There is nothing I love more than a few quiet hours to escape the outside world to begin a brand new, long anticipated book. I love to feel the weight of it in my hands, and gently open the cover to see what lies inside. There is a subtle satisfaction in the turning of pages.
But something strange comes over me when I venture into the first few pages of a new novel. A carefulness.... a special attention to detail. I will sometimes go over the opening sentences a few times, just to make sure I haven't missed anything... to make sure that my imagination is forming the right opening picture for the story. And then, as I am reading, I realise that I am doing this, and I get all distracted and start from the beginning all over again.
It's just a temporary thing. Once I turn the first page, a normal reading flow begins, and I naturally sink into the story.
Does anyone else do this? Or is this just a quirk belonging only to me?
i love this series of beautiful things. your photos are always so dreamy, so poetic.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny because I'd never really thought about it but I kind of do the same thing . . . . the carefulness the slowness when starting a new book, occasionally some re-reading before getting into regular reading mode. How peculiar.
ReplyDeleteHa ha ha! Yes! I totally do that. I contributed it to my mommy brain and its inability to focus half the time! I like your explanation much better.
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Lovely book shot. Books are one of my favorite things on this planet!
I find myself drifting off with the characters of a book and all of a sudden realize I'm not reading! Oh but a good book can take you a million miles away!
ReplyDeletexo Catherine
i am loving your series of beautiful things. i haven't taken the appropriate time with them however so i have not commented. I had your blog up all day at work one day hoping to find the time to comment and then the day was done and i had not.
ReplyDeleteI sort of do this same thing. i feel like i do a lot of re-reading, especially in the beginning, to make sure i know the characters.
i am reading a great book right now that i am so into the characters i feel like they are in my life.
Such a beautiful photo. I also love the feel of a book in my hand. I do read the first few pages very carefully...it is how I slip into the story. I did give in and get a Kindle...thinking I would hate it. I still read "real" books but for travel and reading in bed...the Kindle is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI was going to say, naaah..... it's only you.. you're just quirky...but, looks like you have a following of quirky gals.... lol.....
ReplyDeleteBefore I buy a book, I always read the first sentence. It is the most important sentence in a book, I believe.
ReplyDeleteI laughed when I read your description of starting a new book because I do the same thing. I slow down...I make sure I'm really getting what the writer is saying. Now I know I'm not alone!
ReplyDeleteLove your blog.
sigh..... Happy, happy sigh...
ReplyDeleteWe are such kindred spirits. I know just what you mean. And, now, of course, I have to ask. What are you reading just now?
i love this series of beautiful things. your photos are always so dreamy
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