I learned something about myself today. I thought it was pretty interesting. I have been going through somethings in the last couple days and I needed to escape. So what did I do, I picked up a book to read and a world to escape into. I love reading! I can’t help it and I wonder if people have the same thoughts. I actually think that it is an addiction. If you can be a sex-addict why can’t you be a book-addict?
I constantly find myself escaping from my world to get into a good book. Whenever I am lonely I find company in the characters I read about. Whenever I am bored there is always something interesting to find in a book. And whenever I need a good cry I can just pick up a book and cry it out along with the other characters. I’m not crazy I swear, but this is the passion I that I have for books. I get so tired of people saying that they’d rather watch a movie because it takes less time. Puleease!!! You are just too lazy to use your own imagination that is needed when reading a book.
This is why I want to write! I want to be able to allow some one to escape for just a little while. I want some one to read my books and feel the same way I feel about the books I read. I can’t guarantee that I’ll be a great writer but I will try my best. I have to try and see what I can do. I think that my passion for reading comes from the fact that I almost couldn’t read! Reading changed my life. Through wonderfully observant parents and teachers, I was identified as having dyslexia. I was tested for it and received help from the school system to get treated. I could not read until the second grade. I spent a summer going to Furman University, having a private tutor, and getting tutored in school. There were many privileges because of my dyslexia; longer time on tests, a person how would fill in my answer sheet for me so I didn’t put the wrong thing, and many other privileges. You are never fully cured from dyslexia; it stays with you all your life. I still catch myself reading the numbers backwards or writing down the wrong letters, I always have a little anxiety about reading aloud in class, because it is so hard for me. Since I learned to read you almost never find me without a book I am currently reading. So now you can understand why I think reading is so special.
When people ask me if I have ever read a book that changed my life I simply say yes. I have read so many that have changed my life it would take all day to explain which ones and why. The important part in reading is finding a book that you enjoy. Mystery, Horror, Drama, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Historical, Romance; as long as you enjoy reading it, it really doesn’t matter what it’s about. Reading can teach you new words, new cultures, new ideas and new things you never knew about yourself.
I love to inspire people to read, because it is so important to me. Whenever I can, I try and get a new person into a good book. A good book, if written well can help you explore your own emotions. A good book can make you laugh (go ahead and laugh out loud its ok) one chapter and tear up the next. A good book can help to develop your imagination; you can picture exactly what is happening in the book. I know that when I have a good book nothing can stop me from reading it, I am right in there beside the main character. A good book will change your life, even if it’s a small change.
Journal of the Nonsensical 