HOW we read is maybe more important, even, than WHAT we read: The importance of "deep reading"
My 'to be read' pile -- honest to goodness old-fashioned books, plus my Kindle (which is not connected to the internet) I start my day with words. Well. With word games . On my phone. Wordle then Spelling Bee then Connections then Strands . All via the New York Times , in which I might scan the headlines and might sometimes read the full stories. But the word games are a daily ritual — a brain warm-up for the day ahead. I move through each puzzle at my own pace, sometimes jumping between them if I get stuck, and often listening to early-morning radio in the background. Sometimes, the words coming at me over the airwaves capture my attention and then my imagination and then I am diverted down a thinking road sparked by more words, other words, words that paint a picture of... something out there in the larger world. And then I might get bored with that spoken-word-painted story and I return to the word game on the small screen of my phone. Throughout the day, I read ...