bookworm

i've found back my love of reading. it's not that i'd stopped completely. just that i don't think i'd obsessively read a book from start to finish in under 2 days flat for the last 2 years, until recently.

it all started early this year when we were hosting a 'party' (as ana my tenant would call it, though it's more like a chill-out get-together over bbq kinda thing) for friends early this year. a group of us were at the table, and the girls were talking about the latest movie to hit the screens then- twilight. and i was telling them about how i was intrigued to get the book cos everyone was saying it was way better than the movie, but that i couldnt seem to get my hands on one cos they were all sold out (which was true back then!). and lo and behold ana herself had all 4 books, which she promptly lent to me.

of course i didnt start on them till the hubs was away (weekends are too precious to be spent reading trashy juvenile novels dont you think ? :P), but the moment he was gone i started on the first, and i was hooked. not because it was well-written (it's very juvenile and nauseatingly sweet-valley-high), but because edward cullen was CUTE, and so heartbreakingly endearing. it helped that i could picture exactly how he'd look like (i caught the film online immediately after i put down the first book..hehh. so-so movie, to-die-for lead actor :P). and immediately after that, i started on the second, then the third, then the fourth.

i finished the 4 books in 4 nights straight (or rather...nights & early mornings. i didn't read during working hours - very unprofessional, and EMBARASSING, to be caught dead with those books).

the books made me hungry for more. and being the cheapo that i am, i copiously took down the titles of books that caught my eye when we were at borders (our weekly ritual...borders-browsing), and stopped by the library one day after a meeting to see if i could get them there. and i could! nlb is so hip i tell you...hahahahhha (even though they refuse to write off even fines dating back to 2000 amounting to a grand total of like $0.80...bleah)!

so i've been reading. and reading. and reading. i've gotten it back! the mojo!

i slept at 330 this morning devouring night watch (the book rocks! must get the other two!). i'm officially knackered.

but i'm happy :)

once a bookworm, always a bookworm. yeah!