The good girls guide to reading

Due to a shortage of decent novels being released during December and the fact that Laura without a book does not function ( if you think I am antsy on coffee you should see me bookless) I have taken to borrowing stashes of children's and young adult books for my reading pleasure. It is not always a good thing to be able to read quite fast because sometimes even with a whole bookshop to choose from you can feel like you have nothing to read. Now I am not suggesting that I have read everything in the shop or even everything worth reading but I do every so occasionally go through phases where nothing looks appealing and I can't bring home a book if I don't like the cover. It turns out that never judge a book by its cover can also be taken literally and I can't seem to stop myself from doing it.
So here we are in the run up to Christmas a great time for choosing books as presents and there's not a single decent new release in my to be read pile. Someone up in publishing HQ decided that January is a much better time for new and interesting books so at least I will be able to fend off the new year gloom with the promise of some decent reading material. So here I am itching to read something and then every day I have several people coming with a young person of a given age to buy for and they want to know what's good, what's suitable and so on. It wasn't exactly a giant leap of imagination that lead me to bringing home books from my section instead but I do consider it a good (if a little nerdy a move)

 In the last week or so I have read eight or nine different books for a variety of age groups and now I am knocking my previous book recommendations out of the park. Some of them are more entertaining than others and all of them are a fairly easy read which is great when I want to switch off after a long stressful day at work. I read Roddy Doyle's 'Brilliant' in two hours on Tuesday afternoon and it felt pretty great to read a full book so quickly. Its considerably less impressive when you think its written for your average 10 year old so think nice big font and the occasional illustration. I think it's been a great use of time especially as I haven't delved into actual children's books for quite some time ( I do read young adult novels from time to time but that's not quite the same) and there's some fantastic talent out there as well as a whole lot of mush but fortunately for me the dork diaries and wimpy kids books recommend themselves so I don't have to pretend I have taken the time to read them.
Once I return this stack, I have another just like it waiting to be read in work and I  promise once the festive season is over, I will read a lot less books with pictures and more that are written for women my age but for now I am enjoying losing myself in fictional worlds written for Children. 

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