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Absolutely spot on. Reading is a pleasure to be nurtured. It doesn’t matter if your reading the back of a packet of cornflakes or a children’s simple book visited regularly on rapid repeat - it’s all good. Academic knowledge is compounded by reading but not everyone is academic…. It is however important to experiment with fiction and learn what you enjoy. Why the hell the poor girl isn’t going to book stores or the library is beyond me.I think reading anything is better than nothing, but I am also not convinced she really reads them. It's more a character that she has been given, like Isla is the "clever" one, Esme is the "funny" one.
When I was her age I had a boyfriend who was really into the classics and reading philosophy. He looked down on anything else and although I had always loved reading he didn't consider anything I wanted to read as a real book. So being young and wanting to impress I tried reading all his recommendations instead and have never been so bored, so if that's what she is genuinely enjoying then it's good for her to at least have the books. The others don't get any.
I do wish she would look at some books for herself instead of just what is popular on tik tok because there is so much to enjoy and more to discover. I doubt she even knows other books/series by the same authors if they aren't heavily featured on tik tok as the latest trend. She doesn't seem to look up similar books/authors based on what she has already enjoyed which makes me think it's all just based on social media not what she really wants.
If she loves reading so much then why does she have to wait months to get more books? There's no limit on books in our house and my children always have something to read.
For tonight, I’m reading an ongoing favourite of mine ‘Tattle - Ingram Family thread 207’.