Why Reading Nabs Me Every Time Over Any Other Medium

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I’m a novelist, so, of course, I’m going to default to reading, right? Uh, no. I know plenty of writers who watch television religiously. Maybe it’s because we weren’t allowed to watch much television when we were kids? I don’t know, but give me a book for entertainment any time!

Then I read this essay in The New York Times. Well, of course.

On the hottest day on record in decades, stay home, Beloved. Read a book.