Childhood Memories of Books I Enjoyed

My love for reading had started since I was a kid. I read anything that was available around the house. From my older relatives' college books to the magazines and brochures that my parents brought from their work place. Everything was just so interesting. Each reading material opened up a new world for me. So I devoured everything I could lay my hands on.

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I remember specifically 5 books that I really enjoyed reading back then and one of them remains one of my favorites even until now. I'm sure some people can relate to some of them and some of them might be quite surprising for a kid to read too.

"Surreal" Celebrates the Beauty of Love Amidst the Sadness

Most of the songs we hear on popular streaming platforms right now are pop songs that we can dance to; that energizes us throughout our day, and/or that lets us vent out our anxieties and stress either through aggressive lyrics, melodies or instrumentation.  

But there is music out there that lets us feel the beauty of love and loving in a calm, gentle way even amidst negative emotions without being preachy or condescending. They are rare but they exist and I'm glad I found one in Justin's (of SB19) song "Surreal".

The Magic Path of Intuition: Small Book, Majorly Enlightening

There are books that inspire you to dream big - and then there are books that teach you how to make your dreams come true - and that is the book we all need to read. 

A small, cute book that can change your life.

The Magic Path of Intuition by Florence Scovel Shinn is that kind of book and I'm loving not just the ideas in it, but the creativity behind the physical book itself.

Memory of Books and Pressed Flowers

One of my earliest childhood memories with books is using small flowers and leaves instead of a bookmark to mark the page where I stopped reading. And as children do, I forget that I wanted to finish a book as I got distracted with school and playing games with other kids. 

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Then, when I finally find my way to the book again, the flowers are already dried and pressed - a beautiful decoration, and still a functional bookmark. So I kept them in the book even after I've finished reading it.