You all probably know how much I love books- so much so, that I ran upstairs the other day when I remembered that I'd left my skylight (window) open and it had been raining. My bookcase is under the skylight!! Luckily my books were unharmed :) - So I thought I'd talk about my love for books!
So far this year I've read 5 books and I'm on my 6th. That's quite good for me! I take forever to read books, and I mean forever! The quickest I've read a book was in a week I think... Although! I'm doing pretty well with the one I'm on at the moment. Started it Sunday and I've read 353 pages out of 564 which is quite good... 353 pages in 3 days!
Anyway! My obsession with books started in January. I don't actually know what brought it on but since then I've had to physically stop myself from buying books! I even had to give my mum my bank card to stop me! The thing is... if I like an author then I'll end up buying the rest of their books. Take Cecelia Ahern, I read 'P.S I love you' last year and I loved it... I now have 6 of her books and I'm now waiting until the time when I can buy the rest of hers! She's amazing! Incredible, fantastic, wonderful, fabulous writer! She gets me hooked from the start of every book. I've got to say though, I loved the meaning behind 'The Gift' but I wasn't a fan... didn't really get into that one, but the others!! Just, wow. She's the Queen of modern day fairytale. I don't like romantic crap and with Ahern's books, yes okay there is some love in there but most of the time it's about a fantastic journey that the character, or characters go on. She's really unique. Just promise me you'll go out and buy (or borrow from a library) at least one of her books, I probably recommend 'The book of tomorrow' or 'Thanks for the memories'.
I'm really going off topic here and babbling on aren't I? But isn't that what I do best? and why people keep reading my blogs! I've got 700 and something hits, some people must like me!
So, to the point! I love books because they take you to a whole other world. You go places, see things in your head and meet people and get to know all about them and experience their adventure with them.
With days like I've had today, it's nice to escape from reality and just go off somewhere on my own and listen to someone else's life story (fictional life story). When I read, I'm really in the zone. Everything around me gets blocked out and it's the greatest feeling ever. I could just read forever, but I'm human so I can't... I have needs and of course a life. (Yes! I do have a life!!).
You know when people say that a good book draws you in and you can get lost in books. They're completely right. Obviously not in the physical sense but definitely mentally. You do lose track of time and you even put other things on hold just to get to the end of the chapter or the page.
'I just need to finish this chapter and then I'll do it!'
'Can I just get to the end of the page first?'
You know when you come across a successful author when they really have you hooked. Sometimes I get that into a book that I just have to read and read to find out what happens and I have to have something really important to do (like eat!) in order for me to stop. Leave me alone in a room with a book and I'll stay there for the day. I have been stuck at home all day today and I've just literally sat on my bed and read nearly all day because I was too ill to do anything else. Escaping to 'book world' today has been just what I needed. Put all my feelings and troubles aside and focused on the thoughts and feelings of the characters in the book.
Coming back to reality is tough sometimes but obviously no-one can sit and read forever. We each have our own book that we live out everyday. Yes, most of the time it is nothing like the books that we read but it's a completely different story altogether. No-one can make up the things that happen in our lives. Life is unpredictable, wonderful, tough, beautiful, stressful, filled with love, drama, sadness, happiness and of course the list goes on.
Reading isn't a waste of time. You learn life skills, they sometimes help you make your own decisions, you can learn a heck of a lot from books! Fictional or non fictional.
My challenge for those of you who don't read is to give it a go. You might say that you don't like reading, it's boring etc etc but give it a go! Borrow or buy a book that you've always thought 'That looks cool/interesting' and read it!!! There are so many books out there, there's literally one for everyone. Give it a go, you only live once and you might even learn something new :)
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