YoungHa KimNovels are food for the leftover hours of life, the in-between times, the moments of waiting.
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Reading a novel is like eating a meal. It fills you up and makes you feel full. Most of us read books to escape the mundane, the daily grind, to get lost in another world. When we read, we lose ourselves in the story and forget our daily worries.
If you only read nonfiction, then you probably get less than your share of pleasure from reading. You may not be able to enjoy many books or even one book at a time, but that’s okay. What matters is that you are reading something, any book at all.
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