My freewrite for today.

Books, books, baba looba looba books books. Lol, this jingle always pops up in my head when I hear the word books. It was the soundtrack of a quiz show I used to watch as a kid and loved it. It stayed with me through all these years and always returns to my awareness whenever I come across the word books lol.

I love reading and books and I have been well-acquainted for a long time now. The first time I read a book was by force. I was only 5 and my mother pressured me to read a story book and kept shoving more in my face so I nurtured the habit of reading books. It was a lovely story about animals and although I hated being pressured to read something that was supposed to be done for leisure, I loved that story and soon that sparked in me the love for reading. To this very day, I am indebted to my mother for being strict with me on building this habit and making me fall in love with reading. I have been avid reader ever since. Read lots of books as a kid. Enid Blyton was my favorite author back then and Famous Five was my all time favorite series.

As I grew older, I took more interest in mystery, suspense and drama and Sidney Sheldon soon became my favorite writer. I also read many other authors and came across Dan Brown when I was 16. Angels and Demons and the Da Vinci Code are two of my most favorite books and two of Dan Brown's best works to date according to me.

Oh and how could I forget my all-time favorite fiction series 'Harry Potter.' Love that book and so happy that Rowling created that series. I so want to keep going but the timer just beeped.