That professor has spent countless hours studying, reflecting, researching and perfecting his analysis. It’s like anything else it takes time and practice and a lot of learning. One of the better things I’ve done for my analysis skills to to actually write a review for any book I read. Just taking the time to reflect on why I liked it and why I didn’t did a lot for me. As well as I’m reading and I find myself having strong feelings about the story one way or another, I know I’m going to review it so I try and puzzle out exactly what it is that’s making me either deliriously happy on enraged about the book. And sometimes it’s just a mediocre story but I still try and figure out why I feel that way.

I read the entire Virgin River series and every Susan Mallory book she had written to that point My anxiety became overwhelming during the pandemic and reading books where everything works out and a series where I got to know the characters was incredibly comforting