Kristina Forest

And I don't know if you feel this way too, because I know that you read a lot or if the people listening feel that way.

But if too many weeks have gone by where I haven't read a book, and this sometimes happens when I'm on deadline, I'm just so locked in that I can't immerse myself in the works of someone else.

I start to feel really like something isn't right.

I love reading books.

good books.

I love being immersed in other people's art and reading brings me joy and it feels like a safe space.

And I feel happiest when I know, when of course things are going well in my personal life, but also when I'm reading a really good book, I just, it makes me excited.

It makes me excited about literature.

And I love seeing like how people

respond to a book that I've read and really liked too, like, you know, in the reader community.

I think that reading creates a sense of connection also, because I think we tend to be, readers tend to be introverted people.

I know I describe myself as an extroverted introvert.

I'm naturally introverted, but I can be extroverted if I need to be.

But I think that what

brings us all together is that we love to be immersed in the pages of a fictional story or nonfiction.

You know, people prefer to read nonfiction, but it really is my favorite hobby.

It's what I really love to do in my spare time.

Yeah, no, it's very, very strategic to have this book come out at the beginning of summer.

Yes.

So I really was just thinking about all of my memories and old current of spending summers at the beach in New Jersey.