Why I Read Too Much (And Why I’m Not Stopping)

Ren Reads Too Much Podcast · Mar 23, 2026 · 18m

I’ve been a reader for most of my life…until I wasn’t.

College kind of knocked it out of me, as it does for many of us. Reading became something I had to do instead of something I loved. Somewhere along the way, I just stopped reaching for books altogether.

And then in 2012, I picked up Twilight from the library as a joke. Which, unfortunately for everyone around me, was not a joke.

That one very unserious decision turned into something much bigger.

Reading became how I regulate, how I find comfort. It became my best friend during some of the darkest days of my mothering journey, which has…