"Print is predictable and impersonal, conveying information in a mechanical transaction with the reader's eye Handwriting, by contract, resists the eye, reveals its meaning slowly, and is as intimate as skin."

I've been going through a bit of a reading slump recently whilst travelling, (which has nothing to do with the travelling part) in the way that I just could not decide what to read and was reading one chapter of one book and another chapter of another book, and never being happy with what I've chosen to read.

Choosing to read A Tale For The Time Being by Ruth Ozeki has been such a breath of fresh air for me in my reading slump state. It's a very intriguing story of two perspectives; a diary of a young girl and a woman who has come across this diary in mysterious circumstances and is consequently reading it. The book is beautifully lyrical in its writing that shows the true emotions of all the parties involved; this, for me, creates a completely empathetic experience whilst reading and at one point I almost started crying. (I must add that I am an emotionless robot when it comes to books)

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