We human beings build houses because we’re alive, but we write books because we’re mortal. We live in groups because we’re sociable, but we read because we know we’re alone. Reading offers a kind of companionship that takes no one’s place, but that no on can replace either. It offers no definitive explanation of our destiny but links us inextricably to life. Its tiny secret links remind us of how paradoxically happy we are to be alive, while illuminating how tragically absurd life is. So our reasons for reading are as strange as our reasons for living. And no one has the right to call that intimacy to account.
–The Rights of the Reader by Daniel Pennac, page 165
Teaser Tuesdays is a fun weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along!
* Grab your current read
* Open to a random page
* Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
* BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
* Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
Love your teaser, I have been wanting to read this book for a while. Are you enjoying it? Here´s mine: http://ifyoucanreadthis.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/teaser-tuesday-18/
I just finished it, and I really liked it. I will try to post a review of it soon!
Beautiful teaser! I love the book’s title too! Is this book a novel or is it a book written for readers? Looking forward to reading your review of it.
It’s a non-fiction book directed toward Parents and Teachers, and is about the worst and best ways to try to help establish a love of reading in children and teenagers. I’m neither a parent nor a teacher, but I enjoyed it a lot. It has a lot of interesting thoughts about why certain kids become reluctant readers, and how to get them interested in reading. It ends with 10 “Rights of the Reader” which are true for all readers, young and old. It was a lovely book, I hope to get a review of it up soon. :)
It sounds like a wonderful book! Looking forward to reading your review of it :)