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Being short’s no fun

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I love this quote because it is far too accurate.

For me, there are so many books I was utterly enthralled by that when the ending inevitably came, the book felt far too short. But if I had to choose just one book from recently (because let’s face it: if I could choose from the past it would be Harry Potter hands down, and where’s the fun in that?), it would be… Me Before You. As you know from my review, the story was amazing. But I think a lot of the reason why it felt so short was because I just didn’t want it to end. If it didn’t end, nothing bad would happen then. Right?

If you could only choose one book, which would you say was too short?

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“I opened a book and in I strode.
Now nobody can find me.
I’ve left my chair, my house, my road,
My town and my world behind me.
I’m wearing the cloak, I’ve slipped on the ring,
I’ve swallowed the magic potion.
I’ve fought with a dragon, dined with a king,
And swam in a bottomless ocean.
I opened a book and made some friends.
I shared their tears and laughter
And followed their roads with its bumps and bends
To the happily ever after.
I finished my book and out I came.
The cloak can no longer hide me.
My chair and my house are just the same,
But I have a book inside me.”

– Julia Donaldson

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“Every reader knows the feeling. You’re walking through a bookstore, completely overwhelmed. There’s so much to read. Covers and titles taunt you from the shelves, all clamoring for your attention — and your wallet. Some books you’ve heard of. Others leap out at you for the first time. That’s when the daydream kicks in: what if I could just take anything I wanted?”

Thoughts for a Thursday: Post-Book Syndrome

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Read the following picture. What book instantly pops into your mind after reading Markus Zusak’s quote? And why do you think that is? For me, I think the book that has influenced me the most and had a heavy impact on me upon its completion would be Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I know you know I’m a Potterhead and that there must be another book out there that made such an impact, but I can’t think of one that made me cry throughout it all, and that made me want to scream, laugh, bawl, sigh and be left in silence afterwards as much as the last book in the Harry Potter saga. Of course, I’m sure there are others but the fact that none are jumping to me right now must mean something.

Anyways, for this Thoughts for a Thursday, I want to know what book made you feel like this and why you think that that was?

Every reader knows

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Every reader knows the feeling. You’re walking through a bookstore, completely overwhelmed. There’s so much to read. Covers and titles taunt you from the shelves, all clamoring for your attention — and your wallet. Some books you’ve heard of. Others leap out at you for the first time. That’s when the daydream kicks in: what if I could just take anything I wanted?

I have always been a reader

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“I have always been a reader; I have read at every stage of my life, and there has never been a time when reading was not my greatest joy. And yet I cannot pretend that the reading I have done in my adult years matches in its impact on my soul the reading I did as a child. I still believe in stories. I still forget myself when I am in the middle of a good book. Yet it is not the same. Books are, for me, it must be said, the most important thing; what I cannot forget is that there was a time when they were at once more banal and more essential than that. When I was a child, books were everything. And so there is in me, always, a nostalgic yearning for the lost pleasure of books. It is not a yearning that one ever expects to be fulfilled.”

The Thirteenth Tale