Regular readers will know I take my reading seriously (check out my
Westies posts - now up to number eleven! - rounding up what I've read in a particular year), I take book collecting seriously (my sleazy paperback library is something teenaged me would have been proud of) and I'm a real advocate for people losing themselves in a book.
So do yourself a favour - as it's
World Book Day on Thursday go out and pick up a book. You don't have to spend a lot of money on a glossy hardback, go to the library (if you have any left near you,
he wrote sarcastically) or buy a paperback, or download an ebook, or go into a second hand or charity shop and pick up something for 20p.
It doesn't matter how you do it, it doesn't matter what you read, just pick something up and open the cover and start.
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| Dude, in 2014, enjoying one of his many Snoopy Coronet paperbacks |
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| Me, reading "The Damnation Game" by Clive Barker, in Illfracombe, 1987. Dennis Etchison's novelisation of "Videodrome", written under his Jack Martin pseudonym, is by my leg. |
Happy reading!
I've been reading far more myself recently. It's extremely comforting and an excellent escape from never-ending politics, social media, bad television and horrific news. Just finished reading the tattooist of Auschwitz. And about to start 'Dear Mrs Bird'
ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting and yes, it's a great escape! Enjoy "Dear Mrs Bird"!
DeleteWith you all the way Mark...hard to imagine my life without it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting Christa and yes, very hard to imagine life without a book or two :)
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