walking on a road with books

Ever since I got the impression, I have a lot of books at home, from children's books, literature to reference books, and sometimes I find books in unexpected places. Like being naughty when I was a child, I always liked to rummage through boxes and cabinets in the name of treasure hunting when adults were not at home. I once found a set of Zhang Ailing's novels published by Crown and small floral covers in the bedside table, or I found a book of "Lu Xun's Novels" in the closet. , A set of Liang Shiqiu's "Elegant House Sketches". Bao didn't dig, but I remembered a lot of book titles and authors that I wouldn't know at that age. Later, books took up too much space, so I started to clean them up one by one. When I saw the book full of books waiting to be taken away, I couldn’t help joking to my family: “Although it has nothing to do with the fragrance of books, we grew up in the pile of books, right? .(laugh)"

In Matters, I have seen a lot of articles discussing the reader, saying that it is light, comfortable, and has less physical cost, and the price is relatively cheap. The host of Podcast programs that I usually listen to also made a point that I cannot help but agree with. He said: "Reading is not innate." It is a skill developed with the evolution of the times. In the era of convenience, paper books will gradually be eliminated. Despite these truths, I couldn't help sticking to the old-fashioned books. I liked the feel of flipping through and the smell of paper, as well as the delicate printed cover, as if holding a small world in my hand.

I also often think about how to define a book. Even if there is no utilitarian requirement for a book, not every book is worth reading, and even some books require enough experience to understand, otherwise, it is like a net beauty going to a scenic spot to check in, just looking at flowers. When I cleaned it a year ago, I sorted out the books at home. Looking up at the whole cabinet of books, in fact, many books are no longer read, but after time and time again, they will always remain. Carefully remove the entire grid of books in sequence, wipe off the dust accumulated in the cabinet with a rag, and then slowly return the books to their original positions after the moisture dissipates. During the process, I inexplicably remembered a plot from the American drama "The Good Doctor". The protagonist Murphy talked to others about his deceased younger brother. He first talked about the weather and smell of that day without a clue, and finally mentioned his younger brother. I can't help but feel that these books in front of me are somewhat similar to the insignificant fragments in the play. The content is not the key point, but the marking points of the book itself representing memory. For example, the yellowed Harry Potter Complete Works is my first pure-text novel. I was so enthusiastic that I followed the progress of the author's release every year. surprise. Or maybe that copy of Alexandre Dumas's "The Three Musketeers" was selected in the school bookstore when attending an important graduation ceremony, and the thick and thick sets of "The Story of Monte Cristo" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" were never My grandfather, who loves to read books, only brought books recommended for his grandson to read. There are also two "Twilight" books that I feel ashamed now on the bookshelf next to them, which were purchased with pocket money sponsored by my grandmother.

There are also several out-of-print books, a set of Grimm's Fairy Tales with one missing volume, and several world famous books. "Grimm's Fairy Tales" spent my elementary school years with me in the era when mobile phones and translation machines were not popular. In addition to textbooks and dictionaries, there were two other books in the drawer of the school at that time. At the end of class, I automatically took out this set of books from the drawer and started eating. That's when I learned that "Hans" was the name of the market in Grimm's fairy tales. Growing up, I always wanted to make up the whole set of books. It's a pity that the General Publishing House is no longer there. The only time I went to a second-hand bookstore was to see Lianguang publishing books by the same translator, but the bookstore was unwilling to sell them separately. I didn't expect that this hesitation was really missed. (About this set of books: https://tysharon.blogspot.com/2020/07/blog-post_13.html )

Before accepting a text-only novel, I had a vexatious transition period, wishing the story wasn't condensed and without illustrations. My family couldn't beat me, so they had to accompany me to the bookstore to pick out books. On the shelves of the world literature category, I found the commercial publication of "Little Women". Unlike ordinary books, it uses illustrations to supplement the annotations, and the focus is still on color. But later, I was anxious to know whether the heroines Qiao and Luo Li would be together.

Until now, I always choose a few books to read every month, but when I'm busy, I have to order books online. Instead, bookstores and libraries have become a luxury and leisure that I only go to for a long time. And the form of books is constantly changing, from algorithm association to online recommendation, as well as the rise of audiobooks and critical review books, such memories of books will one day disappear with the absence of paper?

Finally, I put on a nice song, which is the soundtrack of the book-related movie "The Bookshop".