Book readers emotional analysis
Hello Grapeviners, Doing a small research on understanding the emotional aspects of book readers. For people who purchase their books from Book store, what all emotions do you undergo while passing across the bookshelves, going through various titles, selecting books you want to buy ? Looking forward to a strong inputs from people.
[I'm writing majorly in Hindi, because I wanna Justice with my emotions]
Sbse phle, when u enter..
Ek alag hi feel aati hai, body m ek alag si hi siharan si uth jati h.. Mann bada khush ho jata, uk, apne aap hi aap smile krne lgte ho, aankho m chamak aa jati hai.. I'm not sure exactly why, bass maza aa jata h.
Then you start walking.. At first I just walk here & there out of excitement.. Oh yeh book, oh yeh bhi h, oh my god yeh kya h, oh shitt yehhh!! Etc etc.. And you touch books, and it's so peaceful.
Then you know ki aap bht jaldi overwhelm ho jaoge. So you starts with one shelf.. And decide to go one after the other.
Honestly, I do have to keep track of my time & funds..
So I starts picking books, I HATE BUYING ONLINE, even if they are cheap. Majorly because I want book stores to sustain, I want to thank them for their efforts, also I do want that feeling of book in hand at the moment. And by God's grace, I'm capable enough to afford that loss (if u see in that term, which I don't).
Okay firr aata h mastt part.
Aap ek ek karke books uthate ho, personally I have a huge list of books to buy, firr bhi mann krta h kuch naya kharidne ko.. So aap mote mote taur par jaante ho, what you wanna buy, Fiction, Nonfiction, biography, whatever.. Firr kuch naya dikh jaaye, firr aap uska preface pdo, firr uska back cover pado, firr beech m se randomly koi page pd lo, aur woh feel, woh feel bhai, ufff!! Woh halki si thickness of those fresh book pages, woh roughness halki si, woh smell, woh pyaar, haaye!
Firr ese krte krte bht time ho jata hai, and u end up picking alot of books. But as I said, mujhe apne funds smbhalne pdte hai, toh mai na ek fixed amount of cash hi lekr jata hu, and then I use PnC to buy books..
And the book store workers are so so polite. Although I'm not sure why they all look so sad everytime (at least at small stores) and I do feel emotional at times.
Itna accha lgta h, unn kitaabo ko aankho k saamne dekhne m jinhe dekhne k aap khwaab bunte
For instance, there's this book, Jaadunama (Biography of Javed Akhtar) & I've read it thodi (they've published few excerpts online) and bhai, I just dream about reading it, but it's just so expensive atm, ~2k+
I saw it in one book store, a hardcover one, with photos, and texts.. And I can't express how I felt that time. Khushkismati kahe ya nahi, uss samay humare saath humari mitr thi, jinhone hume un panho k ishq m dubne se phle rok liya.. Uss raat m 2 baje tk piiya..
Deep sighs*
Kendall Lee
Stealth
6 months ago
Great great response!
Anise Denver
Stealth
6 months ago