How to Read a Book

by Monica Wood

I whisper it now: “I am a reader. I am intelligent. I have something worthy to contribute.”

I used to race through books one after another, but in Book Club Harriet taught us that when you slow down, you notice more, and when you notice more, you feel more. Reading one book makes it part of all the books you’ve ever read, Harriet said, so she was forever dragging other books into our discussions.