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Hi, I'm Julia for Lana. This is NPR's Life Kit. Today we're talking about how to

read more. And you know what? I'm going to start this episode with a confession.

I read a lot of articles and magazines and nonfiction journalism, but I have

been halfway through Michelle Obama's memoir becoming for upwards of six months.

There are also about seven books on my nightstand that I have not read and

actually there's an entire pile of books in the corner of one room that used to

be on my nightstand until they felt too judgmental of me and I had to move them.

I know that a pile of unread books seems like a bad look, but I really do love

reading. As an only child growing up, I never left the house without a book. There

was an entire genre of kid photo of me at family gatherings where I'm like

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