Word: readerly
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...dear Internet reader, this is a “postcard,” but it in no way resembles the postcards I viewed earlier today...
...Mighty Heart. It's a phrase that certainly applies to Roger, and Chaz too, for their year-long battle against his debilitating illness. With open arms ready to embrace a trusted friend - which Roger has been to Mary C. and me for three decades, and is to any reader or viewer of his work - we can say: He's back...
...That comes from his voracious interest in the world of ideas. If he had read only his own stuff he'd be one of the best-read people I know. But he's as insatiable a reader as he is a writer. The time he's spent watching movies, and thinking and writing about them, is only a sensible portion of his sentient life. He seems to have consumed every English-language novel written in the 19th century, and many from the centuries before and after. And somehow he retains it all. He has a memory that's both photographic...
While these insights might not seem very profound, numerous self-evaluation exercises force the reader to realize that most people do not seem to apply seemingly obvious behaviors to their own lives. Ben-Shahar’s theories about becoming happier may seem like nothing new, but the exercises he includes to apply these ideas are what make "Happier"—much like Psychology 1504, "Positive Psychology"—worthwhile...
...example, time-ins—thought-provoking questions meant to challenge a person’s attitudes and behaviors toward happiness—are interspersed with explanations of positive psychology. These mini-exercises force the reader to internalize Ben-Shahar’s ideas and evaluate his own approach to happiness. Additional exercises are listed at the end of each chapter, further reinforcing the lessons. At the end of a chapter entitled "The Ultimate Currency," the reader is asked to complete a series of sentences that begin with phrases such as "To bring five percent more happiness into my life?...