“When I read books, the boundary between my world and others shifted. I could imagine other realities. I envisioned the tales so clearly that it was as if I lived them.” ReadingBooks Book:A Lesson in Vengeance Source: A Lesson in Vengeance
“The problem is, I don’t have anything I want to read. I peruse the shelves, but nothing jumps out at me. I feel as if I’ve read everything—every book in the world. Every title seems like a reiteration of something that came before it, the same story regurgitated over and over.” ReadingReading Slump Book:A Lesson in Vengeance Source: A Lesson in Vengeance
“I envy her. No one in my family cares about literature at all. My mother views my love of reading with the same vague bafflement with which she viewed my former interest in running— a hobby one might reference in polite conversation, but ultimately unnecessary.” ReadingFamily Book:A Lesson in Vengeance Source: A Lesson in Vengeance