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In defense of reading everything

People eventually ask what kind of reader you are. The question sounds casual, a conversation starter, not an interrogation. But…

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She Reads Everything is a place for readers who linger. Here, reading is less about keeping up and more about noticing what stays, what shifts over time, and how books accompany us through ordinary and difficult seasons of life.

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