I love waiting for sleep to come while reading a book. My bed, pillows blankets and a good story to lull me to a peaceful sleep. It's warm, comfy and purely mine but an environment that I am truly content in is the once described to me in books.
To anyone watching me read (which by the way is creepy... don't do that!) I just look like a lonely nerdy girl engrossed in some book but in my mind I'm right in the story with all my favorite characters like Harry, Ron and Hermione to Cath and Levi. I'm living in these settings full of magic ,love and amazing battles and triumphs. And if you are that Creep staring at me while I'm reading (again ...Please Don't do that is weird) I probably will never know you're there because I get so far sucked into the book that my surroundings are replaced by the books surroundings and I feel like I am a part of the book like I belong there.
Ever since I was a little girl I’ve wanted to receive a letter from Hogwarts or have a purple crayon to make my own castle with. Any book I could get my hands on I would have my nose in from biographies about Alexander Graham Bell to books about a mouse that wanted a cookie. I would fall asleep to the first Harry Potter book on tape because it soothed me and made me feel safe to know that those characters were always there for me.
I love the way books allow for a readers interpretation. Books belong to the readers and that’s amazing. So many things in life we have no control over but with books we can pick what we want to read. We can use the author’s descriptions as guidelines instead of rules to imagine a character and chose how they look if they have crooked teeth or big ears it’s up to the reader to decide these things and that’s a very comforting feeling in a world where many things are chosen for us. Being part of these stories makes me feels content and secure. I feel as if I am invincible and in the book I am.
In life we have a ton of stress. Stressed caused by school or work. stressed caused by friends. Stress caused by family. And stressed caused by so much more. I use reading as my escape from stress and from life. I don't want to be constantly thinking about all things I have to do I want to relax and take 20 minutes to myself and just be somewhere else where I don't have school and family and stress to worry about. So for those 20 minutes I'm in a forest with a bow or I'm running through a maze looking for Percy or I'm chasing down a train or maybe I’m holding a wand casting a spell. When in reality I'm lying in bed falling asleep with my hand saving the page for tomorrow's great adventure.
I love how reading is your escape, I do not like reading at all, haha. I would proof read this, there are a lot of grammatical errors, but overall it was very good Alexa!
ReplyDeleteI love your little interjections and how although the beginning of this account is simple it really develops and your feelings come across. I would recommend a bit more details in some places because parts stand out since they have that detailing while others end up in the background while I feel they should be highlighted a more like at the beginning some sentences just seem redundant
ReplyDeleteI feel as if your last paragraph could've been a great intro. It's whatever tho. Awesome writing in all around!!
ReplyDeletehey Alexa great blog. I love how you described getting sucked into the lives of the characters. also we must talk about Fangirl because I LOVE THAT BOOK. ok bye, nice blog
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