Recently, I got to thinking about things I've learned to do from books and learned from books. I already posted a habit I developed while reading on Instagram a week or two ago, and now I'd like to share it on this blog with you as well as things in history I learned from books (aka fun books! Not history books. Lol!) My writing habit. As I mentioned earlier, I developed a good habit from a book I read, pictured here below. I'll give an excerpt from the scene while you try to guess what the habit is. ;) *"The Judgment" by Beverly Lewis* (from pg 250-251) As he walked back toward the house through the ankle-deep snow, a siren rang out in the distance, then another. He cringed inwardly, just as he had the day the ambulance wailed down Salem Road, coming for the bishop's son. Too late. "Lord, help whoever is in need," he whispered, his breath crystallizing before his eyes. ~~~(end)~~~ Can you guess what it is? ;) After reading this book, I started praying, whenever I heard ambulance sirens, for the victims of whatever the accident had turned out to be. Praying that they would come to know the Lord through this traumatic event in their life. As it turns out in the book, the person Sol prayed for was actually related to him, involved in an accident. So it never hurts to pray for those involved in real life as well. So far that's really the only habit I've developed from reading so far. Moving on, I'm going to explain a little bit about something I learned when I was reading at a much younger age. This series for girls was SO very good but also very dramatic and a little heartbreaking at the time I read it. I made it through the first three books fairly quick without any bumps. Then came book four, (pictured above) and the horrific scene that I still can remember to this day. It involved a fire, started by men "in white robes," in front of a certain character's family's home, that led to a heartbreaking loss close to home for the main character. They mentioned the "KKK" and "Ku Klux Klan" as being the ones who started the fire. So it was a little scary for me when I got older to learn that they weren't a fictional group. They're real! :O
I hope you had fun learning about the different things I've picked up and gained knowledge from while reading! Now tell me, what are some bookish habits you picked up? And what historical groups or events did you learn in the pages of a fiction book? I'd love to hear about them! :) Till next time, Carolyn
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