Is there a better time to be the amateur bookworm than now?

So here goes...I have always wanted to be an avid bookworm...no, I do not mean scientific books or journals or the ones you read to take a test  (since...I am a physician and we are never done with taking exams....ever) but I have always been envious of those who could pick up a novel or a fictional or non fictional book anytime anywhere and just immerse themselves in the story, and let themselves be transported to a different world. Every New Year's Eve, I would put this on my list of things to do but with every passing year I would find some excuse to pass this habit off. I know its almost May of 2020 and some may say its too late for a new year's resolution. But guess what? Maybe it's the COVID pandemic that's given me more time to think or maybe it's this sudden realization that life is short and there are so many great books and authors out there, wanting to share their story, their lives, their struggles, their victories, there fears, there strengths with us. So, holding on tight to this new zest that I seem to have contracted. I have decided to dive in and start my journey as "The amateur bookworm". In this blog, I plan to share the books that I read and how they have impacted me. I may also share my favorite lines or quotes from the book I read. Hopefully you, my readers will help me stay sincere and true to my promise that I have made to myself and in exchange you can travel with me on this journey to being enlightened by books! So good luck to myself and let's move on to book number 1.....

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