How Do We Engage in Reading?
When I think of books it brings me a warm feeling only comparable to home. I grew up being a bookworm with only a few friends and plenty of free time. I picked my readings from a not-very-big shelf at home and read them a few times before I called for help. I needed more. My mum gave me a library card and a monthly subscription to a bookstore where you could choose and buy a book of your liking. That way J.K. Rowling, Elvira Lindo or Juan Muñoz Martín become and will always be part of my life. My book selection process was as messy as my young mind, but I found something interesting in all of the titles I selected. Some books took me a long time to read and I must admit, there were cases in which I struggled to finish them, but others, most of them actually, were such a short time in my hands that I re-read them to give a proper goodbye. My grandma ignited in me my love for written words. She told me a story every night and when she ran out of adventures, she gave me a book and I...