When you finish a book, do you ever get that heaviness in your heart because the ending was so well written? But then do you also get that pit in your stomach because it ended and you are still longing for something more; for the story to keep going so that you can experience it all again? The ending included?!
But then, inevitably that ending will leave you wanting more too, so you will never get what you crave the most: a life exactly as it is described in the book.
So, like any logical person, you try to find another book that will give you that same feeling, because let's face it...once a book ends, that's it. There is nothing more for the author to tell (according to them of course). Even though we all know that readers can add pages and pages of extra information as seen evident in fan-fiction.
This is what I call the infinite cycle of reading.
For serious read-a-holics, we experience these feelings weekly. It is torture and pure happiness all at once. You can only try to describe it, but without exposure to an amazing book, our words will mean nothing to you.
So this is my challenge to you: go home, pick an amazing book, on a weekend read it all (nonstop!), then sit for a few minutes and soak up all the information that was just shoved into your brain. Take a moment; laugh, maybe even cry, or sit with you mouth wide open for a bit. These feelings that you are experiencing is the infinite cycle of reading starting to form.
CONGRATS!!!
You are on the right track to becoming a read-a-holic!
We can only hope that soon we will be able to compare our suffering to yours. Happy Reading!
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