Leafing through the pages


As a child I loved it when my mum used to read to me in bed before I went to sleep. Some of my favourite reading material was; Stig of the dump, Fantastic Mr Fox and The worst witch. Since a child I have collected and loved reading books. I borrowed all the books in the local library about the Beatles. Bognor was actually quite well stocked with books on the subject.

I enjoyed reading biographies, auto-biographies. I loved to dig in a good history book and leafing through the pages of a book was very satisfying. At school I loved learning about history, the Romans and how they lived was

appealing to me.

My books shelves have always been stocked with books on a various array of subject matter some of them..music, art, photography, history, motor transport. A lot of them relate to the 1960s and the Beatles as it is something that I have been passionate about for the last 20 years.

The first book I read from cover to cover in one day was the last Harry Potter. for some reason I wanted to read it all in one go. I got the book at midnight on the day it was published and didn't go to sleep until it was finished. I think it took 23 hours to read in the end.

I left books for a while except for the odd book by Richard Hammond, which were FAB and VERY funny. In the last couple of weeks I've had lets just say a lot of spare time, too much time to think. So I picked up a book again. I heard author Kay Burley talking about her latest attempt at writing.."full of sex" it was described. I thought I'd try that to get me reading again. It was certainly an attempt at writing, but not a good one, boring and certainly no sex. After a few chapters..well nearly half the book I gave up and moved on to far better things.

I met Stuart Maconie who was telling tales of his new book *Hope and Glory*. I decided this was going to be my next read. It's about a day in the 20th century from each decade, that shaped Britain. He visits those places..drinks coffee and eats toasted teacakes. I then read Pies and Prujudice..it got better! Now I am in the middle of Cider with Roadies. All books by Mr Maconie. Thats my third book in 2 weeks, not bad going, but also a lot of coffe

e and tea being consumed. I don't know what I will be reading next. I have quite a few to choose from..Caravaggio, Michael Caine, Keith Richards, Caitlin Moran or a book on Popism..Umm can't decide right now, back to Cider with roadies and my coffee!