In the past, I was never sure about short stories. I understood (in theory) the beauty and style required, but I’m normally such a fast reader that -zip! - it was done just as I started to get into it. So I tried reading them slower and sometimes that worked. I could b...

Hands up the booklovers! Yes, I see you all there. There is something all encompassing about books. Maybe because they’ve been around for a good 2000 years (in some form or another) that it really doesn’t matter who you are - a book lover or not - you can still underst...

I have read over 200 books last year. That’s not counting the ones I started and only got a third of the way in before deciding I wouldn’t continue.

‘But that’s your job! To read books!’ I hear you cry. 

Well unfortunately that is not actually a primary part of my job an...