Mary @ Notes in the Margin<p>"Recent studies suggest we’ve fallen out of love with reading – but the more chaotic our times, the deeper is our need to slow down and read fiction."</p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/11/given-up-on-reading-elif-shafak-on-why-we-still-need-novels" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/2025/may</span><span class="invisible">/11/given-up-on-reading-elif-shafak-on-why-we-still-need-novels</span></a></p>