Intro and mini rant

this is me, bookshop Laura. welcome to the random musings of a thirty year old book enthusiast. really should be doing more with my life like sorting out something that resembles a career or using my degree but for now i'm slaving away in the childrens section of a bookshop. devouring any books that catch my eye. having a book shop as your own personal library - definite perk of the job and one that im taking full advantage of. Currently discovering John green for the first time, who knew there was still so much happening in YA fiction. I will read pretty much anything, chick lit - i dabble in it, crime, literary fiction, YA fiction and the odd biography. the only place i draw the line is at fifty shades or any derivative therof. always being one to see what everyones talking about I read the first one. sadly I can never unread it.  poorly written smut masquerading as a novel ( i use that term lightly). I dont think it bodes well for literature how many poorly written sagas of the 'mummy porn' genre seem to be following suit. doesnt anyone want to read something that doesnt involve some woman getting tied up and demeaned or is it just me, a lone woman in search of books with adventures and characters and an actual plot. im ever grateful that even if the masses arent reading the good stuff at least theres people out there writing it

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