= The Little Guide to Your Well-Read Life =
=== Steve Leveen, Bvtn 028.9 LEV 2005 ===
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Interesting.  Author suggests pencil annotations in books (I prefer Postits, I can find them later), skipping around in nonfiction books, working from the index, going to the best parts first.  I agree.

 . mostly fiction/novel driven

 . Classics - skip the intro, read some of the text, many are readable, but tastes differ.
 . T. Roosevelt, D. MacArthur, Churchill, T.E. Lawrence, Beryl Markham were avid readers.

 . Make list of candidates for future, suggestions from multiple friends, reviews, others
 . Purchase Library of Candidates for future reading
 . Living Library for previously read books

 . If you don't like a book after 50 pages, move on
 . Spend time with book after reading
 . Francis Robinson, SQ3R: Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review
 . Mortimer Adler, ''How to Read a Book'' 1972

 . Librarians trained in "Reader's Advisory"  references ''What to Read Next, Novelist, Genreflecting''
 . ''Good Reading: A Helpful Guide for Serious Readers'', Fadiman's ''Lifetime Reading Plan'', H. Bloom ''How to Read and Why''
 . ''Rotten Reviews'' by Bill Henderson

Books On Tape, 1975 Duvall Hecht for "reading" during long slow commutes in LA.

Recorded Books, >1975 Henry Trentman in Maryland.
 . narrators stage actors, Frank Muller > 400 books (Incl. Jerry Jenkins ''Left Behind'')
 . Michael Pritchard did Travis !McGee and Newo Wolfe
 . 60,000 titles by 2000
 . 4 surprises: less roadrage, authors poor narrators, long music is distraction, one narrator best
 . subtle voicing to suggest characters
 . http://www.yourwellreadlife.com/Home/RecordedBooks.asp (some sound samples at bottom)
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