Today Years Old

I have been immersed in reading for a few days. I love historical fiction, an intricate story wrapped around true events. I am always amazed by what I don’t know. You hear snippets of history but don’t know the story behind the story or phrases. It’s like when you hear the real meaning behind nursery rhymes for the first time. Learning history in school is different than when you seek out information about the past.

I am one of those people that like to read the information located at trail heads, or write ups on historical buildings. Seeing the past within buildings that host objects and items is always fascinating to me. Historical fiction is not always a glimpse of the glory days that we come to believe. I have been to restored places that were ahead of their time and some that cast little light on misfortune of that same time. I find books give a voice to scenarios that you have never really considered.

Crime, mysteries, love stories start to become predictable sometimes. To be transported to an event in the past and given a narrative from all walks of life is real. I like real events and someone else’s perception of overcoming. I don’t know a lot of history of our Southern neighbours, so sometimes I am educated at the same time. I finish books and feel like I would like to hear more, to me those are the best endings!