On Reading the Gift
For me, The Gift is a slow read because I am constantly uderlining, writing in the margins, and taking down quotes. Sometimes the research gets too detailed, or I can’t make sense of an idea, or a tangent is drawn out too far and I lose focus. Other times, one rapturous paragraph or sentence demands a few minutes of contemplation, and that I get up and pace around my room for a minute before carrying on. It’s wild.
