READING IS MY SAFE KIND OF HIGH.
It takes me on a journey into the mind of the writer and get me to
experience different cultures, go places in my mind, taste food I
haven't seen but can feel from the writers words. Reading dares me to
grow, it allows me to experience multiple realities and challenges my
perspective. Reading African Literature or stories allows me relate to
the people in the book more than I would relate to other books.
I am not saying authors that are not African are not good story
tellers, I find that I can connect to African stories in one way or
another because most times, there are my reality. When the Author says
something about their mothers, or an old aunt, a lover, or one food or the
other, I can picture my own life because there would be something that
reminds me of a friend, mother, aunt lover or myself, just from reading
the book. And even at times when it is not my reality, I know it is a
reality of someone close, a neighbour maybe.
I read other genres too because reading is not only about connecting. It
is also about going on an exciting, entertaining, educative, and
imaginative journey into the mind of the author and seeing all that they
want you to see and feel. Hoping their words strikes familiar chords in
your mind. For 2022, I set out to read 120 books and have read 14 and
counting,
see the list here.
It is not a do or die affair, so, even if I can't read up all of my 120
books target, I would be grateful for all the exciting journeys I embarked
on.
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