on reading as a hobby

Being offline for the past two weeks is really refreshing. I mean, not only was I able to take a break and sleep early (and long... my average sleeping time went up from 5 hrs to 9hrs!) but I found out that I actually have a lot of time in my hands! Guess what, since I went offline, I finished three books already and I'm halfway on my fourth read. Then I realized... I missed reading!

Back in my school days (yes, that includes grade school to college), I was a book worm. I'd choose being locked in my bedroom, lying on my bed, with a book in my hands than sit in front of TV even if it's hooked to cable.

I enjoyed reading various titles ranging from the intellectual shakespeare to the juvenile genre that includes the Sweet Valley series. I was hungry for stories then! I could read for hours, not minding my hunger and my sleepy eyes. I remember once I slept for just one hour because I was up all night reading a romance pocket book. Then I had to drag myself off my bed to go to school. Certified bookworm! :D

I just hate not finding out what happens next so I really finish off a book as soon as I have a chance. And I really hate it when someone will blew it for me. I could kill... hahaha :P Once I was reading this novel in high school and halfway through it, I just happen to  mention to my classmate that I was reading it and guess what, she just blurted out the ending. Grrrrr! I swear I almost strangled her! hehehe.. morbid ko talaga...

Of course about 80% of the books I've read are all love story, romance pocketbooks! I started with the Sweet Dreams series and went on to try the mills and boons line and I graduated reading the historical romance novels of the likes of Judith McNaught, Julie Garwood and Jude Deveraux to name a few of the authors I've grown to love. Then in college I was introduced to Anne Rice... I dropped all my interest with romantic novels and fed my new found hunger on her vampire stories! I just loved how her mind is so twisted for her to concoct those Lestat stories... hehehe!

After I graduated from college, I started reading the non-fiction, self-help, inspirational books. My mind was already filled with the romantic stories from high school and college so to take those all off I changed my interest to books that made me think and made me realize things about life.

If only I used my passion in reading on educational books I could be super smart already! And I almost did, actually... When I was about 8 or 9 years old, I remember we used to have a "library" at home. Though it was just a bookshelf, but it was filled with two sets of encyclopedia, a LIFE series book and some other science related reading materials. At such a young age I remember spending hours pouring over those colorful pages of the science book and feeding on my fascination with a few science related topics like where did rainbows come from?

However, due to a financial need at the time, we actually had to sell those books! Tsk tsk tsk.. Lesson learned and note to self: When you have a family and a kid who is into reading don't take away those treasures... Or she will end up like you: a hopeless romantic because of those damn romantic novels. hehehe :D

Hold on, I've been babbling here for a while already.. where is this blog getting into? I don't know either! hehehe! Basta I used to love reading books and I realized I missed reading a book. So thanks to moving into a new house and having the need to cut my internet connection... I guess I'll go back to my first ever hobby: "Read"

So for some of those people who commented on my extensive vocabulary and my writing skills... I guess I owe it to all those pocket books I read.

Guess I did get something from those after all... :)