Interessante o artigo do NY Books, intitulado justamente: "Why Finish Books?”.

O texto começa narrando esta historieta acerca de Samuel Johnson:

“Sir—” remarked Samuel Johnson with droll incredulity to someone too eager to know whether he had finished a certain book—“Sir, do you read books through?”

O que me lembrou imediatamente da seguinte entrada dos Papirer, de Kierkegaard:

A thesis: great geniuses are essentially unable to read a book. While they are reading, their own development will always be greater than their understanding of the author.

II A 26 n.d., 1837