Easter is just around the corner and it has made me think about how I want to spend it. Reading is a luxury we seem to no longer have the time or inclination to indulge, but whenever I do take the time to read a book, I am glad that I did. It helps me grow, to understand myself, the people around me, life and the world we live in.
I appreciate now that authors have to meet deadlines and make sales, bookstores and publishers act out of self interest and modern media is all about marketing and trying to sell us on ideals or images or spending money. The media foster our desire to look good, to own more and to focus on our short term needs.
Recently I have started to read biographies. A friend made the comment that the older we become, the more we grow to appreciate them. I always found them dry. Now I realise that they encompass life experiences and there is some value to reading them and they can help us guide our way along the different paths that lie before us.
I do enjoy the occasional trashy book, I like reading classics and revisiting books that I hold fond memories of. The kindle has made it easier to read more poetry and other types of books, such as poetry, that I would not normally spend money on.
So what am I reading this Easter then? Perhaps it will be Pride and Prejudice, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Les Miserables Frankenstein or William Boyd's Any Human Heart. With the weather as cold and miserable as it is both in London and on my little European getaway, I suspect that it will be a most pleasant way to spend my time. Happy Easter and happy reading.
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