Competing Books

My books are competing with each other and it is driving me spare. First Book One siddles up next to me and whispers sweet nothings in my ear, so I pick it up, caress its spine and gently open it up. For a while it has all my attention and keeps me interested. Without warning and with no prompting on my part another Book comes flirting into my life. Book One is abandoned with no more thought than a bookmark and Book Two has captivated me. Book One sits there in plain site, forlornly, making me feel completely guilty so I pick it up again and start the affair all over. Book Two screams at me that I mustn't be so fickle. I must make a choice between the two and stick to it. Book Three is hiding just behind the alarm clock and springs out at me as I set the time for an early rise and being the irresolute reader that I am, I start to read a third novel. All this time my Kindle is patiently waiting in my bag for me to toss aside these old fashion paper models, come to my senses, and read the e-book novel I have been promising myself for years.

They argue, they interupt each other and I am not a good arbitrator. I am stuck between covers and don't know which page to turn.

Habibi by Craig Thompson won the first round. The graphic novel of a fictional islamic world in which two children find each other only to go their separate ways, unwillingly, lead lives of desperate desperation, and come together again to find an uneasy love. This is a terrible story which is superbly illustrated. It is so hard to read at times but it is so worth continuing along the journeys of these worthy people. Please do yourself the favour of reading this novel if you ever get the chance.

Now that Habibi has been read it has traveled far away from me and is in the arms of another lover. Stephanie Plum snuck in there with Explosive Eighteen as a quick non-committed relationship. It is the same as all the others in the series, good for a one night stand.

Now it is Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs that has me in bed early for the past few nights, and lingering in the mornings as well for some fun in the sack. I think I am in love but, I'm sure, it will also be a short affair. This book is wonderful fun and I'll tell you why when it has finally been spent and leaves my bed like all the others before it.

I am having a long distant relationship with Patrick White and his Aunt's Story right now - it is on the floor. Its not that I don't love it, I do, deep down inside. Its just that it is so serious and I feel like a little fun and light reading.

University starts up in a couple of weeks and then it will be all work and no play for this girl. I am actually looking forward to being involved again. It will be my last literature class and I mean to stay completely true to the syllabus for at least the next 6 months so all the little affairs will have to be put on hold until the next semester break. I'm sure they will still be sitting there ready to tempt me when I get back.