Reader, reader, pumpkin-eater
A couple of days ago Aleshanee shared a post on Twitter by Mikka from Mikka liest (Mikka reads) about what it means to be well-read, in addition DarkFairy posted another review that made me look through her reading challenges and all of this made me think (again).
With my affinity to procrastinate I’d like to dwell a bit on these thoughts instead of what I actually should be writing…
Am I well-read?
Mikka’s points about what it means to be well-read can be basically summed up to:
You’re well read if you read more than one book from all kind of genres – even outside your comfort zone – in differing difficulty.
I agree with her sentiment (and hope the summary is correct) and enjoyed her reasoning leading to this, but what does that mean for me?
I don’t want to make my own definition, I’d like to try using the main points of the statement to try figuring out if I would consider myself to be well-read.
#1 Diversity
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#2 Quantity
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#3 Difficulty
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Conclusion
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What do you think about this? Do you consider yourself well-read?
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