Being
an avid reader, I more often than not have to make conscious
decisions when I pick books to read. People often remark, that as and
when they grow up they find less and less time to devote to their
hobbies. I often thought how it could be so, but to my utter
disappointment I found it to be true for some reason. My attention
span has deteriorated and I find myself unable to sit for long
marathon reading sessions like I once did.
Moreover,
I had stopped buying books altogether because of lack of closet space
to store them. I am very particular about how I keep my books, and
when there isn't enough space, I won't compromise by stuffing them.
Buying
books also acted as a deterrent, as it meant that I have only so much
choice for experimenting. If a book isn't worth it, I feel cheated
out of both money and storage space.
Last
year, I finally decided to take the plunge and went digital. I really
am the old school type- them people who love the smell of a new book,
and the act of taking out the book and turning over its pages. But
then, I really did consider the one aspect of buying a Amazon Kindle-
the ease.
To put it frankly, I have never enjoyed reading so much as on my
Kindle Paperwhite. As of now, I am reading a short stories
collection, Hercule Poirot series by Agatha Christie and a couple of
other books.
This is something, that I would never even consider doing before I
had Kindle. I would serially go through the entire book before I
would set my sights on a new one. But now literally I have the
independence to try out several books at once and read them at my
leisure.
I do miss the actual books, but I guess everything has it's perks. As
a friend of mine put it once, if you are reading e-books, at worst
they can be deleted. No more dodging people who beg you to lend them
books! Believe me, when I say that I cringed every time I received a
lent book back- I always ended up buying fresh copies which were
untouched.
I have crossed several series/books of my reading list since last
year. Some of them being:
-
The Inheritance Series by Christopher Paolini
-
Hercule Poirot by Agatha Christie (currently reading The Hollow)
-
The Seventh Tower Series by Garth Nix
-
The Wardstone Chronicles (currently @ I am Grimalkin)
-
Fifty Shades Series (I really am ashamed, but I had to read them before the movies!)
-
The Interpreter of Maladies and The Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
In all, a tally of 41 books. That is a lot of books. I really am
surprised. I am reading on way in Delhi Metro which makes the commute
surprisingly bearable.
I am happy because I distinctly remember that during the academic
session of my senior high school examinations, I had foregone the
Hercule Poirot series, I have always rued the fact that I never read
the cult book series when it came to mystery and old school detective
cases. Now, I am more than half way through the entire series.
I set myself a reading target of 50 books on Goodreads, hoping that I
would shame myself to read at least 20 if not more. But surprises
here, I am done with 41 books as of today. I guess I was wrong when I
believed in people who said that there never was enough time. There
always is!
