I don't know how you
found your way here but I am pretty thankful you have and I apologise now for
the tacky and overused Bond opening (I just couldn't resist, we all love Mr
Bond *cough* Daniel Craig *cough*).
The concept of this
blog has been rolling around in my head for a while and I finally thought it
was time to make this little pipe dream a reality.
I love reading.
However, this fantastical love affair with literature wasn't always present in
my life. I used to despise it. I know, weird right? I don't know if this was
because I couldn't stand my parents persistent encouragement or the fact that I
didn't have the confidence to start something that I might not fully comprehend
or have the capabilities to achieve.
Fear can be
unforgiving and it can consume you in the process, but nothing beats the
feeling of accomplishing something you thought you never would. So here I am,
due of course to an ultimatum put to my child self by a loving friend, "read
or live your life in the dark". Since then, I have seen an
unfathomable number of worlds, experienced journeys so grand only the
imagination would allow and parted with so many characters it's not even funny.
Seriously, it's not funny.
So I've created this
little page in the back alleys of the Internet to share my experiences with the
books, movies and television I come across in my every day life. I hope that in
sharing my love for literature a few more people fall in love just as I have.
I will also share some of my earthly experiences:
the dreaded uni days, book events and the occasional special milestone. Currently, I am
studying a dual degree in Arts/Communication, majoring in History and PR,
hoping that one day the little historian inside me will break out into the
publishing world. I guess only time will tell.
I leave you
here, before you get tired of my ramblings, with my favourite quote of the past
few weeks:
A word to the unwise
Torch every book
Char every page
Burn every word to ash
Ideas are incombustible
And therein lies your real fear
-Ellen Hopkins
