![]() ![]() “Writing books is hard,” he said, “and you go through all these emotions that aren’t necessarily delight with the book you are writing. Andy Miller The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books Saved My Life Paperback 23 April 2015 by Andy Miller (Author) 192 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition £5.49 Read with Our Free App Audiobook £0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover £14.99 16 Used from £0.70 2 New from £14. If you don’t get it, keep going,” which was a sentiment he echoed later on his advice to writers in the room. It becomes a big thing in the book, and in life. A funny, inscrutably honest account of one mans quest to reverse 20 years of lies and read the books hes always claimed to. Of the book’s message to readers, he said, “Keep going. ![]() While he didn’t succeed with the List of Betterment, its failure motivated him to develop a list of 50 books he would read over the course of a year. Combining memoir and literary criticism, The Year of Reading Dangerously is Millers heartfelt, humorous, and honest examination of what it means to be a reader. He then made a list of books to read by his 40th birthday, titled the List of Betterment, signed and witnessed by his wife. ![]() Miller said the impetus behind the book was the realisation, as he approached 40, that there were still many books he hadn’t read, and that he would need to make a decisive effort to read more books. The Spring term of the Creative Writing reading Series kicked off with Andy Miller, who came to talk about his new book, A Year of Reading Dangerously, which is part memoir, part book about reading, books, and family. ![]()
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