What books do you want to read?
I need not tell you how I love reading and books, I have been reading since I entered high school and that never waned. I have a virtual library at Goodreads and have read about 1,759 books, reading 6 books at the moment alternately. This does not include my early years in high school since most of them were romance books, haha.
I joined Goodreads back in 2011 when Shelfari closed and have participated since 2014 in Goodreads’ Reading Challenge. I set a limit every year with the number of books that I can read. I want to read other books by Tessa Afshar, more of Mark Sullivan, new books by Charles Martin and more books of Richard Paul Evans. What makes them such wonderful writers creating books that I usually rate four and five stars, the latter being the highest in the score board? They write about varied subjects that I can relate to and love.
If you were to ask me now what books I want to read? I want to go back reading children’s classics. There were several I read too when I bought Nissa those children’s books when she was a kid. Sadly, we were not able to save them when we got flooded back in 2009. I want to discover again what’s in The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White, the great story of Wilbur, the pig and Charlotte, the spider. This book is full of lessons about friendship. Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie would be a great reread too. Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret by Judy Blume was such a joy to read. If I have time, I will read it again. Let us not forget Alice Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. I love Stuart Little too. Bought Nate a harbound copy in one of his birthdays. Nissa and I were able to watch the movie adaptation years ago.There are many more, I probably wouldn’t have time to buy and read them again, who knows?
Here are some quotes from the book The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams. I have it on my tab.
“When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but Really loves you, then you become Real”.
“….because once you are Real you can’t be ugly , except to people who don’t matter”.
Dreams And Escapes 