Mine’s The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath. Thick books never stopped me from reading nonstop before, but there are entries in the book that just has me stopping and taking time to mull things over.
Also, sharing this excerpt: “Not to be sentimental, as I sound, but why the hell are we conditioned into the smooth strawberry-and-cream Mother-Goose-world, Alice-in-Wonderland fable, only to be broken on the wheel as we grow older and become aware of ourselves as individuals with a dull responsibility in life?”
An ex gurlfriend gave me hell for reading that one, saying how it’s no one’s business + how it should’ve been destroyed. I disagreed. I loved that book, btw.
The present one that I keep dipping back into periodically & between other books is “The Hite Report” by Shere Hite.
lol, I think I can see why she would say that. But personally, despite being halfway through the book, I like it. It gives you perspective on her written works.