Welcome to my blog :) As you may be able to deduce from it's title this blog is entirely about books. I have a passion for reading - I have done since I was little - and I'm really hoping you do too. If you don't, then firstly I must pity you - you're honestly missing out on so much! Reading is an art. In fact it is more than an art. Reading is a gateway to a place which you can explore for the first time, reenter in moments when you want to escape from your own world or meet characters who you can relate to. The underlying reason for people to say reading is 'boring', in my view, is that they have yet to find a book that suits them. Maybe they're looking in the wrong genre or only focused on one particular author or perhaps find it a chore rather than an activity for pleasure. There is an infinite spectrum of writing out there waiting for you to stumble upon it!
Reading is like a never-ending road. It has no final destination, however it can take you in all sorts of directions. When the road forks, it is up to you to choose where it will take you next. You can backtrack whenever you want, maybe there was that special book that touched you and you need to experience it for a second, maybe third, or even twentieth time. Perhaps, you might make a decision that will take you down a path you would never have imagined taking ... The point I'm trying to make is that reading is what you make it.
So going back to why I decided to start this blog:
1) I want to share my love of books with you, and hope it might encourage to give something new a go even if it's completely out of your comfort zone. We can do this together as I'm going to be giving the 'Historic' novels a chance - I have always been very put off about this genre as from the surface it appears very (for want of a better word) boring. Dreary. Dull. Disengaging. I might be very wrong!
2) It would give me a lovely feeling inside if I knew this was actually helping people or making them enjoy books more than before (even if it's only a tiny bit!).
3) This is for a school project, however I have the feeling I might get so into it that I will want to carry on - we'll see how it goes...
If you have any recommendations or advice or comments about any of the books I will be covering feel free to leave me a comment - I would love to read them!
Happy reading, Kate x
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