“The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of the past centuries.”
Descartes
Commuting means that I have time to read; even if I am standing up I usually have a book in my hand… I have an eclectic taste: I read thrillers, historical novels or biographies (currently devouring everything related to 16th and 17th century France), classics, romantic novels, war novels, YA…I am thinking of writing reviews once a month on this blog on top of my regular posts.
My husband is getting desperate (is there a show called Desperate Husbands? Could be a nice spin-off…note to self: need to stop my mind from wandering while I type)
I usually go through at least 3 books a week. My sister did let him know that I always loved reading. I did immerse myself in Victor Hugo when I was about 7 or 8. As a teenager, I could happily just lay in bed on a rainy afternoon with a novel in front of me (ok sometimes even when it was not raining…I am such a dork)…My husband, on the other hand, mainly reads technical books or biographies and he does not have much time to turn the pages so he does not understand why I buy myself so many books. I am starting to hear regularly “Where are you going to put them?” “Do not dare moving my helicopter!” and does use threats such as “if you don’t (insert verb), I will throw all your books away…”
I thought about buying a kindle but am not ready to give up the feeling of pages turning via my fingers, the weight of the book next to me when I fall asleep dreaming about what I have just read.
I love when I cannot put a book down because I just want to know what happens. As an aspiring writer, this is what I would like for my readership, to be able to take them away for a few hours to a different place, a different time…I even get that funny feeling when I fall in love with a book, one that I know I will re-read in the future because the words have touched me in more ways than one.
Some day, one day…maybe somebody will ponder about my stories…
Happy reading to all!
Elodie Nowodazkij 
Hubby and I finally got phones with Kindle apps because we had so many books we could barely move around our living room. So I can definitely empathize with the wanting to read a lot!
And I was another teen who spent hours with a book in front of me…when I wasn’t trying to write my own books.
I am still toying around with the idea of a kindle…Maybe I will indeed try it out 🙂
I LOVE that feeling where you have to skip everything else because you HAVE to find out what happens next! That’s when commuting is the best. 🙂
It is indeed one of the perks of commuting 🙂