It all started in the first year of engineering while
watching TWILIGHT, the vampire story. I downloaded all the 5 movies, watched
them in 2 days & loved them. Although I was not satisfied with the last 2
parts, I loved the setting, the breezy atmosphere & the romantic scenes. After
watching them I felt something I had never felt before. I was in love with
Bella right from the first movie until one my friend told me that the actress
is a lesbian, then I had kind of a mixed feeling about her. But I loved the
movies nevertheless.
I was so infatuated in love that I started googling about the
films for more details. That’s when I knew that these films were all based on a
series of fantasy novels by Stephanie Meyer. Before that I had no prior knowledge
of any sort on what a novel is or why to even bother to read them. But that’s
the day something changed in me. Then I moved to Amazon & I was overwhelmed
by the amounts & varieties of novels I found there. I spent hours searching
novels of all possible kinds & thought of buying one. My attention locked
on one romance novel which was on the top of the list named “Gone with the Wind”.
The title seemed classic & I ordered it without a second thought.
One week later I received the copy only to find myself disappointed
by the fact that it’s page count was over 1000. A magnum opus indeed. That was discouraging
for me as a new comer trying to enter into this bookish world. At that time I was
in my village & it was summer. Playing cricket in the afternoon was
something I enjoyed there, but I had nothing to do in the night. After a series
of boring & lonely nights I thought “let’s fucking do this”. I reached to
the self, picked this fat book in my tiny hands & started reading it.
Honestly speaking, I knew I can’t finish such a huge book. So
instead of focusing on the overall plot of the novel I started focusing on the
writing style in few passages. I liked the author’s description. I liked the
way the author was trying to introduce the characters. So that time onwards I had
a rough idea about what it was like to read a novel. When I left my village for
my college I was hooked by novels & developed a genuine respect for books.
But whatever has happened till this point is like a drop of water in the river.
The next year onwards the river filled with water. Then a time came when flood
arrived & the water of the river lead their way to the sea where they were
lost in waves of literature.
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