I don’t mean to be a nag. I really don’t. On the other hand, I really do love the idea of you achieving your reading goals in 2020. Or, if you don’t have a formalized reading goal, I at least love the idea of helping you to read something, and maybe even to read a little bit more of something than you otherwise would. I rather expect you wouldn’t mind reading a few good books this year, and maybe reading one or two more good books than you thought likely.

I am certain it has always been difficult to find the time, opportunity, and brain space to just sit down and read. I doubt there has ever been a time in human history when it has been easy. But surely there has never been an age when we have had greater access to time that is not filled by life’s absolute necessities of working, eating, and sleeping. And surely there has never been an age when we are so surrounded by the beeps and buzzes that constantly demand our attention, and by the pixel-lit rectangles that willingly provide endless torrents of entertainment or distraction. While we have more


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