Five-star Read

(The book in question is “There are Rivers in the Sky” by Elif Shafak)

I am that hopeless bookworm who can get

Lost in the pages of a book and forget

The passage of time and the world around me

I can get transported to a world imaginary

In an instant if the story holds my attention

Breaking that spell needs extraordinary intervention

Until I have turned the last page of the book

Outside the confines of the pages I hardly look

I can read to the exclusion of food and rest

Unlimited time in reading I can invest

If I find a book that has the potential

To touch my soul- it becomes a need essential

To read the book cover to cover in one session

My zest for reading morphs into borderline obsession..

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When I read a book that has such power over me

I cannot help but feel a sense of melancholy

As I reach the last few pages signaling the inevitable end

Of the book, I find myself wishing I could extend

The book by a few pages so I would not

Have to leave the world in my current thoughts..

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I have finished reading the book and I find

Myself with a hangover, the book still occupies my mind

I congratulate the writer in my head and proceed

To post my review categorizing it as a five-star read