About Me
I'm just a wee person from Scotland who loves to read. I just read for a hobby, and as you might be able to tell by my name, I get most of my reading done in bed.
I can't remember not reading. I think the first book I remember reading as a child was Charlotte's Web by E. B. White. I think I remember it so well because I cried at the end. I'm not one for crying at books, or films or anything like that. It was the first book to make me cry, and it's stuck with me ever since.
Books have been in my family for generations. Both of my grandparents were librarians and have a collection of books in the home (though not in alphabetical order, tsk tsk!). My father has read a lot of books, however, he doesn't seem to actually own that many. Book hoarding seems to have skipped a generation and landed on me. I've recently moved house and have taken to cataloguing my books. I have over 350 so far, but I'm not finished yet!
It was getting to the point where I couldn't remember what books I owned, and ended up with duplicates. For anyone in the same boat as me, I recommend an app called "Book Catalogue". It's free (certainly on Android anyway) and it's very good!
What I Like To Read
I have a very mixed taste in books. I'm not a huge fan of non-fiction when it comes to leisurely reading, but when it comes to fiction I read pretty much everything, from sci-fi and fantasy to romance to historical novels. I even read some teen fiction, although technically I'm an adult now.
My favourite genre is probably fantasy. There's so much imagination out there! Most of it I have enjoyed. I'm the type of reader that has to finish a book once I've started, so I have read some rubbish in my time!
Here we go, some favourite authors, in no particular order;
- Terry Pratchett
- Colin Bateman
- Christopher Brookmyre
- Marian Keyes
- Jo Nesbo
- Laurell K. Hamilton
About My Journal
This is basically my space to talk to myself about the books I've read. I'm only going to talk about the books I have read from the 1st of January 2014 onwards, though I may mention other books from time to time. I'm doing it this way because if I was to write about every book I have ever read, I would be here for a very long time!
While I'm writing titles will be in bold and authors will be underlined. I think this will make it easier on the eye, we will see!
I've never written anything like this before. I've not even kept a diary for longer than 5 days! (And I was a teenage girl once!) I'm not sure how this will go but it's worth a try!
I hope anyone who stumbles upon this will find it *searches for word* entertaining? Be prepared for a wide variety of fiction, and maybe a biography or two!
Enjoy,
The Wee Librocubicularist
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