O retrato de um leitor ávido / "Every Book Lover Ever"

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49 sinais de que és viciad@ em leitura/ 49 signs you’re addicted to reading

 Não me identifico com todas mas ainda assim há muitas que me descrevem. :)

1.  People are cool but reading is your preferred social activity.

2. You know what a book hangover is and you have them frequently.

3. You plan whole afternoons around browsing bookstores.

4. If you go too long without buying or reading a book you feel a huge sense of withdrawal and are thinking of the next time you can get away to a bookstore or library.

5. You have trouble functioning at work or school sometimes because you stayed up late reading.

6. You’re constantly sharing your favorite book quotes on social media and have either a Pinterest board or Tumblr dedicated to these quotes.

7. You’re always looking forward to the weekend but mostly because you can’t wait to get 2 whole days for unadulterated alone time with a new book.

8. You carry a book with you at all times because you never know when you’ll have a spare minute to do some extra reading.

9. Your friends and family have stopped asking you what you want for Christmas or birthdays because they know you’ll always say books.

10. You take your book clubs seriously. If you show up and you haven’t read the book? GTFO.

11. When you go out to dinner you find yourself wanting to gush about a book you’re reading and the characters in the story. You’ve been spending so much time with them you feel like they’ve become a part of your life just as much as anyone else.

12. You don’t mind layovers so much because you know it’s a perfect time to get in extra reading.

13. When you travel you always bring as least two books because you’re not sure what kind of mood you’ll be in or what sort of story you’ll feel like reading.

14. And if you don’t have a Kindle you just sort of assume half of your luggage will be all books.

15. When someone talks smack about one of your favorite writers you instantly get defensive and suggest they try reading another work by them.

16. You legitimately don’t understand people who say they don’t read.

17. When the movie version of a book comes out you’ll go see it but you know there isn’t any way the movie could be better than the book.

18. And when you do see the movie you’re appalled at how much of the story they left out.

20. One of your favorite things to do when arriving in a new city is to check out the local bookstores.

21. You actually have a bookstore bucket list of amazing bookstores around the world you absolutely want and need to visit before you die.

22. You’ve stopped lending books to friends because you know they just won’t care for the books in the way they should be cared for.

23. You don’t understand how people can be lonely when they have books.

24. You’ve skipped over entire meals or canceled plans just so you could finish a book.

25. You honestly can’t think of a better way to spend a Sunday than reading a book and drinking coffee or tea.

26. You buy all your friends and family a book for Christmas.

27. You always check out the max amount of books you can at the library and get annoyed when someone asks you if you’ll actually be able to read all of those by the due date. Hello, do you even know me?

28. You have words from your favorite author or book tattooed on your body somewhere.

29. You buy more books even if you have a stack of books that haven’t been read yet.

30. And you feel sort of guilty that you haven’t read those books yet but you will! Someday!

31. Pretty much your entire apartment is filled with stacks of books.

32. You sort of hate when a book is 250 pages or under because you know you’ll just end up reading it within a day or two and will have to find something else to read when it’s finished.

33. But that’s okay because you always have at least a few emergency books you can choose from if you have nothing else to read.

34. Some of your wardrobe choices are influenced by your favorite characters.

35. Or you straight up own t-shirts and sweaters with covers of classic novels.

36. When people can’t find you they just assume you’re at a bookstore.

37. And if you’ve stopped answering texts for the night people know you’re probably just engrossed in a book.

38. Significant others have caught you weeping at 3 a.m. clutching a novel but they’ve learned not to be alarmed by it anymore.

39. You feel legitimate sadness when a book only has a couple chapters left. You don’t want to leave your characters yet.
40. You love seeing people in public with books and you’re always try and catch a peek at the title to see what they’re into.

