Are you a book sniffer?

Have you ever smelled a book? By smelling a book I don't refer to a moist one that smells bad, but to a fresh one. Any book that's in your collection or one that lies waiting on the stands onlooking to a faithful literate owner. In case you haven't smelled one, smell now!

Perhaps I am using the wrong phrase. One never smells a book, one inhales the purity and enjoys the tranquility as it ascends upwards the nostrils startling the smell glands and then expanding in the lungs. The result is, immense freshness and an utter calm state of mind.

It is believed that comprehension is not an easy task, true indeed. Sometimes we read with a diverted mind, sometimes regressing over and over again, only to realize later that we haven't progressed anywhere. That's exactly where you need to close the book, sit back and sniff through its pages. Sniff deep and smile to the pleasant smell.

Comparing reading from PDFs to Kindle, paperback is a multi dollar thing. The feel of holding a book in your hands, leaning back on a couch and turning page by page as you navigate your eyeballs over the last word of every page and the rough feel of rubbing your fingertips on the pages is something that is always desired in times of e-reading. Moreover, buying a book also adds up to the charms of ones' collection.

Considering a paperback's servings during a one-sit reading, it acts as a pillow when your eyes are tired and you opt for a power nap. When you're lying back on a couch with your legs stretched over a table, the feel of tapping a book on your laps with closed eyes is no less than adoring a child, only 200 grams though. When you finish a novel at 3 in the morning, the pain of ending is unbearable, a paperback stays up to its reputation even then by allowing you to cuddle it on your chest and sleep tight, sometimes split across your nose and engulfing your tiredness in its magnificent aroma. The feel of paper is unexplainable, it's relishing, captivating and addictive, and that is what keeps the readers hooked up with reading. Keep sniffing! Keep reading!