Falling Back In Love With Reading

I spent today reading... just lazily enjoying turning the pages, getting to know the characters.  I don't know what has taken me so long to get back into reading... whatever it is, I hope it's gone... I have about six books I can read and really enjoy right now.

My favorite book of all time is not even a well known story, it is called 'The Mirror'... I have probably read it twenty times or more.  I have other books that I loved so much that I read them many times but this one I loved the most.  I loved the characters, I was conflicted in how I wanted the story to turn out... I haven't read it for years, I think I will put it in my pile to read while I am off healing.

It was the love of reading that gave me the desire to write, I loved getting lost in the words on a page on dark rainy days or sunny afternoons sitting under a tree.  Envisioning myself in far away lands and doing amazing things.  I used to fashion stories up in my imagination but I was never encouraged to write them down.

I think with our fast paced lives that forget to take some time and just lazily read for the enjoyment.  I even ignored my phone for most of the time and that is feat of it's own.  I am going to tell you all a strange fact about me, I may have shared it in the past but here it is.... I read the end of a book to see if I am going to like the ending...  I know, it's strange but I don't mind knowing the outcome of the book, it actually helps me to enjoy the book more.  Hence why I can read the same book over and over... I just love the characters.

My hope is that we all take a little time for ourselves, mine is through reading and writing... What is yours?  Why not make some plans to do those things you loved so much in the past?  I know I am going to pick the things I love much more often than instant technology.






I cherish my past, I accept my present and I dream for my future

12 comments :

  1. I like to read articles in news papers rather then books!! I get fade up with thickness of the book lol!! Anyways i like to work with words of my imagination!!

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  2. It's always nice to take time for yourself and do what you love like reading or writing!

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  3. I really want to get back into reading. I go on these spurts - I'll go six months without reading and then all of a sudden I'll go six months reading a couple books per week. It's time for another one of those reading spurts :)

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  4. Thank you Sangay... reading may not be your thing... maybe something else you have given up over the years and really missed?

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  5. Thank you Jaimie... I think we definitely have to make time for what we love... I usually fill it with new technology instead of just relaxing and doing something I have loved for years.

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  6. Hi Keith... I hope I don't go six months... more like it has been 7-8 years since I really sat down and read a whole book from beginning to end... usually I let the busyness of life take over.

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  7. I love reading too
    Who wrote The Mirror ? Xx

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  8. The author of The Mirror is Marlys Millhiser.

    Thank you for your comment Kiki and Lala :)

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  9. I love reading, my friend has just written a book (she's only 17!) and I love it, so this I can definitely relate to your love of readingxx

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  10. I love reading too Paprika... you can be wherever you want to be and you can be whoever you want to be :)

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  11. I have so many books I want to read and never enough time to read them. I'd love to just take a couple of weeks off of work sometime and just sit and read all day, every day. :-) I can't see that ever really happening, but it's a nice dream.

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  12. Oh Daisy... find the time to read again... I so enjoyed that first book... I am starting a new one tomorrow. I plan to continue on even when I go back to work. Thank you for your comment:-)

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