2012 is the National Year of Reading, which got us thinking about all things reading.
There’s a lot to be said for reading. In this time of fast paced living and our constant connectivity to the world at large, reading gives us a chance to escape our everyday lives. It allows us to explore the far reaches of our world that we may never see in reality. Walk through the doors of your local bookshop (the few that still exist) and enter a new world. The smell of the new books, the knowledge sitting in between the covers just waiting to be discovered. So many books, so little time.
This love for me, began as a child. While other saved for bikes and toys, I hid my pocket money away to buy C.S.Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia. That, along with the Enid Blyton Far Away Tree series cemented my love of words - a love that continues today.
Of course the angst of teenage life shifted my attention to other worlds, and Sci-Fi fantasy books replaced those of childhood whimsy. Authors like Raymond E Feist, David Eddings and Kathryn Starbuck challenged my perception of reality and took me far from the everyday drama of teenage life.`
I shared my 20s with Knootz, Grisham and Archer and my 30s losing myself in chick-lit and discovering the joy of Harry Potter. Now, it’s all about classics, with my eyes firmly fixed on Catch 22, The Catcher in the Rye,Tim Winton’s timeless classic CloudStreet. Not to mention The Lord of the Rings (which I still haven’t read believe it or not).
So here (in no particular order) are my top ten books;
The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold
Atonement, Ian McEwan
Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas
Magician, Raymond E. Feist
Dune, Frank Herbert
Perfume, Patrick Suskind
Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
The Turn of the Screw, Henry James
Tell us your favourite book and we will post it on our FB page.
So this weekend, set aside a couple of hours, turn off the phone (yes, all of them) and lose yourself in your favourite book.
Need some books? Buy online at the following retailers ...
amazon.com
booktopia.com.au
dymocks.com.au
marymartin.com.au
angusrobertson.com.au
imprints.com.au
2012 is the National Year of Reading, a project bringing together government, public libraries, community groups, media and commercial partners, and readers young and old to promote literacy and reading in Australia.
For more information, or to get involved visit Love to Read.
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