I’m a twenty-something and it seems to me that we didn’t have any books like Harry Potter growing up to spark our interest in reading.

She reads the first chapter, the last chapter and a few chapters in the middle. She likes to read because she likes to know what happens. I am opposite of her.

In the West, most people are most familiar with two types of literature: fiction and nonfiction. We read these two types of books for the most part, whereas other cultures read a lot more poetry and prose.