[Python] Check if file is readable with Python: try or if/else?

I have the following code:

import glob, os
for file in glob.glob("\\*.txt"):
if os.access(file, os.R_OK):
# Do something
else:
if not os.access(file, os.R_OK):
print(file, "is not readable")
else:
print("Something went wrong with file/dir", file)
break


But I'm not entirely sure if this the right way to do it. Is it better to use try and catch the error? If so, how do I try for readability? Note the break in my else statement. As soon as a file can't be read I want to abort the loop.

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