Books
Some books are not meant to be finished
I abandoned a prize-listed novel at page ninety and felt immediately, uncomplicatedly happy. On the rule of fifty, sunk costs, and why finishing is…
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Books
The stories that shape me, and the ones I keep returning to.
Books
The books that gave me words for things I couldn’t explain
Long before I could describe what was happening to me, I could recognise it on a page. On reading as vocabulary rather than escape.
Books
Why I still read when life gets loud
Reading is the first thing I drop when things get busy, and the thing whose absence I feel most. On protecting a quiet that…