For the love of books

Hello all,

I am so glad I have finally been able to come up with a place which I can dedicate to the books we love and the ones that mean a lot to us.
Ever since I discovered the pleasure of prose and books at the ripe old age of11, I have enjoyed nothing more than finding someone else who happens to have read a book that I love and who loves/loved it too. It is such a joy to delve back into a book with a friend or acquaintance and go over the bits that you loved: the funny parts,the sad parts,the parts that ripped at your heartstrings, the surprising twists, turns and unexpected endings. It is infinitely enjoyable because in that moment, you are reliving the best parts of the book and the emotions again, just like when you first read them and felt them. The problem with this is that not every book you've read has been read by members of your acquaintance.So what happens is that you finish a book, feel a huge swell of love for it, but when you cast around for someone to share it with you are left disappointed because you end up being the only one you know that has read and loved the book. What doyou do then?Force loved ones to read it? The obliging ones will, but then, how likely are they to love it as much as you do? Not so much? Exactly!

So what will this blog be about? As the title suggests, this will be a blog dedicated to the books we have read and LOVED. It is not your usual book review site where new releases or new finds are critiqued and rated. I want this blog to be about reliving our favourite books. I truly respect anyone who can think up a story and persevere enough to put it down on paper for others to experience. I have never been very comfortable sitting on a high horse and ridiculing or critisising another's literary work but I find that this is usually the sort of discussions that takes place when books are the topic. That is not what we will be doing here.

The posts will be short postive reviews of favourite books and to avoid spoiling it for those who haven't read them, the spoilers will only be allowed in the discussions which will take place in the comments section. Anyone who has read the book will be welcome to talk about it to their heart's content in the comments section. Those who have not read it,can foray into the comments section at their peril,or go ahead and read the book if they feel they would like to take part in the discussion.

Who can review a book? Well, anyone who has read and loved ANY book at ANY timein their lives, is more than welcome to send me their review of it and it will be published in due course. I am only one person, so I have only read so many books. I am also looking for inspiration for my next reads so I am more than willing to hear about the books you've read and loved and would like to see if I will love them too. Also you get to raise awareness ofyour favourite books and increase the number of people who know about it. And many more people will get a chance to be introduced to their newest favourite book,thanks to you.

If you have any of the books reviewed and disliked or even hated them, then please ignore the post and move on. This is an appreciation site so negative reviews or comments will not be accepted.

I look forward to being inspired and discovering books I nwouldnever have discovered otherwise. I hope you are too. Please send me your reviews and encourage your friends, family and acquaintances to do so too.

My first review will follow later this week. So stay tuned!