I am a big reader, and becoming a bigger reader by the day (75 books so far this year)! Just today I spoke to an older woman who used to read voraciously and no longer finds herself able to. I've heard this tale far too often so I'm going to read as much as I can for as long as my brain can take it. Since I've started writing, I do pay attention more to the way in which things are written. Underlining and folding over pages in appreciation. I keep a reading record and I rcord some of my favourite words for each book I read. A couple of most recent favourites: Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa (which increased my desire to visit Japan), A woman in the polar night by Christiane Ritter (an absolutely incredible memoir from a woman who spent a year with her husband on a remote Arctic island in the 30s) and Severance by Ling Ma (I love a good end of the world novel).
75, that is amazing and great that you keep a reading record. I love the sound of Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (hoping to visit Japan next year so definitely adding this to my list!) I also read Severance and loved it, also a big fan of apocalyptic novels!
I started to keep a record a few years back. I read a book I'd read before without realisig it until the last few chapters and that was the catalyst - there are far too many books to read for that to be ok! I've actually gathered all my favourite dystopian/apocalyptic novels here: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/dystopian-and-apocalyptic-worlds What are your favourites?
Oooh this list is amazing, going to add some of these to my to-read list! I really enjoyed Severance and The Power - also loved the TV series they did for The Power, hoping season 2 will be coming someday! Sci-fi/dystopian is a genre I've only quite recently gotten into, so I feel like I have a lot to read x
I am a big reader, and becoming a bigger reader by the day (75 books so far this year)! Just today I spoke to an older woman who used to read voraciously and no longer finds herself able to. I've heard this tale far too often so I'm going to read as much as I can for as long as my brain can take it. Since I've started writing, I do pay attention more to the way in which things are written. Underlining and folding over pages in appreciation. I keep a reading record and I rcord some of my favourite words for each book I read. A couple of most recent favourites: Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa (which increased my desire to visit Japan), A woman in the polar night by Christiane Ritter (an absolutely incredible memoir from a woman who spent a year with her husband on a remote Arctic island in the 30s) and Severance by Ling Ma (I love a good end of the world novel).
75, that is amazing and great that you keep a reading record. I love the sound of Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (hoping to visit Japan next year so definitely adding this to my list!) I also read Severance and loved it, also a big fan of apocalyptic novels!
I started to keep a record a few years back. I read a book I'd read before without realisig it until the last few chapters and that was the catalyst - there are far too many books to read for that to be ok! I've actually gathered all my favourite dystopian/apocalyptic novels here: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/dystopian-and-apocalyptic-worlds What are your favourites?
Oooh this list is amazing, going to add some of these to my to-read list! I really enjoyed Severance and The Power - also loved the TV series they did for The Power, hoping season 2 will be coming someday! Sci-fi/dystopian is a genre I've only quite recently gotten into, so I feel like I have a lot to read x