The Romantasy (@theromantasy): "This is a beautiful post. I’m 54 and living my best romantasy reading life. Let me tell you a secret: the book you’re holding doesn’t know or care how old you are. Velaris isn’t closing its doors because you’re past some imaginary expiration date. It’s still there when you walk …"

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This is a beautiful post. I’m 54 and living my best romantasy reading life. Let me tell you a secret: the book you’re holding doesn’t know or care how old you are. Velaris isn’t closing its doors because you’re past some imaginary expiration date. It’s still there when you walk the streets of Velaris at night, dance with Mor, or climb to the House of Wind for battle practice.

Stories do not have age limits. Wonder does not expire.

Keep reading. Keep living.

Sharing my reading life at 52 feels vulnerable. It means admitting that this still matters, that fictional people can break my heart, and that I’m still growing. Maybe that’s why it connects with others. So many women my age are told, in small ways, that reinvention is for the young, that ambition has a shelf life, and that passion should give way to practicality. Reading refuses to accept that.

Kimberly Morales

Mar 3

5:23 PM

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