Tuesday, December 11, 2012

When I Read A Book


While reading I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, I came across this sentence and I loved it, so I wanted to share it here:

When I read a book, I put in all the imagination I can, so that it is almost like writing the book as well as reading it -- or rather, it is like living it. 

I love this idea that reading is just as active as writing.  As living.

9 comments:

  1. Great observation. Joining into the mind of the writer is a thrill.

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  2. Ah, love that, Melissa. Perhaps that is why we'll read a passage over and over, trying to capture the moment for ourselves.

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  3. When a book is so good, I forget I'm even reading, that's when I know it's got me.

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  4. I love that book! I read it in my mother/daughter book club. I don't know anyone else who has read it.

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  5. That's ME! I've always felt I lived at book rather than just reading it! That quote's going in my journal.

    P.S. Thanks for your kind words on my blog today. It was a vulnerable post for me and your words sank into my heart. *hugs*

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  6. Perfect! So true that reading really is active...you engage yourself when opening a book and entering its pages.

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  7. Yup, that's perfect. :) That's usually me and my phone. I read while seated :) haha

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