Yes. Totally agree, Todd. And a good extra step I may suggest is to try to explain or describe to a friend the five or ten things you learned from the book you just finished reading. It’s more work, but I think it makes you smarter!

Jorge Luis Borges, arguably one of the best short-story writers, once said that he was not proud of the stories he had written, he was proud of all the books he’d read.

L.A.