The Shelf: From Leq to Les: Adventures in Extreme Reading by Phyllis Rose

The Shelf: From Leq to Les: Adventures in Extreme Reading

Phyllis Rose

384 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir challenging funny medium-paced

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Phyllis Rose, after a career of reading from syllabuses and writing about canonical books, decided to read like an explorer. She "wanted to sample, more democratically, the actual ground of literature." Casting herself into the untracked wildernes...

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informative 75%
reflective 75%
funny 50%
adventurous 25%
challenging 25%
inspiring 25%
lighthearted 25%

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medium 75%
fast 25%

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