Five books that are magical
Loving books expands your knowledge Base and gives you pleasure. Having read many books, I still revel in books that gave me a sense of wonder when I was a young adult. Those books gave me a warm fuzzy feeling in my stomach and many years later, I still feel the same way just thinking about it. I am particularly enamoured of magical stories. You feel like you travelled to a new colourful country until you finish the book. Between the book covers, I tend to travel read. That out of body experience that makes you feel you are in the setting with all the characters. It’s as if you arrive in LaLa Land and everything is sprinkled in gold dust. Magical. I am a dreamer. I believe those stories I read many years ago have turned me into a storyteller. My fashion forward daughter Donna is also an aspiring writer and her first unpublished novel when she was twelve was a magical book. A place where bad kids are taken to behave themselves. Wonder, magic, nirvana. In times of difficulty, economic downturns and health crisis, magical stories can give us comfort. We leave the reality at least momentarily to help us cope with the present. I have re- read some magical books from my childhood in this pandemic and added others. Everyone must read some magical books at this time. Let’s escape Coronavirus for a while, the data, the deaths, just get a break. It is possible. Here are my recommendations.
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Indeed magic is something that lives in the heart of kids. Everything seems more colourful, more extra. As we grow older we lose our sense of magic But it’s possible to reinvigorate it as an adult to relive it and the reward is unbelievable. I personally re-live my childhood magic through books or movies. This last recommendation combines my love for chocolate and my love for adventure. So in ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ by Roald Dahl, Charlie Bucket a chocolate works in a chocolate factory Willy Wonka played in the movie by the talented Johnny Depp. Although the book was banned in some states because of what some people perceived as animals talking nor being healthy and the death of a spider inappropriate for children, I think it’s a great book for re-living magic. Grab a copy. 4.