{"id":1958,"date":"2013-05-20T07:56:02","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T13:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/?p=1958"},"modified":"2013-05-20T07:56:02","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T13:56:02","slug":"monday-morning-confessional-how-to-read-a-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/2013\/05\/monday-morning-confessional-how-to-read-a-book.html","title":{"rendered":"Monday Morning Confessional: How to Read a Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I confess that I just finished Metaxas\u2019s biography of Bonhoeffer for the second time. This time I listened to the audiobook. It\u2019s the second time I\u2019ve re-read an old favorite using the audiobook in order to save time. I confess that I\u2019m beginning to really love audiobooks and am seriously thinking about making an audible.com investment. My only hesitation is that many of the nerdy theological books I want to read are not on audiobook yet.<\/p>\n

I confess that I\u2019m working on a new way to read non-fiction books for understanding. In his famous work\u00a0How to Read a Book<\/em>, Mortimer J. Adler suggests that reading deeply involves three discreet steps or \u201creadings.\u201d They are:<\/p>\n