timebug

A nasty little book I read once called 'Let's Go Play At The Adams' by Mendal Johnson. That one stayed with me ever since. I looked the author up online,and apparently he was a very disturbed sort of individual anyway,so no wonder the book gave me the creeps.

A ten minute walk from my home to our local Library. Three 'outlying' smaller branches have been lost over the past ten years or so,and the main Library now has less opening hours than in the past.

As I have bought a lot of my books from Charity Shops over the years, I have found a few 'interesting' things inside some of them. A Five pound note once, a pound note (remember those?) an envelope with a stamp and a written address,unused,and containing no letter. Bus tickets by the score, presumably used as bookmarks,and once, a pressed flower.

I often re-read 'Three Men In A Boat' by Jerome K Jerome, and 'Diary of A Nobody' by George and Weedon Grossmith. The Douglas Adams 'Hitch Hikers' series (and anything else by him) usually raises a smile and a chuckle. Spike Milligan's 'Puckoon' actually almost caused me injury when I first read it. And Neil Munro's 'Para Handy' Trilogy always cheer me up.Plus Jeeves and Wooster of course, and the Blandings tales!

I generally read one at a time nowadays, but as a younger person I often had three or four on the go at once, to suit my mood at the time!

I found both 'War and Peace' and 'The Stand' easy to read and follow, as the characters are gradually introduced,and soon settle into their 'space' in the narrative. The Stand was in fact, the first Stephen KIng book I ever read, having seen a colleague reading it, who suggested I might like it. I soon caught up with the rest of his (then) output and eagerly awaited the subsequent ones! Curiously though,I have never felt the urge to read any more Tolstoy, although I loved 'War and Peace'!

I prefer silence,but in our often busy household, if my Wife is watching something she likes,I can continue to read and just 'tune out' the noise in the background! And with a real page turner, I can overlook little things like mealtimes, and bedtime!

About every ten years,I sift through my books and decide which ones I actually WILL read again at some stage,and those that I will not. The 'Will Not' pile generally get carted off to the local charity shops for others to enjoy.

Hello all members.I am Timebug and have just joined the forum. I am an avid reader of both 'real' books and ebooks,and read on average three books a week. Look forward to getting to know you all in due time!