41. When the ending of a book sucks you feel seriously betrayed by the author. I mean, how could they do this to me?

42. You think the only way you can truly get to know an old, used book is by smelling it. Ahh, old book smell.

43. When you find a used bookstore you get ridiculously excited. The level of excitement can sometimes trump excitement over other awesome things like pizza places, icecream shops, etc. Your enthusiasm for used bookstores knows no bounds.

44. You take it personally when you recommend a book to a friend and 6 months later they still haven’t read it. What are they even waiting for?

45. Or even worse when you buy a book for someone and they don’t read it. How are we supposed to bond over our favorite passages!?

46. You wake up in the morning thinking about the characters in a book and wondering what will happen.

47. You own a variety of different editions of your favorite book. If you see it in a foreign bookstore or with a new cover you can’t help but want it for your collection.

48. You’ve yelled at a book in public.

49. Most of your Instagram photos are of stacks of books next to a cup of coffee. 

Koty Neelis

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Não te atrevas a perturbar a minha leitura / Don't you dare disturb my reading

Baby Blues

Quem lê nunca está só na dor. / The one who reads is never alone in his pain.

s.id.

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.”

James Baldwin

Desafio de leitura para 2017 / 2017 ultimate reading challenge

Lembro que não é preciso comprar estes livros todos. Basta ir à biblioteca. :)

Ressaca literária / Book hanghover

Adivinhem como vou passar o Verão! / Guess how I will spend my Summer!

Tu cresces com cada livro que lês / "You are taller with every book you read"

Não será verdade no seu sentido literal visto que, por esta altura, eu já devia ter pelo menos o tamanho de um jogador de basquetebol em vez dos meus modestos 1,56m! :)

Quando um livro nos recomenda um leitor...

É verdade.

10 razões para leres mais / 10 reasons why you need to start reading more

 

Kristin Kest

Reading has so many amazing benefits. In some cases, reading can make you more successful. Here are 10 reasons why you need to start reading more today.

#1 It’s a source of inspiration

There is nothing more inspiring than a good autobiography. Reading about the challenges and successes of others can be a real motivator. This inspiration can help spur you on to reach those goals.

# 2 Help with relaxation

For career girls to be successful striking the right balance between work and downtime is essential. Switching off from social media and taking time to curl up with a book can be so relaxing. Unwinding properly will ensure you are well rested and ready to face the upcoming challenges that lie ahead.

#3 It expands your vocabulary

Reading new and interesting material will certainly broaden your vocabulary. Your boss will be impressed when you have nailed that tricky presentation with interesting and unique descriptions.

#4 Your knowledge will increase

Reading makes you smarter. Taking in extra information by reading a wide range of books, journals and industry magazines will boost your intelligence. This is a massive plus for career girls.

#5 Help to focus
Reading takes patience and commitment. To read you must focus and avoid distractions. The ability to focus is highly beneficial for your working life. It will lead to increased productivity and help you smash that daunting to-do-list!

#6 You will be a better writer

It is necessary to read more to become a better writer. Reading on a regular basis will ensure those pitches and reports are succinct and polished. Everyone will be impressed. (...)

#7 It Assists with Problem Solving.

You will be more intelligent. Reading will make you more creative and innovative. Tricky issues and problems will be resolved much easier. You will face issues with a more analytical approach.

#8 Improved Memory

The brain is like every part of the body, it needs regular workouts to stay in shape. Reading will keep the mind sharp and improve the memory.

#9 Goal Setting

Reading often will assist with setting and achieving goals. It will drive you forward to meet targets and ambitions. Reading will benefit you massively by helping you plan goals and sticking to them.

#10 Increased Empathy

You will have an increased awareness of social situations. Being able to empathise better is a critical skill for success in business. Being able to identify and alleviate a potential client concern is a powerful trait.

Fonte: careergirldaily

"Na leitura e na escrita encontramo-nos todos naquilo que temos de mais humano".

