Today, looking at your bookshelves and feeling overwhelmed counts as reading.

Today, going to the library and checking out more books than you'll get through before the loan is up counts as reading.

Today, reminding yourself that being in a reading slump is okay because reading is supposed to be fun, not work, counts as reading.

Today, taking pictures of books for Instagram counts as reading.

Today, spending way too long making a TBR for August counts as reading.

Today, reorganizing your Goodreads shelves counts as reading.

Today, opening the Kindle app and immediately getting distracted by something else on your phone counts as reading.

Today, crying about your NetGalley ratio counts as reading.

Today, shouting into the void counts as reading.

Today, making a list of books that will surely break your reading slump then not picking any of them up counts as reading.

Today, packing seven books for your three-day trip counts as reading.

Today, writing fanfic for a book series you're only halfway through instead of picking up the next book counts as reading.

Today, sighing at the unfinished book you set down on your desk weeks ago and forgot about counts as reading.

Today, buying textbooks for college and thinking about how many books that you actually want to read you could've bought with all that money counts as reading.

Today, just being totally exhausted counts as reading.

Counts! ✅

Counts ✅

Today, reading tweets counts as reading.

Today, wanting to read but not being able to pick up a book counts as reading.

Today, requesting everything you see on Edelweiss counts as reading.