a shiny new book!

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this is a cycle of my favourite hobby: reading books.

i don't know about you, but my favourite bit about starting a new book is always the beginning. the hook that pulls you in, the characters, the setting, the worldbuilding... despite it being a confusing mess to finally get used to it all. and often, i get bored. or my attention span is just too short. but somehow i always find myself back at the bookstore, ready to start a new book before i've finished the old one. i approached this twine with this cycle in mind to capture what a horrible habit i've created for myself in a more imaginative way to show how immersed, excited, and disappointed i can get. i think the thematic argument i am trying to convey is the irony of the experience of a reader to the "hook" and drive of narrative structures that must entice a reader to keep reading. as the stages progress, we're going in order of a narrative structure and a book, but the excitement of the reader dwindles, rather than persists. 

(i struggled, ngl ;-;)