Rediscovered my love of reading!

Bookworm85

Hello everybody,

Oooh first post!!

I've been hanging around here for the last few weeks reading a few logs and looking at reviews of books that people have read.

I used to read a lot as a child, often reading into the wee hours of the morning. I read everything from the back of the corn flakes box to the lord of the rings But I lost interest in secondary school, and I havent read an entire book from cover to cover in a good few years.

Anyways, I lost my job a few weeks ago and I have a lot of spare time on my hands so last week I joined my local library and have rediscovered the joy of reading.

So last week I borrowed

• Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

• A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson

I have read all of WH and I am almost finished ASHONE, so I am vey proud of myself

I hope to pop by here more often and certainly want to contribute to this forum

The Sparrow

Good for you!

Eliot Rosewater

Indeed; it's always to good to hear of new readers!

If you're looking for some recommendations, or if you want to discuss and books or authors you've read, never hesitate to start a thread.

Monkeybonkers

Well done. I just finished WH a few weeks ago myself, great book. Welcome to the forum. Some great recommendations for reading material from the knowledgeable forum members on here. Enjoy

Obviously when I say knowledgeable it's tongue in cheek!! :pac:

Eliot Rosewater

Monkeybonkers wrote: »

Obviously when I say knowledgeable it's tongue in cheek!!

Coming from you it is.


(equally tongue in cheek )

Sergeant

Bookworm85 wrote: »

• A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson

I have read all of WH and I am almost finished ASHONE, so I am vey proud of myself

I hope to pop by here more often and certainly want to contribute to this forum

A Short History was a treat of a book to start back reading on. Beautifully written, very entertaining and highly informative.

Bookworm85

Sergeant wrote: »

A Short History was a treat of a book to start back reading on. Beautifully written, very entertaining and highly informative.

It is a fantastic book. I'd recomend it to anybody who is in anyway interested in the world around us.

Its so easy to read and is just fascinating!!

lemon_sherbert

Congrats bookworm, your life will never be the same - I honestly can't comprehend a life without books. I'm studying at the moment and haven't been able to read as much as I'd like, but look forward to sitting down with a book in the evening.

Bookworm85 wrote: »

It is a fantastic book. I'd recomend it to anybody who is in anyway interested in the world around us.

Its so easy to read and is just fascinating!!

I absolutely agree, one of my favourite books - opened up popular science to me

Blush_01

You should start a reading log too - I find the reading logs a great way of adding to my already oppressive list of "things I want to read when..."!:D

Travel is good

Bookworm85 wrote: »

It is a fantastic book. I'd recomend it to anybody who is in anyway interested in the world around us.

Its so easy to read and is just fascinating!!

Well done! I cannot say how much of a joy reading is to me. It has kept me going through many tough times, you can just lose yourself in a book.

Let us know what you are reading!

sporina

another fantastic book is Sophie's choice..by William Styron.. i would highly recommended it!

Giselle

Sergeant wrote: »

A Short History was a treat of a book to start back reading on. Beautifully written, very entertaining and highly informative.

Hmmm, why have I never read this?! I've always enjoyed Bill Brysons style and read so many of his travel books at one point that I OD'd a little.

I might have to relapse.:)