to read or not to read

I am a bookworm.



I read everything that I can lay my hands on. Magazines, trashy novels, newspapers. Anything! My grandfather has instilled in me the value of reading. At an early age, he has shown me his collection of classic novels. I grew up reading Adventures of Tom Sawyer to Gullivers Travels to Alice Through the Looking Glass. When I was older, I went through my grandfather's books and to my delight, I found more interesting books to read. I found an old paperback version of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, a book on Gandhi, and some very old editions of Readers Digest. From then on, I have been a voracious reader. Then I discovered when I was in high school the wonderful world of fashion magazines. Vogue and Seventeen where a monthly read until I learned about Harpers Bazaar, Elle and Marie Claire. I also started reading books by John Grisham and Michael Crichton.



In college, while I got busy with extra-curricular stuff and the night life, I also was discovering things about literature and some authors. I got into reading books by Filipino authors. I immensely enjoyed Nick Joaquin and his historical short stories, the different homecoming stories by Bienvenido Santos, the poignant stories about life by Lakambini Sitoy and all those stories by all these Filipino authors. Thanks to my professor, Mr. Ian Casocot, I was introduced to a new world of autors. Also, my other professor, Prof. Irma Pal, advised me to read books by Robert Ludlum because, according to her, I write like him. But I never really paid much attention to this. I just kept on devouring books.



These are just some of the books that I keep on re-reading. I have shelves upon shelves of books at home and I just cannot seem to note them all down here. These books are the ones you will see on my night stand.

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How about you, what books do you have on your bedside table?