Tag: Reading

Love Reading: do you get a daily fix?

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I love reading, but what with my day job, my Creative Writing MA studies, drafting my novel, and all the usual day-to-day stuff to fit in, it can be tough to grab much time to read.

I’m lucky that I’m a fast reader, especially if the story grips me from the outset and carries me along, but I reckon that it’s only around an hour a day that I manage to read for in the week, and that’s split into short bursts – a couple of minutes as I drink my first morning coffee, a few minutes at lunchtime, a little longer if I’m soaking in the bath. I usually get to read for longer at the weekends, although it never seems like long enough!

What about you?

Do you read every day, or just at the weekends?

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Bookish Magic: what does it for you?

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There’s something magical that happens when you’re reading a good book isn’t there?

It’s as if you’ve been transported to another place, into another life, experiencing things that you don’t usually, and piecing together situations that, in real life, might be terrifying, but from between the pages of a book are fascinating.

For me, the thing that always grabs my attention, and my imagination, is a good puzzle. A locked room mystery perhaps, or a really compelling ‘why dunnit’. Once there’s a puzzle to be solved, a puzzle with high stakes and lots of tension, then I can’t help but read on.

What does it for you?

What keeps you reading?

What book are you reading this week?

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My ‘to be read’ book stack seems to grow higher each day. In fact, it’s so tall that it’s become two reading stacks!

 

Right now, I’ve just finished reading A Wanted Man by Lee Child (review to be posted soon).

 

I’ve started reading The Obsession by T.V. Locicero.

 

After that, the next book on my pile is Ghostman by Roger Hobbs.

 

What book are you reading this week?

 

Sunday Shopping for the Book Addict

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It’s raining outside, and the lure of the internet and online shopping calls …

But what to buy on this lazy, rainy, Sunday?

Well, after ordering a generous helping of books – pre-reading for the MA course I’m starting in September – I head on over to http://www.literarygiftcompany.com/

The Literary Gift Company site is a gorgeous treasure trove of wonderful (and often rather random) literary related items.

Today, one in particular caught my eye.  This lovely bag featuring a well-known Borges’ quote is eye-catching, cheeky, and also includes a donation to the National Libraries Day cause.  And at £5 it’s a bargain!

Happy Sunday!