February week 3

Me and Books....

I'm no bookworm who can start a 500 page-thick book in the morning and reach THE END on that same night. NEVER! I can't imagine myself accomplishing such a task, honestly. Blame it on not inculcating a reading habit since young or whatever, bottom line is, I simply can't. Besides, I'm a slow reader, slower than a tortoise perhaps, because in my defense, I always try to imagine and picture every word and sentence I read... Haha.

But I still have a shelf-full of books, my priced collection which I collected since young, as something to boast about. Nevertheless it's nothing great for someone you would expect to be having since the collection started a long time ago. I'd say about less than 25 books. SHOCKS!! Enid Blyton, a few classical story books and some tween books...But that doesn't mean I detest reading, I do enjoy it if 'm allowed to read at my pace even if it takes a year to complete one book and surely reading something that reflects my interests will need no help to make me read it.

In fact, I would say that I have grown to like reading more only recently, but instead of long, time consuming books, I'd settle for engaging and compelling articles in the newspaper and sometimes the TIMES magazine, though I find less captivating issues tackled in that magazine nowadays. So, even though my collection of books is nothing compared to my father's ever growing collection of health, cooking and investment books, I'm happy with my daily routine reading the newspaper while having lunch. Don't undermine the contents of the newspaper as it offers more than just political talks and sports news, on the other hand there are write-ins, movie reviews and viewpoints of many talented and dedicated writers are sufficient enough to please your need of a daily dose of reading. So, explore the newspaper! Flip through every page, but skip Classifieds and you never know, you might just chance upon a story that will make your day!