book worm

I must admit that I was a bit of a bookworm. oooohh Let me rephrase that I have been a book worm since I first started hoarding and hiding the Nancy Drew books in the school library. Or was it when my mother insisted that I buy books instead of toys or that i make sure that I have a balance of both. Needless to say that growing up, I often find my nose buried in a book. That was how my cousins saw me since every vacation I was always with some paperback on my hands. My classmates considered me well read. In reality, though, I believe there are a lot of people out there who read more than I do. But there are still others who think that reading is such a burden. I cannot imagine how life was for them not knowing the thrill of how a story unfolds or why the antagonist turned dark and how the protagonist overpowers the odds. I cannot think of how they do not know how books can get them anywhere or how it can make them understand things that have not been experienced yet.

There was a time my mother had to stop me from reading because my eyesight was so weak and my grade has been escallating, but books have never stopped beckoning for me. I used books to know things, I read when I am feeling low. I used books to pass the time. I do not know what my life would be like without readings books.And as I hear people who do not have any interest in reading at all, I feel sad for them and the possibilities that await them if they would only pick a book.