a brooding bookworm.

anyone who knows me well enough knows i'm a bookworm. i used to devour 8 books or so a week but for now, i indulge in occasional articles because my appetite for loaded books has since shrunk. not because i've lost it, but just because my brain juices are in dire need of refueling. but a good article is definitely worth feasting on. and time and time again, i get tempted to snack on articles that are worthless in reading calories yet yummy nonetheless.

such addictive yet brainless articles are highly viral over the internet nowadays, the more controversial, the faster it circulates. while i don't actively search for or follow sites, i admit that interesting titles that chance by me several times do eventually catch my eye. these are but a few. (no credits because i'm unable to find the true authors).

17 Problems Only Book Lovers Will Understand 

 (i only extracted that 7 that were particularly relevant)

1. When someone asks you what your favorite book is and expects you to pick just one. - how can you only pick one?!?! there are wayyyy too many good books out there! but since this is such a cliched question, i've prepared a standard answer - Marley & Me. because.. well, if you know me, you'll know why (:

2. When someone interrupts your reading. Because, really, a book is basically a Do Not Disturb sign. - DUH. i abhor (yes, i know it's a strong word) being interrupted. can't you see i've my eyes locked into the book?! never, ever interrupt a bookworm guzzling a book. won't be a pretty sight.

3. When the movie version of a book gets everything wrong. - always, always, always gets me disappointed. like Animal Farm and Marley & Me to name a few(and even Princess Diaries, if i must say, even if it was a REALLY long time ago)! HOW COULD YOU?!?!

4. And completely ruins your mental images of characters. - they just aren't who they're supposed to be. you know??

5. When someone you like tells you they don’t like to read. - i just sigh. because you don't know what you're missing out on. it's like how you tell me how much i'm missing out because i don't eat sashimi.

16. When no one gets your obscure literary reference. - they're just on another wavelength, no matter how hard i try.

17. When someone says you read too much. Because you know there’s no such thing as too many books. - though it's been awhile since i've heard that, it's the truth and nothing but the truth.

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oh, and then i'm a sucker for prose that so eloquently flatters me. HAHAHA.

"If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours but she will always come back to you. She’ll talk as if the characters in the book are real, because for a while, they always are.

You will propose on a hot air balloon. Or during a rock concert. Or very casually next time she’s sick. Over Skype.

You will smile so hard you will wonder why your heart hasn’t burst and bled out all over your chest yet. You will write the story of your lives, have kids with strange names and even stranger tastes. She will introduce your children to the Cat in the Hat and Aslan, maybe in the same day. You will walk the winters of your old age together and she will recite Keats under her breath while you shake the snow off your boots.

Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colourful life imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you’re better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads.

Or better yet, date a girl who writes."

beautiful isn't it?

i've a penchant for splendid words.

they're wonderful gems.