I love books...

Got my paycheck! After a long time. 13 grand. Boy! do I love that number. And as always, I like to celebrate an occasion by buying a book. Went to Crosswords, Powai, and picked up this lovely book - "Annie Frank, The dairy of a young girl". Its about the life and time of a jewish girl and her family during the World War II.

Walking out of the bookstore, with the book in my hand, I felt like a proud monkey. My fascination for books goes back a long time. I think I was 2 when people around me realised that I'm attracted to books. I would be throwing all sorts of tantrums - screaming, yelling and crying and Papa comes along and quietens me down by giving me a book. Oh boy! you should have seen the expression on my face. They even used it to tease me or have me walk their way. And geez, Did I obey! Some of my uncles who were annoyed with their mom would sneak out her books and hand it over to me.

I used to be so good with them that I could finish a 200 page book in 2 hours flat back then. Hah! beat that if you can. There used to be books for different occasions. Bigger books when I had been crying for a long time and smaller ones if its just a sniffle or two. Pamplets and cute pocket size books to preempt any ruckus I would create.

However, it was not until my 5th standard (I was 10 years old then) that I realised that books are meant to be read and not toys which can be torn apart.

Hmmmm! Its been 15 years since I had started reading books and the habit still has not left me. I'm getting crazier by the day. Hope to have a library of my own.

Cheers!!