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A redditor posted a request the other day for a book to pass along to a young person about how to cultivate healthy romantic relationships. It seemed difficult to come up with an appropriate and helpful book.
I considered the question and thought about how many books I've read with difficult, unhealthy, or toxic romantic relationships. Gatsby and Daisy are a mess. Rhett and Scarlett are a miss. Sylvia and Ted are tragic. Maybe Stella and Stanley? Nope.
Who gets it right? Is there some murder-solving married duo that effectively communicates? Is there a country's ruler with a helpful behind-the-scenes spouse? Is there a shady smuggler with a wise-talking underworld contact where they find win-win compromises to solve conflicts? Which partners really love each other and handle situations with adult grace and sophistication?
What's the healthiest romantic relationship in all of literature?
Im getting back into reading actual books instead of audiobooks and I was wondering how my reading pace is compared to others, I can listen to an audiobook for hours on end, and I've already listened to over 60 audiobooks not including rereads over the last 3 years
I KNOW the obvious answer is "whatever pace is comfortable for you" but I'm curious anyway
I seem to average about 30 pages a day before my ADHD makes things difficult unless I apparently read 'the martian' by Andy weir and read 100 pages in one go, then the other 270 the very next day, it was just too good to put down
But honestly for me I try for 30 pages any time I sit down to read, is that considered a 'good' reading pace or 'slow' reading pace?
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