This book is written by Ella Berthoud a Bibliotherapist. Here she teaches us how to actually and digest books, perhaps in a way we have never done before.

The book teaches us how reading mindfully will change how we experience reading. Through meditative reading technics and exercises, Berthoud gets us to reassess our reading habits.

The Art of Mindful Reading may seem like a small book but every page has a goal and a reason. Berthoud uses knowledge and humour to show us just how little we take in when we read. Not just about the meaning we take from books but also how we read, where we read, how our reading habits change from childhood and that we should return to those.

I was immediately taken with this book. At once I could see what it was that Berthoud was hoping to achieve and I let her lead me there.

Berthoud gives some great ideas for learning to immerse yourself into books. Particularly I enjoyed the ideas she gave for book nooks or free libraries.
Though I did not take time to use the exercises in this book I quickly knew I would be buying a copy of this book for my self.