Reading Culture

Most of Indonesians treat books as jewellery, luxurious and expensive as well. And it is not their faults since books are really expensive. If a book has been bought, it would end up on the dusty shelf for years.
Frankly speaking, years before, I’ve only read text books and hand books to support my formal education. My reading is shifting from left-brainy book to right-brainy’s after I got married. I’ve got influenced by the hubby’s hobby in reading and collecting books. Now, our book collection number at home are getting bigger. They are stored in two medium size cupboards. A neighbour one day protested about these cup boards, she said that they were too big comparing to my small house. When I asked her where I should put my book collection, she shook her head. No wonder since I saw her house was very clean and also bookless.
As far as my observation at bookstores, reading and books become more popular in middle-up Indonesian families. The observed-parents like to bring their children to bookstores. My four year’s nephew, Naufal, has been introduced to reading and book since he was two. And now, he can read and write properly. Because of its luxurious image, poor families has been given up in accessing books. What they know are only text books for school, the books which they fought for to buy.