Is it better to be well read, widely read, or deeply read?
To define:
>well read
Extensive but selective, almost exclusively of established canonical authors. Only the most regarded writers of fiction, poetry, philosophy, etc. Reads at good pace, occasional notetaking.
>widely read
Picking up anything they can get their hands on from any century almost regardless if it's widely acclaimed or hidden and obscure. Near constant rapid reading.
>deeply read
Consistently reading and rereading only a handful of fiction authors, poets, playwrights, or philosophers and getting to know them inside and out. Memorizes. Reads slowly and astutely, near always writing while reading.
your definitions are fucktarded and demonstrate a very low set of standards even for the categories you are trying to elevate.
>>8246486
It's better to just read whatever the fuck you want and stop being autistic over it.
I'm "widely read," but that doesn't mean I haven't followed your other modes at times. This seems like an artificial categorization.
>>8246548
Those are either very big rocks, or that is a very tiny lady. Please advise.
get well read then become deeply read
To ignore your false trichotomy and answer what you seem to nudging towards, it's better to be a critical reader than pointlessly consuming books and gleaning nothing from them, yes.
But a critical reader that is steered towards reading literature at frequent intervals is better than a critical reader who reads only the back his breakfast cereal box.
What your habits are while reading are of zero or procrustean importance since people read differently. I prefer not to scrawl all over the margins and just read the book and according to all academic testing I've encountered, this has been just fine.
>>8246551
Big rocks are called boulders.
>>8247304
Unfortunately there isn't a grain size for humans, so I felt I ought keep it based in the material. Boulders can be much smaller than a person, so I would need to refer to them as "medium sized boulders" if it isn't a very tiny lady, which ruins some of the contrast.
>>8246486
Is she the only patrician pornstar?
>>8246551
The rocks, they are large. The girl is petite but not unusually so.
>>8246506
this desu.
Widely read is where I'm at tho. I read because I need it, kinda like drugs.
