Mmastodon CultureBooks first seen 6 d ago, last 6 d ago, peak #8
The Quiet Pleasure of Following a Quote Back to Its Book
Original: Sometimes a line meets you in the wild, on someone else's feed, and you follow it home to the book it came from. That wa
Readers are reflecting on the habit of encountering a striking line on someone else's feed and then tracking it down to the book it came from. The walk back to the source, they say, is half the pleasure; keeping the line afterwards, often in a commonplace book or reading journal, is the other half. It is a small reminder of how borrowed sentences can lead people back into whole books.
Why now: Readers enjoy discussing how quotes discovered in feeds lead them back to books and their journaling habits
bookstodoncommonplace booksreading journals
Rank over time, top of the chart is #1. 3 snapshots from 6 d ago to 6 d ago.
Evidence
- Sometimes a line meets you in the wild, on someone else's feed, and you follow it home to the book it came from. That walk back is half the pleasure. Keeping the line once you arrive is the other half. # journaling # commonplacebook # readingjournal # bookstodon · ethanOS@infosec.exchange · 3
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