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A Year in Reading: Michael Zadoorian

I am a dreadful reader. Let’s just get that out of the way. For someone who writes books, I’ve always been ashamed of the fact that I don’t seem to read anywhere near as much or as speedily as I should. To make myself feel better, I tell myself that the books I do get around to reading are read well and deeply. This is, of course, bullshit. I’m a slow reader, distracted by everything flashing and bleeping, who tends to read three books at a time, none of them in a proper fashion. It can take me weeks, even months to get through a

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