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Being Bookish
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I have always loved reading. In fact, I can’t remember a time when I didn’t have a book, whether it was The Wind in the Willows (the first chapter book my granny bought me to distract me from scratching my chicken pox when I was 5), or Pride and Prejudice (which I actually hated the first time I read it).
Back in 2019, I started a podcast with a friend based in South Carolina, we were ‘two girls from the South’ talking about romantic fiction, everything from Johanna Lindsey to Hans Solo and Princess Leia. Then of course, 2020 happened, she got focused on homeschooling and though I was doing the job of four while many of my colleagues went on furlough, I was bored. The idea was born for a new podcast. Initially, it was about everything from my mental health issues (of which there are a number) to TV shows, films I enjoyed and books. But I wasn’t really happy…so I went back to the drawing board, and eventually, Being Bookish emerged. So here we are, several years later…and if you are here, then all I can say is ‘welcome, sit back, listen and enjoy the ride’.
I have always believed that, no matter what, the books that I have collected and read actually tell a better story of my life than any biography ever could.
For every moment in my life that has any meaning there is a book that I can pick up and say “Yes, this is what I was reading when…” whether it’s a bad break-up, an amazing holiday or the worst moments I have experienced I can go to my shelves and say “This is what got me through it”.
No matter what, the books I read are always there for me and, good or bad, they are what I remember above everything else.
Film is something of an escape, admittedly not as much or as frequently as reading, but sometimes there is nothing better than sitting down to watch an old favourite, or find a new one.
Though I am not as regular a film-goer as I once was, I still find a few hours of enjoyment out of sitting down, switching on the Xbox (for a DVD) or searching for what can feel like an eternity on streaming, to find something to escape into.
Of course, there will always be a few clunkers and I know that I am not alone in saying that I’ve seen a fair number of them. But what makes one film better than another? And in reality, not everyone is going to agree on what makes a good film and what makes a bad one.
I have reviewed many good films and an equal number of films that seriously need to be thrown to the bottom of the Mariana Trench – go on, give it a few moments, I am sure you can think of one or two.
