Reading...

Life seems to be in rewind lately,rediscovering things I used to love doing,like reading.

I used to read ALL the time.I remember as a child in bed I'd read with a torch,if I heard my parents coming upstairs,I'd run to the bathroom and pretend to be using the loo,whilst really I was hiding my book,and torch in amongst all the blankets and sheets in the airing cupboard lol.

I read so much during my junior school days,that my favourite teacher nicknamed me 'Spud Blyton',as a reference to my Irish background,and the fact that I was constantly reading Enid Blyton books.

I read them all I think,Famous Five....of course...also The Secret Seven,Mallory Towers,The Naughtiest Girl,and The Faraway Tree..with its Topsy turvy and other worlds,I couldn't get enough of her books.

As I got older I turned to only reading reference type books,always about dogs,and gave up on fiction altogether.

Then I got into magazines,and that was about all the reading I did,then of course came the internet,and that finished it between me and reading altogether!

My sister still reads alot,so I thought I'd borrow a fiction novel she was reading,it was the first in a series of 5.I demolished it in a couple of days.Reading all about the lives of people I would never know,but came to care about reignited my passion for reading,I finished book 2 (here top left) and am impatiently awaiting the 3rd book!! 

I also ordered a few books on line,which rather ridiculously I hadn't really done before,or done at all,I'm not sure now?? Amazon,how did I not realise what you had,and for such a low price.

I seem to have gone down the rescue,or APBT books so far,found the Lost Dogs interesting and honest.Wasn't so keen on the Oogy book sadly,but I'm glad to read he's with a family who will love him till the end,Walking Ollie,was just a quick read which I picked up from a charity shop for a pound.

At the moment I am reading 'The Possibilty Dogs' by Susan Charleson,and I LOVE it.I find it absolutly fascinating,and have another of her books 'Scent of the missing' waiting in the wings for me when I finish the Possibilty Dogs tonight.

Next up after that I'll have 'Wallace' to read,which I hope to love too,poor Wallace lost his fight and passed a short while ago,but Jesus did that dog make an impact!

I am going to have order some more books,I am starting to think I'm going to run out of things to read...and it makes me feel a little sad lol! I love that randomly throughout the day I'll suddenly remember what I have to read when I get home,and it makes me smile,and reading is SO cheap too....thank you Amazon for used books which cost next to nothing but are perfectly good!

So this selection has kept/will keep me busy for a couple of weeks....and I have a nice big wish list on Amazon to order next.It feels really good to get back to reading,I can't believe I stopped for so long!

My Heather Galler prints are finally framed and on the wall. :)