During my busy times of the year, I read for pure enjoyment and escape. In a much smaller slice of the year, I want to read books that have some meaning to me where I learn something I didn't already know.
In my day job, this last couple of years since COVID has been so stressful that I read very few meaningful books. I don't remember much about what I read shortly after I close the cover on the last page, but it does seem like the few that I do remember are the ones that make me think more about my own little place in this vast world of chaos.
And also I LOVE Homegoing. Her second novel was really beautiful as well, especially for anyone coming from a religious background or struggling with it.
I read to escape this flaming hellscape that is life in 2022. It helps to know there will be closure within a few hundred pages, happy or not. So I go through phases of what I want to read (be it genre, YA, literary, NF), but reading allows me to feel and connect and relate to stories/history/experiences simultaneously educating and distracting me. In that sense, it feels productive even if it isn't high-brow, life-altering works.
I read for so many reasons.. entertainment, comfort, learning, growth. Different books serve different purposes, and some great books serve all of those purposes.
During my busy times of the year, I read for pure enjoyment and escape. In a much smaller slice of the year, I want to read books that have some meaning to me where I learn something I didn't already know.
In my day job, this last couple of years since COVID has been so stressful that I read very few meaningful books. I don't remember much about what I read shortly after I close the cover on the last page, but it does seem like the few that I do remember are the ones that make me think more about my own little place in this vast world of chaos.
And also I LOVE Homegoing. Her second novel was really beautiful as well, especially for anyone coming from a religious background or struggling with it.
I read to escape this flaming hellscape that is life in 2022. It helps to know there will be closure within a few hundred pages, happy or not. So I go through phases of what I want to read (be it genre, YA, literary, NF), but reading allows me to feel and connect and relate to stories/history/experiences simultaneously educating and distracting me. In that sense, it feels productive even if it isn't high-brow, life-altering works.
I read for so many reasons.. entertainment, comfort, learning, growth. Different books serve different purposes, and some great books serve all of those purposes.