My Reading Obsession

I am very disappointed in myself because I have turned into a snail reader. In the past, I used to read a book per week no matter how busy I got. In cafes, on the bus, between each class, before falling asleep, practically everywhere. Now, I'd be lucky if I finished a book per month. I should pull my act together and get back to my healthy old habits.

Currently, I am reading Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary. Silly old me neglected alot of the classics during school days but I shall make it up. I intend to alternate between one classic and one modern read and keep a good record. I shouldn't forget one of my dreams on this earth and that it to own a huge home library and proudly to have read every title on the shelves.

Whoever said reading nourished the soul wasn't exaggerating. I always feel great when I read. I forget about everything and enter the world of the writer. I can imagine myself as a voyeur inside the book. I can see the characters so close to me and I live the events with them. With each book, I take a bewitching journey into another world and I always want it to be prolonged for finishing the book means waking up to a boring, harsh reality.

I've always wished there to be a time machine so that I could witness history itself. Every nation throughout time must have been dazzling in it's own right. I would love to wake up and be a Greek warrior queen one day, Cleopatra's confidante the other or ever Helen of Troy. Sadly, no time machine has been invented. But, with books, I can go through all these delightful journeys that will take me far far away from this boring reality. Reading feeds my vivid imagination.

And it's not just that. This obsession is nurtured very deep inside of me and I float on air everytime I enter a bookstore. I spend ages in there, with my head tilted, browsing the titles of all the books, wishing I could have them all until my neck hurts when I simply tilt it to the other side and carry on. I hold each title carefully in my hands. I feel it.

So perhaps now you understand why I enjoy reading so much? It's because to me, books are gems and reading is a luxury.

Till we meet again,
Sedeso