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8. Alan Jacobs: How to Get More Pleasure Out of Your Reading
The Reader's Journey
Why You Shouldn't Want to Read Books
In the book, there is a chapter about Mackey Valley and his relationship with books. He was an ambassador for Florence but got in trouble and had to live out in the countryside. But he ended up getting into shouting matches with all the rednecks at the local tavern. The author says that if you're reading just to have read books, it's kind of just to tell other people, "Look how smart I am"
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