George Goodwin Kilburne, 1839-1924

A escrita, ou a arte, para ser mais abrangente, cumpre funções que mais nenhuma área consegue cumprir. (...) Sinto que há poucas experiências tão interessantes como quando se lê um livro e se percebe "já senti isto, mas nunca o tinha visto escrito", procurar isso, ou procurar escrever textos que façam sentir isso, é uma das minhas buscas permanentes. Trata-se de ordenar, de esquematizar, não só sentimentos como ideias que temos de uma forma vaga mas que entendemos melhor quando os vemos em palavras. Trata-se também de construir empatia: através da leitura temos oportunidade de estar na pele de outras pessoas e de sentir coisas que não fazem parte da nossa vida, mas que no momento em que lemos conseguimos perceber como é. E isso faz-nos ser mais humanos. Na leitura e na escrita encontramo-nos todos naquilo que temos de mais humano.

José Luís Peixoto

Estudo da Universidade de Roma prova que ler deixa as pessoas mais felizes

 

John La Gatta

É senso comum dizer que ler faz bem, que proporciona aos leitores inúmeros benefícios intangíveis. No entanto, é difícil encontrarmos estudos que comprovem essas teses. Ou era difícil. Investigadores da Universidade de Roma 3, em Itália, realizaram um trabalho com cerca de 1.100 pessoas para encontrar a resposta para duas questões: «Quem lê livros é mais feliz do que quem não lê?» e «A leitura melhora o nosso bem-estar»? A conclusão, apresentada no artigo «The Happiness of Reading», é bastante clara: os leitores são mais felizes e encaram a vida de forma mais positiva que os não leitores.

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David Bowie incentivava a leitura / David Bowie promoted reading - RIP

A leitura ajuda a reduzir o stress / Reading 'can help reduce stress'

Olga lendo, 1920, Pablo Picasso (Espanha, 1881-1973) carvão sobre papel

"Reading is the best way to relax and even six minutes can be enough to reduce the stress levels by more than two thirds, according to new research.

And it works better and faster than other methods to calm frazzled nerves such as listening to music, going for a walk or settling down with a cup of tea, research found.

Psychologists believe this is because the human mind has to concentrate on reading and the distraction of being taken into a literary world eases the tensions in muscles and the heart.

The research was carried out on a group of volunteers by consultancy Mindlab International at the University of Sussex.

Their stress levels and heart rate were increased through a range of tests and exercises before they were then tested with a variety of traditional methods of relaxation.

Reading worked best, reducing stress levels by 68 per cent, said cognitive neuropsychologist Dr David Lewis.

Subjects only needed to read, silently, for six minutes to slow down the heart rate and ease tension in the muscles, he found. In fact it got subjects to stress levels lower than before they started.

Listening to music reduced the levels by 61 per cent, have a cup of tea of coffee lowered them by 54 per cent and taking a walk by 42 per cent.

Playing video games brought them down by 21 per cent from their highest level but still left the volunteers with heart rates above their starting point.

Dr Lewis, who conducted the test, said: "Losing yourself in a book is the ultimate relaxation.

"This is particularly poignant in uncertain economic times when we are all craving a certain amount of escapism.

"It really doesn't matter what book you read, by losing yourself in a thoroughly engrossing book you can escape from the worries and stresses of the everyday world and spend a while exploring the domain of the author's imagination.

"This is more than merely a distraction but an active engaging of the imagination as the words on the printed page stimulate your creativity and cause you to enter what is essentially an altered state of consciousness."

Fonte: Telegraph

Aguarela de um leitor / Reader watercolor

 

Vicky Alvarez

Plano de fuga para uma segunda-feira / Monday's escape plan

O silêncio da leitura / Is reading fun?! But it's so quiet

Calvin & Hobbes

Planos para este domingo / This Sunday plans

E depois de terminar um livro fantástico? / And after finishing an amazing book?

Começar outro livro!
Start another book!

Os leitores de Barbara Dziadosz / Readers illustrated by Barbara Dziadosz

Barbara Dziadosz