>read book
>form an intimate connection with the characters and/or the author
>finish it
>feel alone
>>7746927
Years ago a mate said something of the sort that he enjoys reading a few pages from a book a day so that he spends more time with it and its world. Back then I thought it was just an excuse for being really lazy but yeah now im feeling it
If the entirety of a book is expended to you on first reading, then its probably not a good book. Those books are like dead whores. Good books are eternal friends.
I could reread those books from my personal canon any time of day and feel either the same or an even vaster connection than when I first read them.