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The 11 Stages Of Reading As Told By Jim Halpert

Find your Pam Beesly of books.

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The 11 Stages Of Reading As Told By Jim Halpert
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There is nothing quite like the feeling of reading a great book. Being swept up into a whole other universe and escaping reality is something everyone needs now and then. The many faces of Jim Halpert perfectly depict the feelings one goes through when reading an exceptional book. While books can, and most likely will, take you on an emotional journey, don't be afraid to take the trip, and find your Pam Beesly of books.

1. You finally buy the book that has been calling your name at the bookstore for the past 2 months.

2. You can barely contain your excitement when you turn to page 1.

3. Once you're fifty pages in, the desire of needing to know what happens to the characters consumes you. You NEED to know.

4. You use every minute of your downtime to read because that homework can wait another day...or three.

5. Sleep is no longer a necessity since the late night hours are the only times when no one can interrupt you.

6. You start to develop an internal conflict as half of you wants to know how the story ends, while the other half of you cannot bear the thought of life without this book.

7. You begin to form an unhealthy attachment to the main character.

8. If something devastating happens to your favorite characters, you cry not only for your loss but also because literally no one around you cares about your mental suffering.

9. When you finally finish the book, your heart aches as you say goodbye to the characters forever.

10. The next few days, you are plagued with the dreaded "book hangover".


11. Hoping to fill the empty void in your heart, you head to the bookstore, but have no luck until...

...IS THAT A SEQUEL?!

*repeat steps 1-11*

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