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Starting a new
It has been days for me turning that page. I put the full stop on our relationship. You know how difficult it is to move on and start a new life. When there is no further page to turn, you have to accept the end. We had such a good time together. But alas, the journey has its destination. Wait, wasn’t I aware of this destination since the beginning? Ever since I took that first step with her, back of the mind I was always staging for the moment when we reach the end of this road.
Isn’t it obvious for a book? If you open the cover and dived in the amazing world created by an author, there is always “the end” written on the last page of the book. Have you ever felt that you are in the same world with those characters? Witnessing those scenes written on pages in your hand, hearing voices of characters speaking dialogues scripted for them? There are a few books which have taken me in their world. And I must say, they are magnificent. Valentia created by Rajamayyoor Sharma is on top of my head as far as Indian fiction is concerned while James Clavel has taken me to medieval Japan. I have roamed in London with Sherlock and Poirot.
However, the journey in those realms, started from the cover page, has its end marked. The author takes the characters by hand and takes them to their destination by the end of the book. They fulfill their destiny. If a writer chooses to give happy moments at the end, we enjoy them. If it’s a tragedy, characters at least get closure at the end. But hey dude, you forgot to write something for me? What about my destiny at the end? What about my share of the closure? Haven’t you thought about me as an uninvited traveler of this journey when you wrote a book?
This is my condition when I turn that last page of every fascinating book. I need more time to come out of the world between those covers. I know it’s crazy to some other level, but hey my fellow bibliophiles, aren’t we all crazy in the same way? Just like some love yearning person, I fell for a new world. I get pulled to the bookshelf. Aroma of those printed pages always fascinates me. It entices me to pick up a new book and start anew.
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16 responses to “Starting a new”
The exact emotions of every bibliophile, about to finish reading a book.
Beautifully expressed.
And no day could have been better than this (valentine’s day) for posting this.Thanks a ton for the comment. Yes, indeed there won’t be a better occasion than today to share this
The world of books is truly a magic place that can transform our minds. I remember when I first started reading and fell head over heels in love with the world of books!
That first experience of every bibliophile about feeling connected with books is very unique yet very similar. Keep reading, mate! 🙂
Books are a uniquely portable magic, someone once said. They take us on so many journeys but they always come to an end, no matter how much we wish they didn’t!
This was so amazing, at first I thought its a flash fiction slowly realized oh! It’s something I can relate… And there it is about bibliophiles… I really enjoyed this one…
Thanks a lot! Surprises are good for life, I guess… 😉
I am not much into reading books. Though whenever I start reading, I feel as if every moment, every emotion I am into that. I get connected with the character, the incidents which makes reading is a quite different experience.
Oh, yes. I feel the same. While reading the Clifton Chronicles , I actually cried after Harry’s passing as that was the end of the series.
I haven’t read Clifton Chronicles. I would like to read it.
Wow.. That’s exactly what I feel when I complete a book. So aptly described.
My feelings are the same when I am engrossed in a book and it comes to an end. The characters stay with a reader for days to come, until a new book is found. 🙂
Happens the same with me. Last page of every book is like coming out of from an imaginary world back to reality.
So true. It’s difficult to tear yourself away from the characters. But I’ve kind of lost that feeling these days. Not been into reading much. Trying to regain it.
The magical world that books take us to are what I look forward to everytime I take a book out. The last pages are truly a sad emotion that the journey is coming to an end. #tmmreads
Trust me I go similar emotions when I turn the last page of the book. Somehow when it comes to reading I enjoy the hard copy in my hand like you mentioned feel the scent of the pages while reading them 🙂
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