Comments on: How to Read a Book (i.e., Live a Life) by Pausing on the Page

By: Richella J Parham

Richella J Parham — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 20:56:25 +0000

Love this post, Lisa! That quotation about saying less? !!! I needed that!

Thanks so much for joining the Grace at Home party at Imparting Grace. I’m featuring you this week!

By: Ashley Rowland | HISsparrowBlog

Ashley Rowland | HISsparrowBlog — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 14:18:08 +0000

I love your posts, Lisa, and your wonderful way of presenting things—like this: “We aren’t meant to remember every sandwich we’ve ever eaten for lunch.” This cracked me up a little. But it’s a good reminder. Sometimes I beat myself up with thinking that I must remember everything when not everything should be remembered.

By: Lois Flowers

Lois Flowers — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 00:54:19 +0000

Lisa, I love how reading good writing spurs our thoughts in unexpected ways. A compelling writer’s voice—even if it’s very different from mine—will definitely get in my head and trigger my own creative juices. I occasionally pause from reading to write down a quote, although most of the time I wait until I’m finished with the book and go back and look at my dog-eared pages to see which quotes are still resonating with me.

By: Jean Wise

Jean Wise — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 19:49:22 +0000

This is so true. so true. I borrow often from the library so love to underline but find now I have to reread later, write in my journal, pray and “chew” on those good words to let them really sink in.

By: Joanne Viola

Joanne Viola — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 17:53:40 +0000

I love when a book causes me to pause to look up a word in the dictionary, or google to dig deeper and learn more. Sometimes I stop to take notes or write my thoughts. It is interesting to me how books become a part of us, molding us and shaping us, to become more.

By: Donna Reidland

Donna Reidland — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 17:50:23 +0000

I loved this, Lisa. I so appreciate books that make me read them carefully, maybe even doubling back to read something again so I can think about it more deeply. For me, many of them are books that help me understand the Scriptures better or help me be able to help someone else in their walk with God. But even when it’s the latter, the good ones always pierce and convict my heart first.

By: David

David — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 19:53:53 +0000

Very nice description of what it’s like! I absolutely get this, especially with non-fiction. With me it’s a hair-standing-on-end feeling when something I read triggers connections, and I wait as they gradually emerge.

If I’m reading that kind of thing a lot, it will be with me while I go about life, otherwise it might stay in the marginal pencil scribbles. Perhaps I should take photos or carry around a little notebook with copied passages.

There’s a different feeling I get from a novel, a kind of immersion in the author’s sensibility. The novel I’m reading atm I’ve read uncountable times before, it’s like being with a best friend.

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 23:03:53 +0000

In reply to Maryleigh. Yes, yes, yes, Maryleigh. I love when one book leads to another to another. I'm one of those people who has to even read all the footnotes, the acknowledgement pages, etc. I don't want to miss a thing. :)

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 23:02:32 +0000

In reply to Pat. How wonderful that you are in a book club, Pat! I am in a small book club too, and it makes a huge difference in what I learn. When I read a book on my own, I think I'm paying attention, but once the book club starts talking about it, I realize I missed a few things. lol.

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 23:01:01 +0000

In reply to Bev. That's a great thing to do, Bev. I keep an ongoing Word file with words from books. It's quite large! :)