuff I’m done with, too:)
Artisans and fine finish work...a nice metaphor, Terry!