Reading Books Is Fundamental

can closely relate

"Me, too!"

troglodytic

a person considered to be reclusive, reactionary, out of date, or brutish.

a tale of hardship

a sob story

trials and triumphs

another synonym for "ups and downs"

fragmented

broken

never made it to

comletely failed to reach

inundated

flooded; swamped

make a beeline

go straight to

inimitable

impossible to copy; unique

eternalize

make last forever

thin something

reduce; make something less dense, or smaller.

counterintuitive

surprising; contrary to intuition or to common-sense expectation.

crack a paperback, fire up a Kindle, or even hit play on an audiobook while in the car

three easy ways to devote to long-form reading

unprecedented

unique, never seen before

rough-hewn

unpolished

cherish

value something very highly; treasure

engrossed

when someone's attention is completely absorbed by something