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Ilka's avatar

As a librarian this is always on my mind, lol! I would love my kids to read more chapter books but they will really only read them if I read TO them. Otherwise they are happy with graphic novels, but this has also become the summer of MANGA--I am not kidding when I say there are about 80 mangas lying around my house. Thank goodness for wonderful public libraries because otherwise I would be broke trying to get my kids to read!!! (I also read one for the first time on my daughter's recommendation and it was actually pretty strange and good?!)

I also try to cut myself some slack, because I work at a college and I can see how people's reading habits change over time. I've met plenty of students who always felt too busy to read for fun, but then as they are getting ready to graduate will get into it! Or maybe they finally read the one book/author that sparks joy in them and makes them a reader. Some people might only get into reading when they're retired and that's also okay! Life is long, etc :)

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MRoss's avatar

FWIW, those homemade goldfish crackers look like shit

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