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'So this is supposed to be about the how, and when, and why, and what of reading - about the way that, when reading is going well, one books leads to another and to another, a paper trail of theme and meaning; and how, when it's going badly, when books don't stick or take, when your mood and the mood of the book are fighting like cats, you'd rather do anything but attempt the next paragraph, or reread the last one for the tenth time'.
Four of Nick's 'Stuff I've Been Reading' columns are reproduced here by kind permission of 'The Polysyllabic Spree', aka the good folk at McSweeney's The Believer magazine. Go visit The Believer's site to find out more. The Polysyllabic Spree, a collection of the first 14 columns, is published by Believer Books. All proceeds are split between the Treehouse charity and 826NYC, a writing centre in Brooklyn offering free classes to students between the ages of 8 and 18.
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