A Story Worth Telling

I've talked about how fun reading can be and being able to escape to another world while reading.  Lately, I've found myself completely embodying the characters in the books that I read.

I find a relatable character, most likely the female lead, and I become her for the duration of my reading time.  I feel her anger, her sorrow, her passion. I don't do this intentionally; it just sort of happens. Maybe it's normal, maybe it isn't, but I feel like a completely different person.

It could very well be bacause I find my real life so blah, and the lives of the characters in the books so much more exciting. I don't actually wish I was that character because sometimes they go through some effed up stuff, but I guess my deeper reason for wanting to feel their lives is because their stories were worth telling. Whether fictional or not, someone felt it was important to tell a story of that particular person, and I would like to live a life that is worth being remembered.

Where have all the bookstores goooooooone?

I was at Palmer Park Mall last week and something felt wrong. I walked from one end of the mall to the other wondering why it suddenly felt so empty and dark. I left FYE after purchasing seasons 1 and 2 of Noah's Ark, The Lovely Bones and The Duchess and decided to buy a book.

I was totally confused because I couldn't find the book store. What I found, instead, was a big empty space with the gates closed and the lights turned off. The shelves were still standing, but they were complete bare. I was in total shock. I couldn't breathe. I almost cried. "What happened to my bookstore", I asked audibly, knowing that no one would answer my question.

Damn you Kindle!!! Damn you Nook!!! Damn you iPad!!!

Books are good

Don't tell me what and what not to read!!!

I like books because they entertain me and the books like me because I give them a good home on my shelf.
Books help to broaden our minds and open our eyes to new things, but when someone says not to read certain things then we become close-minded. Just because there are witches, wizards, magic and vampires in these books doesn't mean they are evil. The characters may be evil, but the books themselves are not. I'm getting sick of hearing about people burning books and all that nonsense because the stories contain some "different" things. Do you think that burning these books is hurting the author, it's not. It's giving them notoriety and you have to buy the books to burn them, so you are giving them money. Author still wins and you look stupid.

(ok, not feeling up to par today. boo mother nature)