Friday, November 27, 2009

Is reading for everyone?

Hello everyone!!! I’m thrilled, I’ve just finished school! Yay! No more boring classes or stupid homework, I’m free for 3 months! =)

I have realized I can’t really post as much as I’d like, because my head doesn’t let me, and my time doesn’t either. So I proposed myself to write, if not twice a week, once, which I believe is the most I can do. I hope you’re not too disappointed, though.

Well, for today’s post:

A few days ago I went with some friends to a bookstore near my school. They don’t like reading that much, while I am a total book dork, as Roni would say. I was showimg them “Endless world” by Ken Follet (you know, that bestseller with more than 1400 pages) and they, opening their eyes wide, bewildered, asked me if I would really read that. I answered ‘Yeah, wouldn’t you?’. So that started me thinking. I don’t sincerely believe everyone likes reading, for there are plenty of people, in particular young people, who can’t even stand the thought of it, and that is due to the variety of people, the diversity of opinions and likes, and the difference from one another (which, I believe, makes the world a better place). But I wonder, nevertheless: how can they live without reading? I know I couldn’t.

That made me think about a world without books (sure, hell for me). How would that be? I can’t even imagine… I know that kind of world would be totally uninteresting for me –even though there are other things I like besides reading- but I realize it is one of the things I enjoy doing the most, and I sure couldn’t live without it.

So what do you think? How would a world without books be? And, better still, what would it mean to you? How would you manage to survive? Come on, comment, tell me your opinion.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

If I lived in a world with no books, I'd buck the system and write my own. (:

Áine said...

When I was younger and had just started learning to read I wasn't that keen but now,I couldn't live without books,I don't know how I could function lol :) I'm glad to know there are other 'book nerds' out there

Julie Dao said...

Yay for your long vacation! I cannot imagine a word without books - what a scary thought! I love reading with a passion - it's the power to lose yourself in a completely different world for a few hours, to forget the bad things that are going on, and to just let yourself relax and imagine. I'm glad to find other passionate bibliophiles out there :)

Shannon O'Donnell said...

I hopped over from Julie's blog. I don't even want to consider a world without books - the horror! ;-)