To Enid Blyton with Love

Dear Enid Blyton ma’am

It’s with utmost gratitude that I write to you today, for it is because of you, that I began my love affair with books, it’s been a lasting one so far. The stories that you narrated through your simple, yet no nonsense writing always took me to an alternative world. Many a night I have waited up late, reading under a blanket, with a torch light in hand till almost dawn. No matter what, I just HAD to know how the 5 solved the mystery or and the secret 7 with Little scamper solved crimes.

What fun it was when I read the Malory towers. How you detailed every individual of the class, how perfect were they through all their imperfections. I loved how the Alicia John, the class bully learnt her lesson the hard way, Or Mary Low the Mouse like creature - timid and introverted without confidence found her new spirit to keep it going. How van anyone not mention the Adventures of Noddy and the Three Golliwalks . How detailed , and perfectly did they fit into the minds eye? There always was a lesson to learn, a tip to mull upon and at times after being inspired I also did talk n act like a few characters from your novels, much to the annoyance of mamma.

You would be glad to know that there has been no looking back since then. I graduated from your novels to much more serious stuff like R L Stine’s Fear Street, and Riverdale high School. From there on there was a short but (I’m embarrassed to say) stint of Mills n Boons which I read in class right under the noses of my lecturers. Post that short affair with M&B I began reading Archer, Agatha Christie, Daphne Du Maurier, The Little Black Dress Books, The Shopoholic stories , Indian writing,

Today I read pretty much everything I can get my hands on, from Humor to philosophy, from murder mystery to a romantic mushy one. From fantasy to autobiographies I read them all . The LOTR is my all time fav book , I hope you read and liked it too Its fantasy-fiction at its best. The movie does not come even close to what the book details.

Iv ditched soo many party nights, night outs, movies n TV sessions just because the book was much too interesting to put down. No regrets what-so-ever, Id do it all over again if the case arises. Id like to thank you yet again for imbibing in me the love for books, I can never be bored. I really don’t have to sulk if im not invited to a party. I don’t have to feel alone when everyone else is busy. There always is just too much to read and just too little time.

Cheers, to you for all those nights which have turned into morning and all those lazy days which have taken me to another world. Ive visited more places that I can imagine and learnt more than I would have otherwise. I’ve cried, laughed, freaked out, sworn, rejoiced, and cried again all through 1 book. This one goes out to you.

Regards