Comments on: Review: Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain, Maryanne Wolf

By: Beth F

Beth F — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 11:12:38 +0000

Like you it clicked and even though it was unusual in the 1950s, I was reading before kindergarten. This sounds fascinating.

By: Aarti

Aarti — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 15:28:32 +0000

Ooh, like everyone else, this sounds really interesting! And what a cool title and what an awesome cover illustration.

By: bermudaonion (Kathy)

bermudaonion (Kathy) — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 01:06:38 +0000

This does sound fascinating! Reading clicked for me and for Vance too but I feel for those who struggle with it.

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 00:12:42 +0000

This sounds so interesting. I’m also intrigued about what the internet is doing to our reading brains. I’ve read a number of articles speculating that the internet is making us dumber, or shortening our attention spans, or all these different things — I think it will be fascinating, a few years down the line, to make comparisons of adult reading brains at various levels of internet immersion, and see what the differences are.

By: Kailana

Kailana — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 23:01:30 +0000

This sounds really good! I will have to check it out!