Leanne answers “I enjoy reading and learning about history...”

Prateet asked this question about The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism:

I enjoy reading and learning about history but struggle to read long books like the Bully Pulpit without becoming lost in the detail and only making it a few chapters in without losing sight of the bigger picture. How long do people usually take to finish a book of this length, and how best to extract the most important information?

Leanne I know you asked this question long ago, but I hope my comment can help in future. As others have noted, there is no 'reckoning' when you are finished…moreI know you asked this question long ago, but I hope my comment can help in future. As others have noted, there is no 'reckoning' when you are finished - you will take away what you need or want to from this and other long, detailed books.

I am a fast reader, but I rarely devote myself completely to these long non-fiction history books. I read them on the days the subject appeals to me, and often take a month or more to finish them. Let yourself read them on your own terms; it took me two months to read Truman's biography and even longer to finish Van Gogh's. But I truly enjoyed both.

I'm just starting this one, so we shall see how long it takes... (less)

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