I don't know about all of you, but sometimes, I just need to get away! I mean come on, the house is wreck, there are between 5 and 7 children/grandchildren here most of the time, there are dogs, cats, horses and a goat, and I just need to escape! There are many forms of escape. Some people go on vacations, a cruise, a date night....others choose chemical escapes (I don't approve of those)....there are many ways to escape the hustle and bustle of life. For me, my escape is in books!
I love to read. I read Regency Romance novels frequently. The hero or heroine, ok mostly the heroine, starts out in trouble, because of money or low birth, or rumors Most of the plots are pretty simple....they don't like each other and are thrown together due to undesirable circumstances....eventually they fall in love....(ok sometimes there is some intimate stuff involved here) then through misunderstandings or unforeseen circumstances they don't like each other again...and then in the end all is right with their world, they are pregnant or have a kid and you know they will all live happily ever after in their wonderful mansion or castle or whatever. Is it real...NO, and if I could conjure up spirits from the Regency period I doubt they would tell me their lives were so wonderful...but in MY fantasy world, where I go to escape, that's how it is!
I don't just read romances though. There have been Wizards and Witches and Vampires, Lords, Ladies, Knights, Kings, Queens, and Dukes, Gods and Goddesses and their children in my other world. Sometimes the world as we know it is gone, and people are trying to survive.....sometimes there are animals who help people. I have to say some of my favorite characters in this other world are animals or children of various shapes and sizes.
I read many books, some of them are childrens' books I read to my kids at night, Some of the books I read. are happy and some are heart wrentching and make me cry, sometimes they are from a completely different time and place, from the future or the past. But the most important thing is they take me with them.....
Many of the books I have read been made into movies or television shows that do the same thing...take us to places we never thought we would be, see things we never thought we would , the ghosts, the witches, the costumes, flying cars, whatever, it's another world. It's not my living room filled with toys and laundry and it's not my messy kitchen!
I have to say that I prefer the pictures in my head. Because you see, when a book is well written, I go there in my mind....I am a bystander at the ball, seeing the elaborate dresses and costumes, I am in the stands during a game, I am on the battlefield...I can see it all in my mind, I am there....and Ladies and Gentlemen that is exactly where you should be too! A well written book takes you to places you have never been, days gone by, imaginary places, places that don't even exist yet or maybe never will....but you can see them....you can be a part of that time and place in your imagination. When you see a movie, you see what the Director and Producer want you to see....it's may or may not be what you have seen in your mind...and there is NEVER enough time in a movie to tell the story the way it was told in the book. There are too many details in a well written book that can not be brought out on screen.
So do yourself a favor, if you need to de-stress, go somewhere else, get away from it all....read a book....and see where it takes you! And someday, I hope I will be able to take you there too...I have always wanted to write books, I'm starting with a blog....lets see where it take me!
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