I really fucking love books

Lovely thread!
I love to read, although my pace has slowed since I've had kids.
This evening, dd and I were talking about all the books she wants to read and I got a little bit giddy thinking of all the amazing stories she has awaiting her!

Love Hangover Square. And I know what you mean about hoping for a happy ending. If only George didn't 'click' into dark those episodes.

OCSock - it's stylistically interesting prose (you'd never get someone writing like that now) but very compelling. But actually what does it for me every time with Hamilton (and agree Hangover Square is his best but also one of the best novels of the 20th century in my opinion) is the characters he creates, and how he makes you feel so entirely engaged in their world and their misery. Every time I read Hangover Square I hope for a happy ending.

Amen to this!

If you live in Leeds you can join the Leeds Library: www.theleedslibrary.org.uk/. You can send them recommendations to buy books you would like to read and the books will be reserved for you first, they have every magazine you could possibly want to read in the reading room area etc etc.

Absolutely.

My whole life is books. Reading them, studying them, and writing them.

Bloody love the things!

I feel the same

To get lost in a book and be transported to another place and another time and caught up in the story is just a fantastic experience

I love audio books too

I have recently rediscovered my love of reading.

I think I've read over 30 books in a couple of months.

Some of them were guff though.

poo? I don't know how that happened.

Lovely, lovely thread .

I have recently been given more hours of work. This gets right on my goat as it gets in the way of reading. Long day tomorrow but I plan to drink coffee and read until at least (daring) 1005am Monday morning.

Happy days .Poo

SanFranBear - BookBub looks very, very interesting - thank you.

So many of my learners (adult education) say they never read and hate books. That they are boring! I am consistently shocked at this disclosure.

me too, absolutely nothing better than getting comfy with a really good book!

I second the plea to support your local library. Although I buy a lot of books, I borrow just as many and my kids are encouraged to borrow from library first and foremost. We have lost too many libraries already

Thanks for the recommendations!

Who said Americanah? Loved that one

I have found my people! I love books (in all forms, it doesn't make any difference to me whether I read from a page or a screen, I just enjoy the story) and reading and especially libraries. My library is brilliant and it saves me a fortune.
For all the YA lovers, I'd recommend The Hate U Give.
And now I'm off to bed with the new book I bought today. Happy reading everyone!

Oh confuzzled that is something i dream of!

I have rediscovered reading after a major lull after the birth of dd1. It took me 4 years to get my reading mojo back and am now expecting dd2 so I really hope it doesn't take as long second time around.

I joined the 50 book challenge on here and it has been a revelation. So many fantastic recommendations, updates on the deals and some brilliant debates.

My mum was a voracious reader when I was growing up and it had a huge influence on me. I genuinely believe that it gives so many benefits that it gives me huge joy and not a little relief that dd is very into books as well. Her discovery of chapter books recently has been fab and sharing stories like Fantastic Mr Fox is wonderful.

I learned recently that libraries no longer charge for overdue children's books. I think this is wonderful as I vividly remember not being able to use the library as the worry of fines being too great. We lived in the country and a trip into town wasn't always easy. One forgotten date led to a week or two worth of fines

I love books. I love reading.

I am lucky to be old & retired & have a lot of time to read.

I usually have a couple of books on the go at once - one that demands an hour or so of solid reading & one that I can pick up & put down whenever I want - works for bedtime reading.

I have a kindle that I love for going away but my deepest joy is:

THE LIBRARY

I urge all of you readers to join & use your local library.

I currently have 12 books out, I can have them for 3 weeks, renew them on line & if I hear about a book I want to read I can reserve it for the grand sum of 60p - SIXTY PENCE!! Amazing.

Please use your library - if you don't they will vanish & that would be very sad.

One of the most joyous, peaceful aspects of my parenting occurred tonight when both DC (6 and 8) said "can we all sit down and read our own books in the living room?" Yes, yes we can. Reading, surrounded by the people you love, what's not to like?

Me too. Books fill something in my life that nothing else does. The best thing that I have is my kobo plus a subscription to my library which gives me access to tens of thousands of e books. On a Sunday night I can browse through all of these books and load up my ereader without having to spend money or leave my house. It's a joy

It's so good when you go in the charity shop, and find a book you have on your wish List!

I absolutely love a good book

All Kindle owners should absolutely subscribe to BookBub. It's a free email service which sends you cheap and free books in whichever genres or authors take your fancy. I have to delete them at the moment as my Kindle is about to explode but it is fucking awesome!

I am also incredibly for all those with their own libraries. I have boxes and boxes of books in my loft, waiting for that day. The thought of unpacking them and seeing the treasures I've forgotten were there makes me so excited.

Books are honestly the best thing ever. Fact!

Ah, me too OP. Reading is the best. I wouldn't say reading replaces travel for me, but I do sometimes spend a lot of time and money getting somewhere, then spend a lot of the time there reading.

I hope my DC continue to love reading as they grow up. It seems random to me. I know many avid readers whose children don't ever pick up books.