I don’t know why kids these days like to complicate things. I want to figure this one out. Back in the day, you were either boyfriend-and-girlfriend or you weren’t. Tapos.
- Between Dinner and the Morning After (Sering, 2005)
For some of us, books became our alternate reality. We animate the characters, we feel how they do, and we think like they ought to. In another lifetime, we're exactly like them. So, remove that plastic cover as we devour every page, famished for literary satisfaction.