Have I mentioned eating?
I've always loved reading, but couldn't really afford it. I used to love scrounging in used bookstores overseas, where books can be had at RM1 a pop.
Here at home, Pay Less Books somewhat fills my needs. Along with flea markets, of course. Frankly, the books are not as cheap as the ones overseas, but oh well, beggars can't be choosers eh?
However, my life changed (eh wah) once i've discovered the world of ebooks.
Oh to re read my David Eddings! my Agatha Christies! And the best part was that, it could all be loaded into my phone! soo easy! sooo easy!
So my bag now weighs less - ok, so it still weighs the same because i've added OTHER things in it - no more books perhaps, but there is still the kitchen sink to lug about eh?
You don't get it? Never mind *sigh*
As with my food consumption, I am a gobbler as well when it comes to reading. As they call me 'Alam Flora' when it comes to food (sebab dengan rela menghabiskan makanan yang tak habis), so it is with books. I read anything and everything. There are of course things that could never hold my attention; certain biographies, war stories - I never got around to finishing Tolkien's 'Two Towers' simply because all they ever do is go to war (boooo-ringggg) - but everything else is fair game.
There are times when i am almost afraid to start on new books. I mean, to re-read books I've read? no worries there. I can read a few pages, put it down, and forget about it for a few days; nay, weeks even, before i pick it up again. Or read a few pages while on the lrt, while eating, before bed...
So for awhile I just gobbled the words of JK Rowling
and Rick Riordan, and was blissfully entertained.
But to start on new books? Especially if they caught my fancy, would be extremely difficult. I would never be able to put it down, and when I DO have to put it down, I'd think and think about it until I am able to get to reading it again.
Such is an obsessor of books.
Aiyiaaaaa... I've gone on and on about my love for books, when what I actually wanted to do was talk about the books themselves. *sigh*
Thus begins the journey on food for the mind.
