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I really fucking love books

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MrsMakka · 29/04/2017 19:31

I do. They are the one constant in my life, they've never let me down. It doesn't matter what happens during the day, 7.30pm, DC in bed,out comes the pile (or the Kindle).

I don't have money for holidays - doesn't matter because after 7.30 I can travel to any country I like, and some that don't even exist. When there's no happy endings in real life, open a book and you're swimming in them.

I love them. They're the best things ever. My life would be a barren, lonely wasteland without them. Books have given me so much. Wonderful, clever people out there have written them just to enrich my life, to give me pleasure, or knowledge, to help me relax, mostly for free as their book costs me nothing from the library (or £2.81 from Amazon at the most)

Fabulous bloody things.

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Destinysdaughter · 29/04/2017 20:13

I must admit, studying literature for A level and in my degree put me off reading for pleasure for a while, but I love it now!

MitzyLeFrouf · 29/04/2017 20:12

'Have to say I don't think I can bring myself to swop a book for a kindle though. Would just feel like another screen to look at'

I read an article during the week that said sales of ebooks have taken a significant tumble in the past year while the sales of physical books has increased. I found that quite surprising but maybe it's due to people reaching peak screen!

SplitInfinitive · 29/04/2017 20:12

My people :) Lovely thread 📚 💛

I read every day and it doesnt feel right if I haven't managed to. I am reading a book at the moment, which is keeping me completely gripped - Orangeboy by Patrice Lawrence. It's YA but is fantastic so far.

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MrsMakka · 29/04/2017 20:03

If you like time travel, The Phantom Tree is a really great read.

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Isadora2007 · 29/04/2017 20:03

Storage for books is an issue. And having them somewhere handy for the kids.
My older two were read to religiously. Neither are readers to my utter chagrin.
The younger two don't get read to nearly enough. I'm a bad book mother these days. I can't seem to find good storage. That's my excuse.

Destinysdaughter · 29/04/2017 20:02

I had a male decorator last year that couldn't believe how many books I had, he said he found reading boring. I didn't say anything but inside I was thinking, WTF??

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MrsMakka · 29/04/2017 20:01

It means that smoke is practising reverse snobbery, strange because I come from an extremely working class family of unskilled seasonal/agricultural workers who had no money, and struggled all their lives, but one thing they all had in common was books and reading - they were very, very proud of their literacy skills. My grandmother read everything about the Tudors she could get her hands on- she plucked chickens for a living.

As you were. I'm always in the market for some good recommendations. I'm currently reading a YA book about goblins, it's all a bit Labyrinth and not usually my thing, but I'm really enjoying it

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user1471545174 · 29/04/2017 20:01

Agree, OP!

Destinysdaughter · 29/04/2017 20:01

Me too! So much wisdom, knowledge, love and entertainment, I adore a really good book! Smile

KindergartenKop · 29/04/2017 20:00

I'm currently reading one recommended on here about a woman going back to the black death. It's opened up a whole genre of sci-fi which I never considered!

girlandboy · 29/04/2017 19:58

KindergartenKop have you read the time travel series by Jodi Taylor. I LOVE the time travel/slip genre!

RufusTheRenegadeReindeer · 29/04/2017 19:57

How is being literate

Very MN

What the fuck does that mean

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MrsMakka · 29/04/2017 19:56

I'm going to sound like a huge wanker, apologies in advance - but the DC are readers, and sometimes I feel that my job is done because honestly apart from food and shelter, what else do they need? They are sorted now. Grin

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RufusTheRenegadeReindeer · 29/04/2017 19:55

I love books

I have just bought another 4!!!! I havent read any of the other 30 i have

Or the 1000 on the kindle

I think i might have a problem

KindergartenKop · 29/04/2017 19:55

Time travel books are the best.

girlandboy · 29/04/2017 19:53

Me too! Paper books, ebooks, fiction, non-fiction, new, old. Love 'em! In fact I love them so much I became a library assistant until the local council replaced us with volunteers I too long for bedtime so I can snuggle down and lose myself in the pages. Bliss Smile

Badders123 · 29/04/2017 19:52

Yep 👍

I really fucking love books
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MrsMakka · 29/04/2017 19:52

It's when you get a pile of them. My reading twin lives in an area where my aunt lives, about ten miles from my work - I know this because there is a charity shop there and S/he is always donating books I have, books I want, and books I've never heard of but that I end up loving (I know it's the same person because some of them involve a very specific interest). So I detour there all the time, and honestly coming out with a pile of books, and time ahead to read them, is my favourite thing.

Reading a good book is like sinking into a warm bath. My life has been really shit in the past, and I don't know how I would have got through it if I hadn't been allowed to have a break from reality via reading.

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Mrskeats · 29/04/2017 19:51

Me too
Mean first reply
I'm an English teacher so always surrounded by them
Bloody love them

massistar · 29/04/2017 19:48

Me too. Can't imagine a life without books!

Hogterm · 29/04/2017 19:47

Me too! I read every night without fail. It calms me down after busy days and makes me feel I am learning and experiencing new things when life gets a bit mundane. One of my greatest parenting joys is reading with my kids.

RightOnTheEdge · 29/04/2017 19:46

Oh yes, I didn't understand the first reply either Confused

RightOnTheEdge · 29/04/2017 19:45

Great post! I feel exactly the same.

I love to snuggle up with a good story and escape from everything. Smile

squirrelonapetridish · 29/04/2017 19:44

God yes, love them. Getting lost in a really gripping novel is the best thing ever, so much better than a film. You're with the characters for so much longer so you feel you're part of that world. Have to say I don't think I can bring myself to swop a book for a kindle though. Would just feel like another screen to look at. Why is it a very Mumsnet thing to say you love reading BTW?

ScarlettDarling · 29/04/2017 19:44

I love books! Real books, e books, I don't care, I just love them.

I live buying my dc books too. I love children's books and teen books. Loooooove them!