A review by mrspenningalovesbooks
What We See When We Read by Peter Mendelsund
5.0
This book is made for an English teacher, bibliophile, philosopher, or an avid over thinker! I absolutely loved mendelsund’s points about seeing vs. understanding in what we read. Do we picture a character or feel a character or understand a character? Or synthesize all three? Such a great way to look a close reading skills and the metacognition that can occur while reading if we are aware of it. Perfect book to read before the AP exam to help prep my students in a new way.
“Words are not effective because of what they carry in them, but for their latent potential to unlock the accumulated experience of the reader.”
“Words are like arrows— they are something, and they also point toward something.”
“Words are not effective because of what they carry in them, but for their latent potential to unlock the accumulated experience of the reader.”
“Words are like arrows— they are something, and they also point toward something.”