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.
P.S. Thanks to Jane Austen and Northhanger Abbey for the awesome book quote and aussiegall on Flickr for the beautiful photo.
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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
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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.