Reading slow: THE GREAT DIVIDE

I told a friend I felt like I’d been living life more on the surface the past couple of weeks. It’s mostly because of work and my other responsibilities. Funnily, this month was supposed to be a light month since I don’t have to go anywhere, but I’m not sure why it isn’t. Did I overbook my social calendar? I told myself I’d read slower, because I felt a bit of pressure to read more so that I can add more money to my reading pot (have I talked about my reading pot?). All that’s done, though, is make me play more games and, alas, doomscroll more. So, I’m going to try to get back into doing nothing else with my spare time except read. Still reading THE GREAT DIVIDE by Cristina Henriquez, ye of the lovely cover. Truly enjoying it, so much so I don’t mind reading it slow. But then I want to know what happens next. But also!…it’s character study after character study that I think is building towards the point where all these characters are going to be important to each other somehow. So…