Recommended for: readers with a passion for the strange, extraordinary creations and achievements of human society, hand-picked and described by the life of John Green
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Recommended for: readers looking to dive into the strange history of the English language, exploring nuances from unpredictable spellings to absurd pronunciations
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Recommended for: Everyone who cares about their fellow human beings. Seriously.
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Read moreI remember those days in my middle school and high school English class. My teachers would scrutinize each one of our books to make sure we annotated each page, just as they had instructed us to. To a certain extent, annotating novels made sense: it made discussions much easier for me and helped me understand the novel more thoroughly by writing out my thoughts. Also, I always felt bad making the teacher upset.
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Read moreI’m going to be honest, I will always prefer a physical book to a digital one. Mostly, I enjoy the variety of different book covers and pages, where each book provides a unique reading experience. Digital copies on the other hand, suppress the creative design of books in favour of uniformity based on the device I am reading with.
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Read moreIf there’s one thing I dislike about reading, it’s how tiring it can be. I mean, after hours of deciphering the combination of black text on the pages in front of you, the strain on your eyes can be irksome. Not to mention the energy drain from the bajillion neurons constantly firing in your brain to collect the information from a book while blocking out all other distractions.
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