I Read a Book!

In the world of click bait, most people use a catchy fake title to rope people into clicking their article.

The Book

I was on Twitter, yes I'm now on Twitter :) when I saw this:

Individuals/marketers use this sneaky method to lure you to read their article or watch their video, by using a misleading, topic, image or phrase.

I know you hate it, so do I.

But as weird as my clickbaity title sounds I just read a book. It's a straightforward self-explanatory title. I know the title is simple enough to tell you what I did. I read every day, but the bulk of it is either on a mobile phone or a PC.

The ones written on paper, that I read, are not books. You may not see this as a big deal. But it was to me. The last time I read a book had been a long time ago. Don't you read books in school? You may ask. Yes, I do. What then is special about this that we cannot read better news like Kylie Jenner's rumored pregnancy? Yeah, I can't remember the last time I read a book just for the fun of it.

For quite some time most books I read are for academics and other official ones. Calculating and memorizing formulas. But today I read a real book as I raided my dad's old bookshelf.

There is something special about reading a hard copy of a book as against reading it online. The book is old and smelt musty. It had holes in it which makes reading both exasperating and fun as moths have successfully eaten off some portions of the book which makes your brain kick into overdrive to try to guess missing words.





Sherlock Holmes would have been very proud of me today.

The musty smell of this old book by W. Somerset Maugham titled The Magician reminded of some of my Dad's stories. How they used to write letters to the admirers and spraying some lovely romantic perfumes on the paper. There is even a company that makes scented paper. But he told me he prefers to spray his. Lol

Isn't that romantic?

Imagine receiving a perfumed letter from that admirer with him showing off his grammatical expertise, by writing you a romantic letter with, of course, an Oxford Dictionary beside him.

It sure beats a generic chat/SMS with smileys of today.

I would now tell you a little about the book. The book is about a magician, Oliver Haddo, that used his magical powers to marry an aspiring doctor's fiancé (Margaret Dauncey) as a revenge for a punch the doctor (Arthur Burdon) gave him for kicking a dog.

W. Somerset Maugham is a damn good writer, now I could understand my Dad's fascination with his works. Take a moment and read a book today. It sure is fun.

Before I go, I have a little question for you. When last did you pick a hard copy of a book and finished reading it? What is the book's title and what is the story about? Bye

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