Montesquieu, a French thinker, said: "To love reading is to turn the lonely time in life into a huge Guang Chen." I like reading, and books are my spiritual pillar. Reading has continuously enriched my thinking, refined my vocabulary, broadened my "writing path", and gradually made me step into the ranks of writers who love to write articles and books from reading.
"There is no waste paper for a hundred years, so paper has its fragrance." I like reading and collecting books. Although the collection of books is not rich, its fascination with books is second to none among rural families. The price of books is so high that I can't buy too many books to fill the dry bookcase. So, I immersed myself in the existing library resources and looked for fun in the library. Some of my books were bought by myself, some were presented by literary friends, and some were sample books sent by various publishing agencies after the article was published. Therefore, my own books are divided into three categories: those bought with money, those given by literary friends and those containing works.
Bought books. This kind of books mainly include China's classical Four Great Classical Novels, up and down five thousand years and other literary masterpieces. Literary classics should not have too many "flaws". If you want to hide them, you must hide the genuine ones. Nowadays, the best-selling literary books on the market are confusing and difficult to distinguish between true and false. I don't want to buy cheap books, but pay attention to less and better. Searching for books in second-hand bookshops is the main way for me to buy books. Indulge in those old books that are rich in layout and published earlier, and you will often get something. Liu Yangdong's Future Outlook of Intellectuals in the 1930s-China of Dreams, Xu Yifa's collection of essays, My Heart is Eternal, and Zhang Yongshun, President of Shandong Prose Society, are all my favorite prose classics in Yu Ben, which I found when I visited the second-hand bookstall.
Books presented by literary friends. I have made many friends in recent years, including local friends around me and foreign friends I met online. When literary friends publish books, most of them give generously at the first time. There are poems, novels and essays, especially essays. I always browse the books sent by my literary friends in the shortest time, and some of them have to take them with me and enjoy them at any time. For the books presented by literary friends, what makes me feel most cordial is the author's signature book. It is a great happiness to get a book signed by the author. Every time I get a book signed by the author, I will more or less leave some ink after reading it to show my gratitude to the author. Received a collection of poems named Born in July signed by Mr. Li, editor-in-chief of Dalian Network Works. After reading it, he wrote "Building a House with Heart" and published it in the "Miscellaneous Comments" column of the first issue of Network Works magazine in 20 10. Received a collection of signed essays "That Bunch of Muxianghua" sent by Mr. Xiong Meisheng in Nanjing. After reading it, it was written as "Fresh and Elegant Muxianghua", which was included in the special feature "Muxianghua" edited by Mr. Xiong Meisheng and published on Sina and Netease blogs respectively. Zhou Shenbao, a well-known prose writer and editor-in-chief of Watching the Moon Literature in Laiwu, presented books such as The Year of Destiny, Holding up the Tomorrow's Sun, Selected Prose of Watching the Moon Literature, and the early trilogy of Nostalgia for the Earth, Nostalgia for Yinshan and Nostalgia for Wenhe. After reading it, he wrote three poems:
one
I attached a stamp to the soil, and my homesickness was fragrant.
I am busy with landscape creation, and Yinshan Wenhe is catching up.
two
Knowing destiny is full of energy, and the author of the book admires it.
Full Moon Literature Journals Create New Hope for Tomorrow.
three
Calm and spontaneous, you know your destiny and work hard.
Sowing life is fruitful and won the praise of literati.
I got two books, the novel The Season of Wheat Ripe by Teacher Zhou Shenbao and a collection of short stories signed by the beautiful writer Leng Mei. I don't like reading novels, but I can't extricate myself from touching stories. I finished reading the 200-page "Wheat Mature Season" in one breath, and also ruminated on individual chapters. The Agreement with Orchids by Leng Mei is a collection of short stories, but each article is full of prose charm. Instead of reading it in one breath like the season when the wheat is ripe, read it at will like reading exquisite prose and taste it slowly.
A book containing works. There are not many books containing my own works, but I cherish them. Every book is regarded as a "treasure". Some of these books were selected in the essay competition with their own works and won prizes, such as the Special Issue of Essays on Canal Culture edited and published by the Propaganda Department of Taierzhuang District, Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province, and the outstanding works of the Moon Cup National Poetry Competition edited and published by Moon Literature Society. Some books are publicly solicited, such as Landscape in Memory and Blog Soul Ranch (prose volume) edited by Shandong Prose Society. Selected Essays of Yimou, Collected Essays of Moon Literature and Selected Essays of Moon Literature edited by Moon Literature Society; Gangcheng District Political Consultative Conference compiled "Gangcheng Literature and History" and so on.
My library is hidden for reading and has nothing to do with the collectors' "collection". No matter how good the book is, it can't catch up with the woodpile. Based on this, each of my books is also a good book that I can never get tired of reading. Books are just for reading a hundred times, and books are just for fun.