Officially Summer

I love reading. I always have. As a kid, I used to camp out in my school’s library [seriously, that is not an exaggeration] reading books during lunch and recess time. During winter break, I would read. During summer, I would read [and watch TV and play random games with my siblings, but those stories are for another day]. Books were –and still are – a way for me to explore new things, learn about new people, and have adventures in my head. I read more than I watched TV.

You know what I like about a good book? Whether or not you realise it, good books always leave some sort of an impression on you. People are born as empty pails, and as they grow the pail starts to get filled with things – water and such (actually, we’re more complex than just a pail, probably more like an elaborate system of tubes and pipes and what not, but let’s stick to “pail” to keep it simple, k?). Everything you experience in life adds stuff to the pail and makes you who you are (ok, maybe not EVERYTHING, but hopefully you get a point). A book, if it ranks high-ish on the “zero to awesome” scale, will add a drop of water to your pail of life. Either that, or, it’ll just make you feel good for a while.

For me, summer always officially begins once I have completed reading my first book [the part of me that is madly in love with reading goes into hibernating during the school year due to the fact that once I pick up a good book, I can’t put it down; all life – fine, almost all life – goes on hold until I finish reading my book]. That day, ladies and gentlemen, was yesterday. And it is for that reason that I am proud to present to you: Sonika’s Summer ’08.

Now, all I need to do is find a job.