| Sunday, September 11, 2005 |
| Why I love to read (and maybe why others dont) |
Why I love to read?
I can say that I love reading ever since when I was small. I started with nursery rhymes and fairy tales which our parents bought us. Then towards sixth grade, I started reading Nancy Drew and Sweet Valley then shifted to Sweet Dreams and Mills and Boon until I eventually settled on those long novels because suddenly the Tempatations and Silhoutte books were too short and shallow for me.
I often wonder why some people don’t like to read when I cannot live without it. I read everyday and I read almost everything. I search the internet to read about things that interest me. I am a member of an online book club and I love going to the site everyday because I also get to read the post and some creative writings by some of the members. If I see a magazine lying around, you should not be surprised if I will pick it up and read.
One day, as I was reading a book, a thought just popped into my mind that might explain the reason why I love reading while others don’t.
As avid reader, I do not see each letter and word as I read them. Rather, I see them jump out pages of the book and flash the scenes before me, making me see everything, and bringing me into the world of the persons I am reading, a world created by the author. It enables me to get a glimpse of what each person was thinking and feeling. At the same time, it gives free reign to my imagination and make the experience all the more worthwhile. It makes me feel like I'm in an adventure each time I read a book.
Meanwhile, I have a little and maybe absurd theory of why some people don’t like to read. Maybe it's because the words are just merely words and letters for them. They do not transform into scenes that will keep them occupied and interested. Reading for them then, is uninteresting and unexciting. It might seem like looking at the numbers in numeric forms – which is indeed boring and unexciting.
I then tried reading "word by word" and not get into the story but I often catch up myself swept away by them. Just like when JM has made us search for one error in WML. It took me a long time to find the error because the words just carry me away. |
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Name: sharonje927
Home: Kuwait, Originally from, Philippines
About Me: *Might be an angel but also turn red and sprout horns and tail when external forces make me reach my boiling point of 110 degrees C.
*Devour books like a person, who haven't eaten for day, devour food.
*Forced to blog/write my thoughts because they overflow out of the container.
*Can’t live a day without MUSIC; Loves to sing in the privacy of my house and torture my friends and family's eardrum with my singing but has no intention to murder the songs
* “I aim to please…but never a pushover”
*Fret when there is discord around me even petty ones, but knows how to get up and wield a weapon and fight for my stance, beliefs, principles and those I love
*Could deafen strangers with my silence for being shy but could shatter my close friends, comfortable company and family’s eardrums with my chatter
*May be liberal in fashion and views, but still traditional in values
*Thrive in situations where creativity is needed and enjoy the challenge of coming up with new ideas.
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