My imaginary universe

I forgot what it was like to read a book just for fun.

And then I remembered - it's wonderful!

As I'm surrounded by dense text heavy required readings for classes, I've let the 'ME books' get pushed to the side. In my week off from classes I took the opportunity to soak in the last half of a book I started months ago... Barbara Kingsolver's Lacuna - great escape book! Telling the story of a young boy growing up between Mexico and the US with Frida Kahlo and Leon Trotsky as role models - a fun way to be immersed in the twists and turns of history.

Reading a "just because" book has an internal focus. It forces you to sit in a quiet space and create an alternate universe that only exists in the space between the pages and your imagination. When I put this into words it sounds so simple and obvious - but it's a luxury 'literary-universe' that I have neglected and I'm thankful that I found it again!