Think about the last time you ever read a book start to finish…just for fun. I can honestly say I haven’t read for fun in a very long time. All through highschool I read assigned books during the year and 2-3 summer reading books from an assigned list. I ultimately knew that these books would lead to some essay or test so I was so caught up in annotating and picking out the themes and motifs that ultimately reading became more of a chore than anything else.
With this being said, I realized that now is a better time than ever to just start reading for fun. Just reading to enjoy a book, without all the high school over analyzing that came along with it. So over spring break between scrolling through my tropical instagram feed and wishing I wasn’t stuck in snowy New York I decided to dig out my kindle. The last book I had been reading was The Five People you Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom. I decided to start that one over and from there made a list of seven more books.
Now I know not everyone is a “reader” but you would be surprised that when you find a good book how easy it becomes. So next time you’re about to binge netflix try picking out a good book and read for you, not to annotate for a teacher. It may not seem like it but reading is the perfect little escape when you’re a little stressed.