The blessed chloroform of the mind.

I am the kind of girl who will sit up all hours of the night to read a book.

And no, I'm not reading Twilight. I'm reading Anna Karenina by Tolstoy. Before everybody goes and points out that it's not exactly "light summer reading", I know. But the summer is the only time when I actually have time to read and I'm not about to waste that precious precious time reading cheesy romance novels, crappy mystery thrillers, or young adult series. I can honestly destroy (and by destroy I mean finish) one of those in hours. So I figure that my time would be better spent on something with more substance, or a better story.

I love a good story.

Don't get me wrong......I'm all for those young adult books like Harry Potter and Twilight simply for the fact that it gets people to actually sit down and read. I love that people clog stores and stay up all hours of the night not only for video games and movies, but also for books. I've also read some of these books and found that they're not for me.

I guess everyone has their own preferences. I guess I'm a book snob.

A brief note on Amazon's Kindle. I find that it's a fantastic idea and great also for getting people to read, BUT once again not for me. I guess along with being a book snob, I'm also a little old fashioned in the fact that when I'm reading, I like to feel the pages between my fingers. Also, staring at a computer screen for too long is bad for your eyes, and one of my biggest fears is losing my eyesight.