It hit me a few nights ago just how much I love everything about reading.
I love being asked for a book recommendation, then giving one I think is exactly right.
I love looking at my bookshelves and knowing every book on it, the story, the characters, the cover, the feelings when I finished.
I love sitting on my couch, covered with my green knit blanket, a cup of tea sitting on the table, and a good book propped up against my knees with some acoustic-y female pop music floating in the background.
I love the feeling of finishing a book, of sitting back and just letting all of it wash over me for a couple minutes in the quiet of my apartment on a cold winter evening.
I love the moment when I realize exactly what I want to say about this particular book, and what this book makes me want to say about books and reading and genres in general.
I love the feeling of possibility that happens when I finish a book, the feeling that anything could come next and that any book I pick up next could be a book that changes my life.
And I love knowing there’s a whole community of people out there, reading this, who know exactly what I’m talking about.
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I couldn’t agree with you more!
I second that. Wonderfully said, Kim.
Amen, sister!
Great list! Sounds a lot like me!
I love all of that, too. Just different music in the background!
Jeane: It’s always different music with me, just depends on the mood. When I wrote this I happened to have a Pandora mix of female alternative pop on, but it could be lots of other stuff — acoustic, the Glee soundtrack, musicals… lots 🙂
You really said it all :-).
Yes, yes, yes….a thousand times yes!
And I love reading posts like this that sum up my thoughts better than I ever cold.
What a nice cheerful post to open up 🙂
I think that I may have wrote this (j/k). Completely feel the same way and its very hard to explain this feeling to non-readers. They just don’t get it!
Tracie Yule: It’s true! Just today Boyfriend and I were having a discussion about why I have no problem sitting down all day with a book, but can’t seem to sit through a movie longer than two hours without getting antsy. I just couldn’t explain it exactly, but movies don’t give me the same feeling as books 🙂
It’s so true. I’ve felt so fond of reading lately I haven’t been getting through any books – I keep starting different ones and falling in love with them and forgetting about the other ones I’m meant to be reading. 😛
It’s so easy to relate to this post! Thanks
Well put. I also love passing on my love of reading to my daughters and sharing with them books that I loved when I was little and finding new books to love.
Wendi: So true! I was at Barnes & Noble a couple days ago fawning over all the awesome kids books. I can’t wait to have kids (mine or someone else’s) to share books with!
What a lovely post, thank you!
Yep, that pretty much sums it up!
I love this, Kim! I couldn’t have said it better.
Beautiful! 🙂 Great post!
Almost exactly right. My “music” is the TV that M is watching. 😀