Mumblings and Musings...: A Few Good Reads

So most people reading this blog will know me fairly well. You will know, even if just judging by the layout and design of my blog, that I ~~like~~ LOVE to read. I am studying English Literature purely because the concept of devoting 3 years of my life to reading books from all around the world was like a dream come true and too good an opportunity to miss.

People who know me a bit better will also know that I have slight OCD tendencies. I always have a bottle of hand sanitiser in my bag and I like everything to be ordered and in the correct place. Now if we are to combine these two character traits you will probably guess that my bookshelves are my pride and joy. My room is as close to a library as my tiny 5ft by 6ft room can get! I revel in the fact that I know exactly what books we have in the house and, with semi photographic memory, can tell you roughly where. My incredible (if I may say so myself) book collection is largely thanks to my lovely Aunt Helen who shares an equal passion for books and gobbles them up even quicker than I do. Every time we see her she comes laden with more books for our shelves. The last three years have marked the addition of roughly four or so new bookshelves to the house and we are in desperate need of more. We are rapidly running out of space - I love it!

So, with all this in mind you can begin to imagine my excitement and joy at the discovery of Goodreads.com. It's beyond amazing. A whole website where you can rate the books you've read and recommend books to friends and keep a list of all the books you've been meaning to read but never got around to. Hours of procrastination right there. You can arrange your books on different shelves and read reviews and write your own. There's hours of nerdy entertainment. You may have noticed my smart new widget on the left hand side of the page, courtesy of Goodreads.com - much smarter than my previous attempt at a reading list. Anyways I think you should all check out goodreads and have a good peruse of all the books you're missing out on. And please, please, please, if you have any good recommendations let me know!