Today I will write about my reading in the past. The fact is that I wrote in one of my previous posts, named “Writing,” that in the years of study (1992 – 2009), I read somewhat reluctantly.
Now I believe that I wrote not entirely right. Indeed, there were some exceptions regarding my reading in the past. In today’s post, I would like to write about what exclusions I meant in terms of what books I read during my educational time.
First of all, probably the most important book for me was Tolkien’s “The Hobbit, or There and Back Again” and “The Lord of the Rings.”
If I remember correctly, I read these astonishing fantasy novels in 1998 (when I was thirteen years old). The interesting is the fact that I read the same magical stories for the second time in 2011. It was the time when I had a leg injury, about which I already wrote in the past. Of course, I plan to do it once more. Still, for today, I have too many other books that are waiting to be read. During my educational time, I also read Andrzej Sapkowski’s books on “The Witcher.” I read them long before the hero of the Polish fantasy king began to conquer Netflix. I read Sapkowski’s books about The Witcher shortly after I finished reading Tolkien in 1999-2000.
I also remember that in the years of my education in elementary and high school, I liked most to read not schoolbooks but historical textbooks.
Does it mean that I did not read any school books? No. I read some of them. Nevertheless, I am convinced that if schoolbooks, in general, would be similar to Taschen books, probably more kids would read them. I already wrote about it in one of my previous posts, named “Schoolbooks.” Enough writing for today. I am getting back to my current reading Taschen books.
