bookworms_unite Sonya I don't know about the rest of you out there who might be reading this, but I'm a bookworm. I find a special delight in reading story after story, novel after novel, poem after poem, and seeing how far I can bury not just my nose, but my mind into what's happening on paper, in text, in my imagination. People often ask, "What's your favorite book?" (happened on blather a few times) and I have to just say what I'm currently reading at the moment, because the favorites list would stretch for miles and miles. There's something to be said about the feeling that exudes from your heart when you've just finished reading a story you couldn't let go of...not even for five minutes. You know, it's one of those novels where you stay up until 3 am on a school or work night just so you can find out what happens or finish the thing entirely. And afterwards you have that feeling of satisfaction combined with yearning...yearning for more. It's enough to make you ignore the irritation in your eyes, or the weight of your glasses (if you wear them) and think about what you're going to read next. I find that kind of satisfaction here on blather sometimes. I don't particularly write as regularly as some, nor do I interact with the other writers very much (I have my own reasons for this - most have to do with the writer/reader relationship that often goes unnoticed in silence.) Right now I'm attempting to finish all the Harry Potter books. Yes, I know some of you might be annoyed by the hype or the craze, but there's something in me that wishes these novels were around when I was a child...I'm nearly 21 now. I remember reading the Ramona books, and a novel called Bunnicula about a white rabbit that was...a vampire of sorts. The next time people say I'm a geek or pathetic for reading "too much", it won't matter much to me...because while their lives might be more interesting to them, mine is exciting for all the places and people I get to visit through reading. Bookworms unite!! 030109 ... frAnk i read the harry potter books to rachel and madeline and a few of the kids from farms about here that would come by for what we soon created as reading night at robin hill. we would stoke up the log buring fire, pop the cinnamon rolls out of the oven, pour the goat's milk and plop ourselves on to the fluffy cushions for the adventures j.k rowling dished up. whoa...the fun. 030109 ... DammitJanet Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald. I've long finished the book and all I want to do is read it again. I want it to continue, I need to know what happens next. But there isn't another one. I got completely mixed up in their world. I wasn't just a spectator, I was involved. I cried, I laughed, and I cried some more. It's like a performance that's hard to be the follow-up act to. 030109 ... The redundant Lilac I am the biggest book worm I know. At the moment I have decided to read Peter Pan by James M. Barrie just because it was one of the books Charlie read in The_perks_of_being_a_wallflower. I just finished "The Stranger" which was another book that Charlie read. It was pretty good and an easy read. I would suggest this book to anyone and guarentee they will love it. I have actually been thanked by the people I have suggested it too after they read it. I first heard of the book here on blather so I checked it out of the library and as soon as I finished it I bought the book for myself and read it again....and again. I highly suggest it to anyone! 030110 ... falling_alone i've always loved books...but last summer it became compulsive, now i always have to be reading something, lest i feel lost. my sister calls me a "bookworm" or "freak" but she's only 12 and doesnt understand. i worry for her sometimes though, i think our materialistic world is taking its toll on her. last summer it started with harry potter and the order of the phoenix, then on to The Picture of Dorian Gray, and then on to others which i would devour within a week. The Perks of Being a Wallflower also led me to read "Naked Lunch", a very unusual book but i still enjoyed it. i have yet to find a book i haven't liked. currently i am reading Frankenstien. i'm eager to see how much Hollywood has changed with the classic, so far, alot. next i'd like to finish the Hitchhiker's series. blather has become my haven. i only wish at times i was as eloquent as everyone else on here. give me words in which to read and i am at peace! 040624 ... flux i should be coding, not reading.. 040624 ... notme falling_alone, have you seen the movie? (naked lunch) 040625 ... Sonya I am rereading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix for the second time and it still feels brand new. Sometimes I wish I was a student at Hogwarts and I was a Gryffindor. I wish me and Hermione could be friends. I wouldn't mind discussing literature with her. As for Harry...well I think that's better left unsaid. I'm not sure what I want to read after I get done with this book. I've thought about I, Robot. If I get around to seeing that movie I would rather read the book first than the other way around. For some reason I just never got around to dear Isaac's work. There is still time... 040625 ... falling_alone notme, i apologize for such a late answer but, no. i haven't, i didn't even know there was one. 051207 ... raze i've bought a ridiculous amount of books in the last few months. the pile of books_to_read is probably insurmountable now. but i'm making progress. collecting these things made of paper and glue and ink and feeding them to my heart and mind through my eyes makes me happy, even if i might not live long enough to devour them all. 210402 what's it to you? who go blather from