Answers and Books

Here I am writing much sooner than I intended to. I was thinking I would post again only when I go home.

To: "let me think" - If you have a blog URL or an email address, could you give it to me as it would be easier for me to reply to your comments.

In my last post I deliberately left out the list of my actual problems, and exactly why I want to change. First off, I have no intentions of boring people to death by telling them about my problems, trust me, they're quite boring, and I do have better things to write about than my problems. Secondly, there are certain personal things I would prefer not writing about in this blog, and the fact is that everyone has a personal life. If ever I want to write about any problems I'm going through, I will just write about them.

If you're wondering why I wrote the last post if I had no intentions of writing about my problems, then go back and read the last paragraph. I specifically asked for advice on how I should go about becoming more optimistic and gaining some self confidence...

Anyways, on Facebook I joined a book club - BBC Big Read. I have read quite a few books out of the list of 200 books, and there are a lot of books I want to read. Lord of the Rings topped the list, and I was really happy about that considering the fact that it's my favorite book. There was this one book I had been looking for (which was also on that list), and I finally found it on DC++, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. I've already read five chapters, and I'm eager to read more (but with exams just around the corner...).

I had heard about the book a long time ago, when I was reading Oscar Wilde's biography. It was a very controversial book at the time it was written, but now it is considered one of the "Modern Classics". What I love about the book so far is Oscar Wilde's style of writing, it's brilliant the way he describes things and the ideas he puts forth (though I may not agree with them as such). I can't wait till I'll get to finish reading the book, I'm addicted to it.

Books (as in novels) remind me, often I've seen in peoples' profiles that they say "books, no way!", or something along the same lines. Obviously they write that because they think that reading books is not cool, and that only geeks read books. I've always thought it's very stupid of people to not read books because they think that books are uncool. It's a very different matter if someone doesn't have time, or can't sit through a book, but if someone thinks that reading books is not cool, they're just hopeless. Reading is a really good habit, not only because it helps improve language and communication skills, but also because they make one more intelligent and expand one's imagination. According to me, they're very good stress busters as well; just sitting back and reading a nice book always leaves me tension free for a while.