Consumer of Books

I am a book consumptionist. I love books that I can read for hours and keep me interested the whole time. Often I will hit a dry spell and meander through several books, maybe read parts of a few books for a few months…but I always find one. A book that consumes me.

I just finished my most recent consumption, but I wasn’t prepared to finish it. Tim and I were out reading and all of a sudden I only had 10 pages left. I was shocked. I like to know when I am going to finish a book. I thought we were going to leave before I had time to finish and I would wait until the next day or later that night to finish the book, but Tim was working well and we kept reading. As is usually the case after I finish a good book, I go through a grieving period. But this time it was even worse because I was unprepared for my grief. I am always sad that I will have lost my good friend, the book. I also feel it is essential to have a proper amount of time in between one good book and another. I do not want to ruin the memory of one book with another.

This time my consuming book was a Chaim Potok book (an author who always writes consuming books), Davita’s Harp. It was an intense book and may not be for everyone.

I have now posted a book entry - one of the essential elements of a “good” blog. Thank you.

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