Reading was never my cup of tea. When I was in college, I only finished reading one novel, the shortest of all novels presented to me, The Little Prince. If not because I had to analyze it, I would have never finished reading one. Well, thanks to my Literature teacher way back then.
And until now, I am still not into reading. Reading a couple of pages in a sitting is too much for me. But because I am a teacher and I want to broaden my knowledge about things, I have to read, wether I like it or I will. Hahaha. I have to stay advanced to cope with the demands of work. I also see reading as a chance for me to grow and explore, to learn lessons in life from the various points of view of people.
The last novel I have read is about thrill and suspense, and it took me a week to finish the novel because I was emotionally attached with how the plot went. I got stucked with the main character that when she faces difficulty as the story revolves, I had to literally stop reading and gather my thoughts again. I would think what if happens to me. I needed time to travel back to reality. That's how I get hooked to the story. That's how I get affected by the fictional characters I almost believed their stories exist in real life. I was emotionally devastated when I know how the husband fooled the main character because as I was reading, I was deceived too. I was deceived with how good mannered, responsible and how husband material the antagonist is. Well, I guess, that's what reading is. We get to feel every inch of emotion, forget the real word and dive deeper to every word, every page, every chapter of the story. Moreover, we get to pick our favorite characters as how the author vividly used words to give them life and existence.
By the way, I got the book when the Big Bad Wolf visited Cebu before pandemic hit. I guess that was around 2019.
Last weekend, I happened to visit the city and not to my surprise, my feet led me to National Book Store. I roamed around. I read the cover and title of the books, one to another. I am not really that particular with authors now. As long as the book serves its purpose for me, then, we're good.
I bumped into Fiction and Literature section, Business and Investment, Health and Fitness and a lot more sections.
We all have our own fair share of bad days. And when it happens to me, I overthink. There are really times when I get emotionally weak and unstable, I may say. There were times I can deal with it. But most of the time, they seemed to be a little alarming already. So when I stumbled with this book, I had no second thoughts. I had to get this. This would help me manage my emotional stress and baggages.
This is all for today's blog. Be well. Be safe.
Until the netswriting.
