What Has Love For Novels Gotten You Into?

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Uzygirl, I have that book. One book i actually BOUGHT. I can't read it, it smells Awful!!! And i mean that literally. I forced myself to read through chapter one. I just stopped, I said, wtf!! Hell with it. Btw, it didn't get my attention that much.

@ify2love2,
I can only imagine what that ogbonno soup would have looked like. And the rest of the family going to bed without dinner too. I've never had that kind of 'priviledge" myself ( ie, to keep my family hungry because of reading  ).

But when i was in secondary school, I was supposed to cook palm kernels and keep in the freezer in preparation for "banga" soup the for following day. After clearing the kitchen that night, I put on the pressure cooker, picked up a novel, and forgot all about what I was cooking!!!!

God saved us that day, because I left the cooker on overnight! The kerosine dried out in the stove and that's probably what helped, and the pressure cooker was damaged beyong repair.

I can still hear the ringing in my ears from the slap my mum gave me that day. I expected more beating oh, but both parents decided that being alive to dwell on the possible consequences of being absent minded when reading was enough for me.
But even that has not stopped me.

When I saw all the hype being raised, I thought Zane was the Zane Grey I know --  author of Riders of the Purple Sage and The UP Trail. Turns out Zane is a Black American erotic author. . . that's definitely not up my alley   

NOTHING!!! the thing is that, i'm not into novels! 

when i was back in nigeria i loved reading novels i could read it anywhere in d toilet on the assembly ground in school but when my family moved to spain they have limited books in english all of them are in spanish and they are not as interesting as reading it in english but i've read all the ones in english like 5 times especially the romance ones

yeah and once i got in to trouble with a teacher back in nigeria i was reading one big sillowhette and i used a paper to cover the front because it wasn't really good and i wrote eze goes to school on it and when my teacher asked me "nancy whats this ,  i said its eze goes to school miss,  then she was like hmmmm , i just kept starring at her looking soo innocent¨{i got this innocent look that even the coldest heart will melt lol } then she was like ok you can go i know u are not capable of reading al those books that jumoke and the rest reads,  after that i became very careful

We could form the Nairaland Book Freaks Club  .

Freaks are special, because they're not like anyone else. 

I fyou've followed my replies from the beginning of the thread, you'll know I'm a very avid reader.

The freaks club would not be as bad as a Nerds Club and the name definately sounds bettert than Bookworms!!! or does it? who is a freak anyway?
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To all the book lovers (or is it freaks) in nairaland, More oil to your wheels.

 I remember my mum used to be so mad at me because when I start I can't stop. I used to evade house chores like crazy. Anyways now that I wotrk full time I don’t have that much time to read again but I read in traffic (in the bus). My favorite author really is Judith Krantz author of mistrals daughter, princess daisy, il take mahanttan, scruples 1 and 2. The woman is just the bomb. I also like Danielle Steele, John Grisham, Sidney Sheldon. I remember the days I used to do M and B like shit. Mehn iv read a lot of novels in my life time. Still have a lot. Who can remember flowers in the attic and petals in the wind?

 Shey? I remember the addiction to m&b. anytime I read them now (2.30hrs max). I just smile because its all the same story line. But what the heck. It was fun. Still is. But the bigger ones are more worthy of my while

~It was hard enough hiding Temptations N Mills N Boon from my ma~the covers werent deceiving anyone either!!

~My love for Enid Blton~Sweet valley high was long dwindled,i was more intrigued with reading romance novels N that was defo a no-no!!

~The nites i spent under the covers w/ touchlight reading these novels,thank God my eyesight is still intact!! they were in such high demand u had to get it back to who ever borrowed u because the book would have passed through God knows how many hands already!!

~I remember the first time my ma caught me w/ one,she warned me,i wasnt old enough to read these books,i must ave been nine/ten N i was never to be seen w/ one again,i was so defiant this made me want to read more N more,i cudnt get them off the library so i had to rely on other kids in school to borrow!!

~Suffice to say after i'd been warned by my mum,the next time she caught me w/ a temptation novel which was prolly less thn a week after i was warned ,she didnt hesitate to tear it apart, TROUBLE!!! people book!!! i wasnt going to own up to say my ma tore the book,i cudnt come up w/ any reasonable excuse/reasons for me not returning the book either,noow the boy who borrowed me this book was having serious pressures from who ever borrowed him,they ended up coming to my house ,aah wan die!!! that was the first i experienced EMBARASSMENT ,did i mention i had a crush on this boy ,my ma slapped me in front of this boy N co.  gave them such a scare,lol,it wasnt funny then u knw,she strictly warned them not to borrow me any novels!!!

~I cudnt avoid facing Hilary that was his name ,we were in the same class,i avoided eye contact w/him,that was a shame,because i really liked him wondered if he ever told anyone about my ma's reaction,i never spoke to him about it,my ma paid for the book,but it wudnt be the only book she'll tear apart,hard as i tried to find a hiding place she always finds them,it got to a point i thought she must have some magic i wasnt aware of,i bet she prolly use to hide in the same places i did anyhow she tore evry novel she found  N wait for the owners to show up by then i'd learned my lesson not to borrow off people who knew where i lived

~Needless to say i was mostly paying for some torn~up book w/ my lunch {bribe},personal stuff ma ma wudnt notice missing,N on a few occassion my allowance that is~ if the owners were adamant N i wanted to avoid another slap or cellotaping the ones that were just torn in the middle!!

~It was all worth it thu,i'd do it again

is like we er related

The highest point in my life was to spend most of my pocket money (starving myself )on renting romance novels, this was after high school!!!!!!!!!!!

It all started in primary school, then it was fairy tale stories and Nigerian story books like the drum, Ifeanyi and Obi etc. This initiated the madness for novels. My elder sister just got into high school and she brought back novels with her, like the gremlins and Little women. The annoying thing was that she didn't want me to read them, so she hid them . But I found and stole those books, though she caught me various times, I was driven by a force to read all . Mills and Boon, harlequin, silhoutte, mingled their way into my life and I was stuck through out high school not forgetting James Hardley Chase 

I will confess, I stole some books from friends and non friends!!! Especially when we neared vacation periods in school. I had to do it because, I knew that there was no way I would have any association with the outside world during holidays, so I had to keep myself company. 

missing classes to be in the library while in secondary schl gettn me in trouble with geography and mathematics teachers.not driving to london from manchester and opting for the train and its attendant inconviniences to read novels and blaming myself when rushing for the underground lol