Memory Lane

I have a confession.

When I was young, I hated reading. I really did not like it!

Though, I was lucky enough to have a mum who liked reading and literature. She would read to me and my sister often, all kinds of things from books to poetry.

Now I read practically all the time 😀 It’s a great escapism for me, and with the surge of self-published books, it means there are so many other stories open to us now!

But back then I was, and still am in some ways, a very fussy reader. A book had to catch me within a couple of pages or I lost interest. In my teens, I didn’t really read anything at all. I wrote A LOT, but very little reading.

So for me, the books I did read when I was younger really stand out today. Those books that just caught me and stick in my mind until this day.

– A Witch in Time by Terry Deary (the original, not the 2002 one)- I borrowed this from my primary school library and loved it! Not sure why it had me hooked, I just remember that it did.

– Beyond the Deep Woods by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell– There were so many great parts in this. I cried at one point, and got so scared I couldn’t sleep with the light off at another 😀 Didn’t enjoy the rest of the series though.

– Mrs Wishy Washy – I didn’t actually enjoy this, I just used to torture my mum with it by bringing it home as compulsory reading from infant school. She hated that book.

– The Perfume (Point Horror) – I rediscovered this book on Chrissi Reads, (a brilliant blog!) after trying to remember what it was called. I even wrote a short piece inspired by it on my other blog.

There are a few others, but these are the ones I remember the most, that I sometimes think of fondly whilst waiting around with nothing on my mind.

I think these are the types of books that started my love of wanting to write a story, to write something that someone, somewhere will think of fondly at random points throughout their life 😀

Do you remember your childhood favourites? Which books started your love for reading and/or writing?

Also, as a side note… I have finished editing! I have got my happy dance groove on!

There will also be no Romance Weekly post this week, as I am working really hard on finishing up these books 😀 Back on schedule next week though!

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Progress Report

Publishing status:
> Stolen- Formatting. (Still to do: Cover, blurb, marketing).
> The Queen’s Jester- Formatting. (Still to do: Cover, blurb, marketing).
> Third Manuscript- Formatting. (Still to do: Cover, blurb, marketing).

May E-Book Review: Book read. Review written.