if i may add, i don't know if some of you feel this way too, but for me whenever i don't read a book for a while, i feel like there is something lacking, you know. i read, say, an average of 1 or 2 books a week. it depends on the length of book, of course. so if i go for a week or two without reading a book, i feel really different. maybe i am just used to it or reading is just really a big part of me. that's why i'm certain that, no matter how old i am, i cannot give up this passion for reading. you might as well ask me to stop eating.