Thursday, December 29, 2016

Fat Book

I am reading again though I am not certain that it counts as reading without a physical book in hand. Now don’t get me wrong as I never really stopped reading. It’s just that apart from work documents, mostly I was reading condensed material found online. Aeons ago I had cancelled my subscription to the local newspapers in print and began to read the news direct from their website. For prime time television I could either use the app on my smartphone or catch up with the replay on YouTube. These days, there is no shortage of quick reading matter especially with text messages, e-mails, articles, and social media comments to stay on top of.
The gift of an Amazon Fire tablet has however rekindled a spark and literally fired me up to rediscover the joy of reading novels again. As a child, my mom would often return from the bookstore with a prized possession for me. This being the result after giving in to my special repeated request which was always for her to bring back the fattest book she could find. Fat books had more pages to read so it would take a little longer for me to devour them. It is no wonder that from the moment I turned on the tablet, my eyes were instantly drawn to the Books category. And then it happened. I started to read an e-book and it wasn’t too long before I was flying through the chapters, swiping page after page anxious to know the outcome. I kept reading to the end.
So here am I fighting the urge to read again and it’s funny how I just can’t seem to get the thought of a fat book out of my head.

Saturday, December 24, 2016

Are you ready for Christmas 2016?

Well I am ready for Christmas 2016 (I think)! And what a year it has been. Anything and everything happened all at once, truly the good and the bad, the happy and the sad.
If you were like me, it is my sincere hope that you bounced back from every curve ball thrown. Still I return and am here, every year, every Christmas. Yes, you guessed right. Just couldn’t leave you hanging without a repeat rendition of my all-time favourite Christmas song. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!