Bookworms unite

Hi girls I love several fantasy writers so much that I reread them every year lol great for when your getting chemo done as if your interrupted it doesn't mater. I like David Eddings, Raymond E Feist the dragon lance series and the late Sara Douglas. 

Rapunzel that was my thing with my kids, I used to take them to the library fortnightly to story time and they got all the books they were allowed to borrow for the next fortnight..... I love the impact that has on our children who then grow into adult readers who encourage others to read be it their own children or friends. 

Our Dad used to take us to the library on Saturday mornings. We'd return last week's books and then just scatter.....two hours later we had to be back at the desk with next week's books all ready to be checked out.  Five of us, all readers, all different tastes. I still remember sitting on the library floor reading a particular book, a chapter a week, so I could still have my full allocation of checked titles to take home.

Oh, if anyone wants it, I will pop it in the post! x

Tonight I finished "Pretty is What Changes: Impossible choices, the breast cancer gene,and how I defied my destiny." By Jessica Queller about her diagnosis of positive for the BRCA mutation. Although I don't have this type of cancer I wanted to read about people's experiences. So not a good choice if you want a distraction! I was interested to read that she was a script writer for Gossip Girl and the Gilmore Girls (not my cup of tea but interesting) - so she's in her mid 30s and the book mostly targets this age audience (in letting young women know this is not an older woman's disease).  Her mum is diagnosed with breast cancer at 52, my age, and dies at 60. The book did clear up some info for me about cancer and helped me think more about the whole politics of breasts/femininity/cancer/survival.  I would recommend it to anyone in the BRCA 1/2 position as although there is some fairy floss, the book would help me make a very hard decision easier.

There's a lot of script in this post so I thought I would add a photo of a collection of books

I remember the book club in primary school in the 60's.  We used to order in class from a catalogue and a few weeks later our chosen books would magically arrive! I used to read on the window sill by moonlight long after I was told "lights out" as a kid.  It is certainly a life long love x

I'm working my way through the Agatha Christie full length Hercule Poirot books on my Kindle. They take my mind of stuff but give me a bit of a mental workout. I've got a mix of paper and electronic books, including some much treasured "kid's books" like the Swallows & Amazon books by Arthur Ransome, more escapism.  yay!!!!

I know right, my gran got me reading as a child too. I still have a couple of books she gave me for birthdays with a greeting written inside. Treasured especially now since she's been gone over 20yrs. <3