I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life

by Anne Bogel

A good book, when we return to it, will always have something new to say. It’s not the same book, and we’re not the same reader.

No, my recurring bookworm dream is to peruse my personal library history like it’s a historical document.

all the books I’ve borrowed in a lifetime of reading,

Books are portals to all kinds of memories—but only if I can remember that I read them.

Another takes a photograph of every book she reads and binds those photos into scrapbooks,

It’s embarrassing to admit, but without logging what I read, I forget all about it.

We are readers. Books grace our shelves and fill our homes with beauty; they dwell in our minds and occupy our thoughts. Books prompt us to spend pleasant hours alone and connect us with fellow readers.

art director Patti Brinks, for exquisite taste and solid judgment, and for turning my books into things of beauty;