In the fall of 2014 I
was sitting in our family room staring at the bookcase which held quite a few
unread novels. Years ago I did a great
deal of reading but lately had rarely even picked up a book. I was a fan of Stephen King and had read many
of his books. My daughter Mary Ann is
also a huge fan and has a collection of hard cover versions of his novels. Two
of his novels were the subject of my staring.
Both were ones I had not read and had been avoiding starting them. Why?
Because they were huge. I enjoy
reading in bed before sleep but no way would I be able to hold up those
thousand page monsters for long. That’s
when I began to consider investing some money in one of those newfangled things
called a “Kindle”. Eventually I broke
down and bought one.
It was amazing. I downloaded those thousand pagers in what
seemed like a minute…unbelievable. Long story short I fell in love with my
Kindle. Especially loved the fact that
many of the old classics I had never read were available free of charge. Began to read all those books that our high
school teachers were never able to convince us to read. In no time at all
polished off Treasure Island, Phantom of the Opera, all the Sherlock Holmes,
even Dracula. Even knocked off both
Stephen Kings.
Since September, 2014
I’ve read 797 books…all kind. You would
think I spend all day reading, but that’s not the case. In addition to being
now able to comfortably read in bed, I’m now able to carry the Kindle in my
pocket and take it on all the doctor’s visits the average 83 year old is
subjected to. For some unexplained
reason it seems that we spend a great deal of time waiting to be called in for
our appointments. Now I don’t have to read
those germ laden, outdated magazines so prevalent in waiting rooms. Even Television is contributing to my reading
time by continuing to offer us such a lot of crap that can’t hold a candle to a
good book.
Writing these
occasional Blogs has given me a great deal of respect for those that are able
to publish an entire book. I have
trouble coming up with these small pages of prose while thousands of authors
are cranking out 300 and 400 pages. Many
of the books I enjoy are mysteries and I marvel at these authors ability to develop
so many different plots and be able to keep all the characters straight while
weaving their tales. Anyway I’m very
happy that the Kindle has enabled me to get back to a forgotten love…reading. Get yourself one and give reading a chance,
you’ll love it.
So long as I’m writing
this tiny blurb I’m going to take the opportunity to wish everyone a very Merry
Christmas and a Happy, Healthy New Year.
God Bless,
Bill
