I have this terrible tendency to get so enveloped in a book that it actually becomes my life (in my head).
I just finished reading The Good Wife Strikes Back. I think I might have liked it, but I'm not really sure. It surely made my life rather disconcerting for a week or so. And it really really made me want to drink wine all. of. the. time.
I loved the way the author writes, and I loved all this crazy underlying symbolism in like, every sentence.
However, I'm pretty sure that I am a sommelier, my father just died, I'm a trophy wife to a politician, and I have a really clean fancy house. And I eat bacon and bread and tea all the time.
reality: I don't know wine (I like pinot noir- that's all I know), my dad is kickin', I'd be a trophy wife if I got out of my pajamas at a decent hour, my house is neither clean nor fancy. It's debatable whether or not I eat bacon, bread and tea all of the time. Most of the time would be more suitable to say.
I also realize that I'm writing like an English woman. Terrible? Disconcerting? Rather? Suitable? uh huh.
Books affect me this way, too! And movies! Whenever I see one that takes place in Ireland, I can barely contain my intense craving for a Guinness!!
ReplyDeleteI love reading...especially right now, I'm going through this weird reading kick and I've gone through 3 pretty good books. Now I'm starting Life of Pi and it's pretty interesting. Unlike any I've read.
ReplyDeleteIf you want a good book, Tales of a Female Nomad by Rita Goldman Gelman. It's an AMAZING book, definitely in my top 2 choices.
Hope you're doing well:)
Mmmmmmm I'd read that book just for the bacon. Bacon's gooooooood.
ReplyDeleteOMG, Kiera, I do this too!!! It's pretty much why I got so pissed off when I had to read "Clay's Quilt" for my book club...because then I started talking about an eastern KY hick. I HATE that. I'd rather talk like the English!! But I get so absorbed in a really good book that I take on the personalities and speaking styles of the characters. It's very creepy. But it has to be a REALLY good book. It's been a little while since I've done that. But it absolutely happened when I read "Eat, Pray, Love." Or maybe I just drank a lot more wine and ate a lot more pasta. At any rate, I tend to think that everyone else's culture is WAY more exciting and interesting than my own. But in the Italians' case, I'm pretty sure it's true.
ReplyDeleteYou remind me that i jave bunch of fun books and ebooks i can't read right now because of my thesis project *sigh*
ReplyDeleteThat'd be quite fun (or scary??) if i egt so enveloped in all the books i recently read, i mean it's all about typology in literature and linguistic, narration and oh well... Their freaking friends, lol
I love books that can do that! I'll have to check that one out because being a sommelier would be amazing.
ReplyDeleteHahaha I love books that make me think I'm someone else. The problem is when the hero is like an awesome perfect guy and my bf is being stupid that day. Then I'm like 'what the bunk why cant you be like Enrique!!!'. not fair,, but life.
ReplyDelete2 posts in one day? I suppose makes up for the lack of Awesome Kiera this week! Glad to know you were just thinking about tea :)
ReplyDeleteThis is so me, too. I get really involved in books and then get them confused with my own life. I will sit and think about the characters or what's going to happen next. Hubby wonders why I'm so lost in thought all the time! I love the fancy words, bring em on!
ReplyDeleteI do the same thing! I lapse back into really vivid dreams too. Just this morning I was sure there were no quarters in my purse due to the fact that I had to give all my change to the homeless man in my dream last night.
ReplyDeleteI heart tea. A LOT. Oh, and wine. Love, love, love wine. I'm thankful that while MO may not be known for it's wine, there are a ton of local vinyards that produce super yummy bottles.
hahaha. I'm a twitard... and I walked around as if I were Bella when I was reading those books. Like I was pretty sure my boyfriend was a vampire that sparkled in the sunlight.
ReplyDeleteLOL! I've done this! For a very long time I dreamed about becoming a New Zealand citizen because I read a good book that took place there! I had my heart set on moving there!
ReplyDeleteI think this is why my husband hates me to read. He claims we can be in the same room, but I'm in another world.
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