#lifelong reader

Only read three hours and already halfway through the first book!

how dare he? the nerve! the gall! the gumption!

i really can’t stand the high and mighty attitude towards this. it doesn’t matter how someone finds a way to engage with literature and reading. it only matters that people do.

reading is fundamental. it is a major predictor of a person’s academic success and subsequent chances in life.

talk to a language teacher or librarian sometime. they are thrilled when people (ideally as kids) find a way to engage with books. and the best way is if they don’t do it out of obligation but genuine interest. you need motivation. a lot of people need extrinsic motivation. and it doesn’t matter how or why. a kid starts reading comic books because of superhero movies? great. grand. wonderful. someone picks up a book because oprah recommended it? brilliant.

I tease, but this does always seems to happen to me. I really do ❤️ my local library. And you can bet I'll never learn not to have a bunch of books on hold at once, because I always think I have them optimally staggered this time.

Have you ever re-read a book and thought twice about your initial review of it? I have. Sometimes I come back to a book feeling that I liked it better the second time around. Does that mean I increase my rating? Other times I realize I missed a lot of problematic aspects now that I’m more knowledgeable. Do I push the review and rating down? Upon rereading a book, I have a better understanding of…