A Book a Day Will Keep the Doctor Away...

Okay, well maybe it won't, but reading is something that is very healthy for the mind. I have loved to read every since I was young. My mom used to read to me every night before I went to sleep and it was one of the things I looked forward to every day. I think this is where my love for reading came from. There is something about reading a good book that makes me feel good inside. I think this is because I get to escape from my real life into adventures that most people never go on and couldn't even imagine.

There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away,
Nor any Coursers like a Page
Of prancing Poetry.
~ Emily Dickinson ~

The next item on my bucket list is reading Newsweek's Top 100 Books. I actually would only like to read the books of fiction on the list (minus the Shakespeare). It's not that it wouldn't be good for me to read the nonfiction, but I want this to be enjoyable when I have free time. I have read some of the books on the list already, so I think I would like to add a few more, such as: The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo, The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, The Chronicles of Narnia (all of them not just

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) by C.S. Lewis, Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, and Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake. I will probably add more as the years go by and more books come to my attention.

I think reading these books will not only expand my horizons, but also shape me as a person. If these books are considered the best of all time, they must have something in common. I think that one thing is humanity. Most good books I find are loved because they explain the human experience in a profound, yet simple way.