Making sense of my thoughts on books and reading

Why I read

Ever since I was a child, books have been my refuge. They’ve been there whenever I need them and I am definitely a mood reader. This changed when I lost my Dad in 2021. For the first time in my life I could not focus and the one thing I always relied on to calm my mind was no longer available to me. This troubled me as I felt lost in so many ways and I was beginning to think I’d never be able to hunker down and lose myself in words again.

I was of course proved wrong and books and reading did come back eventually. Now, I approach reading slightly differently and no longer put pressure on myself to read when I don’t feel mentally or emotionally ‘available’ as I know it will come back when I’m ready.

This blog is a way of recording my thoughts on what I read; there may be time between posts but that will simply reflect real life.