--Dr. Suess
Not a moment goes by when I finish reading a book that I don't just stop and think...wow. I wish life were like the stories I read, I wish time flew by in my awkward moments like it does when I'm reading. I never get tired of it and I could honestly read the same books over and over again. My book shelf is full of tattered and worn pages, displaying their abuse from constant page turning and travel in purses proudly. I'm truly mesmerized by libraries and feel like I could spend as much time discovering the secrets of books store corners that other girls could spend in Forever 21 or the Buckle. The nerd in me finds a joy in reading that will never die...from fairytale and love stories to adventure filled fiction and non fiction brain teasers, once I start I can't put them down. I have tons of memories filled with reading during 16 hour family vacation drives to North Carolina, snowy days spent wrapped under blankets...lost to the world for hours on end. I fell in love with reading when i was pretty young, and I don't see the perplexities found in turning each page becoming any less appealing as time goes on.
As you can guess, I've been reading a lot lately. Finishing about three books this week, with plans to spend a bit of my first paycheck from my summer counseling job in the book store. If the weather weren't so rainy, I would spend my memorial day weekend on the balcony with a good book...hopefully it clears.
"We read to know we are not alone."
--C.S. Lewis
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