as someone who loves reading and collecting books, liat berita soal pajak buku yang naik to a solid 12% genuinely breaks my heart. minat literasi rendah katanya, yet they make knowledge less accessible. sedih banget gua.. books are a necessity, not a luxury.
one thing i really like in romance books is how the main characters are usually in their late 20s-30s i know i'm only 22 but in a world where it feels like you're constantly running out of time they make me feel like i'm not being left behind and that i have years ahead of me
I suffer from this condition where i want to finish a book quickly because i NEED to know what happens but i also don’t want to finish it quickly because i don’t want it to end
People love to criticize reading in public as performative but I can't stress enough how much it would improve our collective mental health if we all carried books wherever we went.