Hi my name is Siboe. I am nineteen years old and I have never lived.
If you met me you would say I’m boring as hell because you dear reader are exciting. Whether you are a middle aged parent who wishes their teenage monster would actually listen to you when you tell them that they don’t have to make the same mistakes you did( and boy, did you make mistakes?) when you were young and thought that being rebellious was the way to roll. Or maybe, you are the teenager that is always out every Friday night, is never short of friends (because, come on, who does not like you? You’re cool) and thinks that their parents really need to “ chill ” and let you just make your own mistakes because they were also young once upon a time(even if it was a thousand years ago)and you know they were not as boring as they are now. Perhaps you are the techno whizz who thinks that books are a thing of the past because why should we be wasting time reading when we can learn even more about the world through computers and social media.
What I am trying to say is unlike you, dear reader, I am not interesting or cool enough to join you in your circle of friends and tell stories of wild and worldly adventures along with you because to be honest, I don't have any. I am the kind of girl who would rather sit in a quiet corner all by herself and read the whole day only standing up for food and water. I love to shut the world out and listen only to the characters as they tell me their story and I love it when the the book makes me feel emotions I wouldn't dare let out for the real world to see or when I learn something about myself in the process. I will also shamelessly admit to throwing my paperbacks in the air quite a few times because I was angry at a character( in my defence though, the heroines are always trying to get themselves killed).
Reading to me is almost as natural as breathing. Once I get a my hands on a piece of writing I become lost to the world as I absorb the information that is being offered to me. I find that reading provides an escape for my problems. It calms me down and helps me come with an imaginary world where I can go when the world becomes too much for me. I find comfort in adopting the worlds I visit in books as home because from that point of view everything seems possible. They make me believe that even a black girl like me can shake up the system and slay dragons that have the world's bravest knights cowering in fear. I guess that's the answer to the question I could never answer throughout all my high school years. If only they gave me a pen and paper I could have attempted to make them understand.
The downside to having this book addiction( Bet you thought it was all rosey.'), is that not all the books I have read were good. In fact, some were downright terrible and I thought I would never get over the trauma of being exposed to such garbage.
Now see, for an addict like me this is only a small setback but maybe for you it may be too much. Before you rethink the whole idea of reading allow me to assist you by reviewing the books I read to let you know what I think about them. I promise that through my blog I will give you my honest opinion and a slight summary of the books I have read so that you , dear reader , can enjoy the experience of reading just like I have.
