Want to travel through time? Read a book!
February 21st, 2011 § Leave a Comment
And no, I am not talking about reading books about the Middle Ages or something (even though, they as well will make you feel like you’ve travelled through time and are now a handsome court lady – when they are well written that is!) but I am talking about reading a book that you’ve once read before. I buy so many books, that I hardly ever have the time to re-read my favourite books. Which, I believe, is a shame.
I just finished reading “The Horse Whisperer”, a book I read AGES ago and which I now re-read again due to one of my pupils reading it for a book report. (yep, I am the kind of teacher that wants to read as many books as possible chosen by pupils so I can properly mark and comment the book reports. Call me a geek, but I love it!) As I was reading, I suddenly went on a trip down memory lane… It was like I was 16 again (not THAT long ago, but sill!). I could remember exactly where I’d been sitting while reading that book, I could almost smell the summer again and it was like I could remember exactly how I’d felt right at that moment in time!
You see, I’m the kind of reader that will remember what’s happened in books, but I’ll easily forget the details. I will, however, remember perfectly well whether I loved or hated the book, which mood I was in, or how the book made me feel. Re-reading a book will then bring me right back to that spot, to that time, to that mood, to that feeling. It’s what I love the most about reading to be honest… Not the story itself, but the feeling I get when reading a book.
So if you ever wish you could go back to that time when you were a kid, pick up one of your favourite kids’ books and I promise you, you will again feel like that happy kid you once were !
