Books have always been the top priority in all my life.
Happy to recollect the various phases of my life where I've this sustained companionship of books ♥
As I can remember, I started reading novels at my village library when I was 6.
I used to finish them in a day or 2 days time, return them to get new books home :D
Lucky me ! My parents never objected me like every other parents do when their children are into novels.
I used to read all kinds of books and I still remember reading most of the times about middle-class struggles.
I never cared what kind of book is in my hands those days.
It's the same even now except for I developed an interest for suspense thrillers.
I just read, read and read :D
And some times i re-read :D
And after few years, we shifted to our grand mother's village, and there my Peda Mavayya used to get Swathi weekly. He used to get it on Thursdays itself ( They usually are available in market on Fridays )
He's a book lover too, and my mother was too, later she's got busy with looking after our needs, I hope to God, it doesn't happen in my case, as I'm not ready to give up books for any reason. Even if I do, I can't let myself love the person totally who cause it.
In Swathi book, I used to read stories and serials.
Then I came across Madhu Babu, am still a fan of him ♥
I still search for his books 1st, when I enter a book shop.
Somehow, I feel fortunate about it, I got habituated to reading and all my relatives and friends started ( they still do ) calling me a book worm ( Am pretty proud of this part :D )
Wherever I go, whichever place I visit, whoever I am with, the 1st thing my eyes look for is books.
I read somewhere, a man is really successful if he can spend half of his life with books and the remaining half with people. But I'm afraid, I could not fall into that category, cause I always preferred books over people.
Sometimes ( very few times ) it's different when I'm with people who can make me feel like myself other than anything else =))
I finished my 10th std, and I had to go to hostel, and yeah, I started searching all the opportunities of reading books. I used to attend the book fairs, most of the times, I ended up with gloomy mood cause the money I had with me was never enough to buy all the books of my interest. There were always too many, and always too less money with me. I still curse the fact, I wasn't earning then and I was away from home. It was then I decided to earn so much money that I never would have to miss any book because of money factor.
In my P.G. hostel, I met a fan of Yandamoori Veerendranath, and so, I got to ready many of his books, that way. Lolz :D
And I don't remember exactly when I fell in love with Sarath ( he's a famous Bengali writer, whose almost every book is translated into Telugu ) but I remember feeling the warmth and love in his every sentence. He's sure a magical writer. He can make us feel in love with ourselves and everyone ( everything indeed) around us. Hats off to him.
And somewhere in the middle, I started reading Sidney Sheldon's novels, and I immediately became his fan and it was 3 years ago, I completed reading all his novels, including his biography.
I can't imagine how my life would have been or what kind of person I might have become if I'm not so fond of books. I'm actually scared to imagine.
Now, if I turn back and see, I can find so many books healing me, guiding me and helping me fall in love with myself all over again.
Books are the tastiest ingredient of my life, and I enjoy its taste every passing moment ♥
I owe so much to the books, and their authors for their wonderful creations using which I always can find a way to turn my dull life, into a bright one ♥
