READER’S BLOCK and..

I have a reader’s block, if anything like that exists…
Most of my life, I completely freeked out on books, always got engrossed in them. to an extent I would loose my sleep over it..like most bookies (sad terminology) .
Apart from the usual comics, Tinkle, Archie’s, Tin-Tin, Atreix and Obelix (my fav), as a kid I mostly used to read Famous Five, Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys.later moved onto
Enyid Blyton, one writer who made most of us salivate on Lemonade and candies, and summer time was so eagerly awaited.
This is when my mom started her usual mumblings…during my summer holidays
…………..Or so I remember.
Then it was time to read detective novels, Agatha Christi, Sherlock Homes and James Hadley Chase ruled most of my early teenage life.
The Hound of Baskeville had scared the shit out of me… I was 13 then.
Summer time ..the same mumblings..from amma
Exit Detective Novels.. Enter Thrillers.. hmm say romantic thrillers like Sidney Sheldon .
It was after 4-5 books, I realized Sidney Sheldon is a guy.
Had had enough of thrillers and detective stuff. .
I was totally lost in Daniel Steel, BT Bradford books; Woman of Substance is my Fav from Bradford.
The God Father rulez.. any day
Again mama being her usual self..
Then there was a serious addiction to M&B .I studied in an all-girls college for 2 yrs. it was during then the most of girls in my class were stuck to it, read the same book. and had endless talk about it. Not necessarily M&B all the time infact it was at this time I took into reading Literature. But soon kinda lost interest in them.
After I got into Engg.. it was mix of mostly Best sellers and the most popular fiction .Apart from ugly Engg books. which were worth burning..
I was so totally bugged of them, at that point of time I was seriously thinking of new genre or say different books.
My Mom..was seriously bugging me now..
I happen to read God of Small Things for 2nd time and it was my window towards Indian writers read most of them, Vikram Seth is Brilliant.
But tried hard to read some books by Salman Rushdie but was just not able to continue them. I found them totally clueless and higly boring. not my kinds I guess.
My mum’s mumblings ended here.. So did my college....
“ If u gave in so much interest for school/college books, as much you show for these novels, you would done much better .. or got a rank.. stood first.. blah..blah..blah” .This is what my mum always used to mumble about.. all the time.. same old thing..
And now when I have all the time in the world.. not exactly but at least I have enough time to read .. And I CANNOT READ..
The last book I read was Da Vinci code..
I have no clue what this phenomena is called but.. I just can’t finish a book.. infact cannot read beyond 20-30 pages I did buy a few really really good books.. and I’m not able read any of them..
I tried reading all kinds.. even went back to Enyid Blyton types.. still I just cannot read.
Sigh! Sigh! Sigh! ..Whatever is happening to me.???????????????

I just hope soon, very soon i will be able to come outta this..

Also another thought.. i guess most of ppl of "our" generation more or less had this reading habit, but kids nowadays..apart from play station or any of those computer games i guess they donno anything else..

Think of those days when we played ..Hopscotch ,house-house games with barbies .. ok we girls did that.. , lagoriee, hide n seek.. n lotsa outdoor games which is alien to kids nowadays..
and indoor games were Monoploy , Lotto n stuff..unlike these hi-tec games ,and the fany gizmos..
Honestly i pity these kids.. that reminds someday.. my kid is gonna miss all the fun too.........