One of the very first things I remember about my reading life is reading fairytales - in every form imaginable. abridged, unabridged, sanitised and unsanitised. The abridged and sanitised ones are definitely not as interesting as the ones left as they are, and I am not a fan of these ones. I support the dissemination… Continue reading Fairytales
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The Classics
I am one of those people who enjoys Tolstoy and Dickens, Austen and the Brontes and Tacitus and Homer. I have read these over the years not only for university and school, but because I have chosen to, something some people find very strange.I don't mind this - we all like different things, and I… Continue reading The Classics
Harry Potter
At the age of fifteen, I picked up Harry Potter for the first time. It quickly swept me up into its magical world and I have never left. In quick succession I obtained the first four books and devoured them all countless times whilst waiting for books five, six and seven with every other Potterhead,… Continue reading Harry Potter
Why I love to read
Reading. It has always been a part of my life, leading to me having read 650 books and counting and to have a library of 877 books, although I have had many others no longer in my library that would probably bring the number closet to one thousand or more. Books have always been in… Continue reading Why I love to read
