Alexandra Bogdanovic's Blog: That's life... - Posts Tagged "enjoyment"

Hi there. My name is Alex, and I'm addicted to books.
All together now... "Hi, Alex!"
Okay, now that we've gotten that out of the way, I'll get to the point. I'm serious. I'm a bookaholic. I have been since I was a little kid.
Back then my parents read to me all the time and I was only allowed to watch half-an-hour of TV per day. As a result, I developed a healthy appreciation for books and learned to read at an early age.
I read whenever I got a chance, even on the way back to school from a field trip when I was in first or second grade. I remember looking at the words above the front door and a snotty teacher asking me what on earth I was doing.
"Reading," I answered. "What do you think I'm doing?"
Yes, I was a brat. And she was another word that begins with a "B." But I digress.
In third or fourth grade, I started reading everything I could get my hands on. I read The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew, the Black Stallion books, the Trixie Belden mysteries and the Bobbsey Twins series.
When it came to reading, I was always a few grade levels ahead of most of my peers. I remember tackling my first Ludlum books when I was in middle school. I also read sci-fi and fantasy and thrillers.
I read in school. I read at home. I read at camp and on vacation. I read when I was supposed to be studying. I read on my lunch break at my first part-time job. At night I sneaked a flashlight into my bed and pulled the covers over my head so I could keep reading after I was supposed to be asleep.
Now that I'm almost 50, nothing's really changed. I read whatever I can, whenever I can. Hardcovers, paperbacks, e-books, it doesn't really matter. Mysteries, suspense, thrillers, sci-fi, romance, historical novels, fact-based novels... Yes, I'll read it all. Having said that, I prefer fiction, but I'll read non-fiction, too. I love a good memoir, but in all honesty my favorite is my own.
A really good book will keep me up until the crack of dawn. A bad one... well, that's better left unsaid.
At any rate, I've got to go. I've got to finish Best Kept Secrets by Sandra Brown.
Until next time, "That's life..."