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Pamela Paul is the editor of The New York Times Book Review and oversees books coverage at The Times. She also hosts the weekly Book Review podcast. She is the author of six books, How to Raise a Reader, co-authored with Maria Russo, My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues, By the Book, Parenting, Inc., Pornified, and The Starter Marriage and the Future of Matrimony. Prior to joining the Times, Paul was a contributor to Time magazine and The Economist, and her work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and Vogue. Her next book, Rectangle Time, comes out in February. She and her family live in New York.

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As your kids have gotten older, are they still voracious readers? How do you keep them off devices & keep their noses in the books? (I used to count among my biggest parenting accomplishments that long car rides were peaceful because I'd encouraged three readers, but now they're peaceful because no one will get off their phones. I set a 30min trip-launching read-a-thon and at minute 31, they're done! Waahhhh... )

Pamela Paul I have an easy answer to this though I realize it's not for everyone. My kids do not have devices. My husband has an iPad that he will let them use mo…moreI have an easy answer to this though I realize it's not for everyone. My kids do not have devices. My husband has an iPad that he will let them use most weekends for 30 minutes each. But I've told my kids they are not allowed to have phones until high school and only then if they purchase them and pay for them on their own. I realize this is not easy to do against the pro-tech tide, but I think in the long run, the better kids are able to learn to navigate the world without technology, the more creative and balanced their approach to technology will be should they choose to use it in the future, whether to work in tech or to use it recreationally. I answer this knowing that some people will consider this an extreme choice and that it's not for everyone. But just the way we've chosen to handle tech in my family.(less)

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What author surprised you the most in their By the Book interview? Did any literary novelists confess to a weakness for New Adult novels? Any nonfiction writers that secretly love cat gifs?

Pamela Paul I am constantly surprised by the answers! Nobody has confessed yet to New Adult, but the two time Man Booker Prize-winner, Hilary Mantel, is a big sel…moreI am constantly surprised by the answers! Nobody has confessed yet to New Adult, but the two time Man Booker Prize-winner, Hilary Mantel, is a big self-help reader. "I'm a self-help queen," she said, "dedicated to continuous improvement." I probably should have known better, but I was delighted by how literary Sting's tastes are and how all-around funny and likable Emma Thompson is. I was also heartened by how many writers have trouble with Joyce's "Ulysses."(less)

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	My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues 3.69 avg rating — 3,975 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Raise a Reader by Pamela Paul (Goodreads Author), Maria Russo, Марія Руссо 3.98 avg rating — 1,572 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	100 Things We've Lost to the Internet 3.46 avg rating — 1,043 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	By the Book: Writers on Literature and the Literary Life from the New York Times Book Review by Pamela Paul (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Scott Turow (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.77 avg rating — 845 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pornified: How Pornography Is Transforming Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families 3.59 avg rating — 567 ratings — published 2005 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rectangle Time by Pamela Paul (Goodreads Author), Becky Cameron (Illustrations) 4.26 avg rating — 386 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parenting, Inc.: How the Billion-Dollar Baby Business Has Changed the Way We Raise Our Children 3.47 avg rating — 402 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Starter Marriage and the Future of Matrimony 3.02 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2002 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lesen macht stark: Wie wir unsere Kinder für Bücher und Geschichten begeistern by Pamela Paul (Goodreads Author), Maria Russo, Kirsten Boie (Preface) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Great Expectations: The Sons and Daughters of Charles Dickens

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“This is every reader's catch-22: the more you read, the more you realize you haven't read; the more you yearn to read more, the more you understand that you have, in fact, read nothing. There is no way to finish, and perhaps that shouldn't be the goal.”
― Pamela Paul, My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues

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“At this point, there is no human way that I could read even those books I've deliberately marked as absolute must-reads. [ . . . ] This is every reader's catch-22: the more you read, the more you realize you haven't read; the more you yearn to read more, the more you understand that you have, in fact, read nothing”
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“Like all collectors, I exist in a perpetual state of want that bears no reasonable relationship to the quantity of unread books mounting up on my shelves.”
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