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It's a bookworm thing

Uh. This post is just about how i fell in love with books and my... reading habit? I don't know. I just finished The Hunger Games and i suddenly thought to do this post. Hahahaha

I was so in love with reading when i first learned it. Reading as in reading everything i see.. names of stores, brands of different stuff in the groceries, captions on tv... Not exactly books.

I don't know when did it start or whose idea was it but when i was 6-8 years old, every time my mom went to the mall, she leaves me at National Bookstore. She's not a bad mom or something, I was actually the one asking her to just leave me there again but I couldn't remember the first time we did that. So that must be the reason why i never liked shopping! Every time i go to the mall now, a trip to the bookstore is the most important thing ;)

Anyway, I couldn't remember which mall we always went to when I was young but the children books section in that bookstore was elevated plus it had carpet! It's like a playroom but there were books instead of toys. I would spend about 3 hours sitting on the floor and reading different books. Soon, they actually posted a sign saying "Thank you for not sitting" but that didn't stop me. I would still sit and hear other kids whispering mean comments about me not following the rules. But again, I was so in love with the book I was reading to actually care about them. Besides, there's no adult who scolded me. I guess I also made 2 or 3 acquaintances during my stay there. My mom would return 2-3 hours later then I'd get my favorite books, choose the cheapest one and ask my mom to buy it. She'd always buy it of course, I was a good and behaved kid after all ;)

I also play with my toys and other kids in the neighborhood but most of my time was alloted for studying or re-reading my beloved storybooks. My sister, who was already in college during that time, usually brings me storybooks when she got home and we'd read them together.

My mother told me that when i was still in her tummy, she always read books for me. Then when i was born, my aunt always read NEWSPAPERS to me if she's the one assigned to take care of me. So those must be factors why I am so interested in reading.

During summer before i went to 5th grade, my aunt encouraged me to start reading NOVELS. She gave me her copy of Mixed Blessing by Danielle Steel and told me to read it. It was a very thick book (but not to thick for me now) and... come on... it's for adults! And i was ten. But i still gave it a try. I felt so proud of myself when i finished the first chapter! And when I finished the book, I knew i'm addicted with books. I asked my aunt for more books, and more books did come. I started making a schedule so i could read all of the books before the summer vacation ends. My mother even doubted that I could actually understand all of the books and challenged me to do a book report for each book i'm reading. hahaha

But things changed a lot in high school. I still love books. But... I suddenly realized that there's more fun in reality than inside the world of the books I was reading. So I spent more time with my friends than with my books. I rarely give time for books now.

I still call myself a bookworm though. But a different type.

I still go to the bookstores to find 'treasures.' But only a few captures my interest. I would only get those with really interesting covers and titles. I know that i must not judge a book by its cover but that's me. Hahaha. I don't usually go for books with pictures of real people in it's cover but sometimes, the emotions of the person/s in the cover still get me. I also usually go for those books with really simple covers. When it comes to the title, I don't have much criteria, i just know which could be good books for my random taste. If a book got me with the title and cover, then it's time for me to read the plot at the book. Actually, most of the time, I don't get to finish reading the plot. If i read a single word or phrase that implies a story that i wouldn't really like, I'd return the book to the shelf without reading the rest. I don't like it if it's about war, the 18th century, vampires, or about a girl who's crazy in love with a boy. Although war and stories in early centuries still capture my interest sometimes. But vampires and crazy girl in love? Just no. (I'm a bit of a feminist and I don't like it when the girls in the story can't really do other things than obsessing over their boyfriends) Anyway, if i did like the plot, i'd get my phone and note the book's title. Later, when I get home, I'll look for reviews about the book. If the reviews are good, then the book would make it to my official to-buy books. See how crucial book selection for me is. :))

Despite the crucial screening, I still sometimes lose my interest in the book I just bought. Haha. Sometimes, I'd start reading it and suddenly think This is not the kind of book i need right now. Because I'm pretty random. So i'd return the book to the shelf and hunt the exact book that fits my mood and interest at the moment. But I still read the book later. Sometimes, it takes days, sometimes months, and yes, sometimes it takes years! But the thing is, I still get to read the book and not regret that i did buy the book ;)

It's considered a miracle now if i read a book and immediately proceed to another book. The last time that happened was summer last year, when i got to read Flipped, The Usual Rules, Perks of Being a Wallflower, and Thirteen Reasons Why consecutively. Hahaha. Things are different of course if i'm reading a book which is part of a series. Of course i would be craving for the sequel!

I cry most of the time while reading a book. No joke. Have you read Angels and Demons by Dan Brown? Would you believe me if i'd say that i actually locked myself in a room because i couldn't stop crying while reading? Because i honestly did. I cried TWICE while reading that book when it's not even emotional. I think that's the perfect example to tell you what i meant by crying most of the time. Hahaha. And when the scenes were to intense, i get so excited and had to stop to drink water and calm myself. I don't know if i have a psychological disorder or something, i guess I'm a normal person, but when it comes to reading, i really lose myself in the book and see everything like they're real. I can feel every character. Hahaha

I'm not the kind of bookworm who could finish a book in a day. I mean.. I could do it.. I already did it numerous time when i was in elementary school (since like i said, things changed in high school). But i really read slowly. I need to absorb everything in a page. Sometimes, when the scene is so beautiful, i would repeat and repeat that again before moving to the next page. So that must be a reason why i am so emotional while reading ;)

Moving on after finishing a book is a different task too. Every bookworm knows this. In my case, I usually spend days thinking about the book i just read. Repeating the scenes in my mind. So when that happens, i always look for a book that could distract me. But just like i said in number 3, it's a miracle for me to read another book right after the previous book. Because it's difficult to find the book that would fit my interests at the moment.

Um. Yeah. There. I couldn't find a witty way to end this long post. so just... Bye! ;)

-chik

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