Dreams

Dreams are strange things. Sometimes you wake up feeling utterly confused by the movies that have played in your head while you were sleeping. Other times, you battle through your dreams all night long, and wake up exhausted even though you don't remember what you dreamt. And sometimes your dreams stick with you long after you dreamt them even though you only dreamt them once. Some dreams come again and again, night after night, while others just come and go as swiftly as the wind. When I was younger, I would frequently wake up and cry from a nightmare. Sometimes the dream would be so scary that I would totter into my parents' room and lie in their bed for a while till I thought I could manage to go to bed again. Now, my nightmares aren't that scary. I quite often find myself in a dream contemplating whether it is enough of a nightmare to wake myself up for. Quite often, I find that the answer is no. It is quite weird to have those kinds of dreams.

When I think of dreams, I often think of the book The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis (which has recently been made a film, see my blog post about it). In the book, they visit the Island where Dreams come true. They rescue someone from it who tells them what the island is called. The men on board think that their daydreams will come true on this island, but, as the rescued man explains to them, they are mistaken. The Island where Dreams come true is an island where your real dreams come true - the ones you dream in the night! And think of living in that weird and changeable world that is your dreams! Even if you are not experiencing a nightmare, it would be scary. I often dream that my surroundings change and that my dream companions change appearance from real people to Disney characters and back again. Think of that actually happening! The thought makes me shudder. I guess I am really happy that my dreams aren't my real life.

I have recently bought a beautiful edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling, and therefore I decided to read it again. Do you think I should count in my 30 books project even though I have read it before? I know I said I would only read new books, but I want to ask you this time. Should it count in my 'books read' and 'pages read' count? Please leave a comment below telling me what you think.

Books read: 8
Pages read: 2357 (+145 in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)

PS: I have now read a quarter of all the books on BBC's Big Read List! Hooray!