Thursday Thoughts...

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!”

Jane Austen

I've got to hand it to Ms Austen here - I concur!

It's interesting to me how often I want to just sit and read a book. When I was a student, living away from home and studying a high intensity course, there was little time for any reading  other than text books, lecture notes and research. My load was pretty much 8 or 9am - 5pm each day at Uni and for each hour of contact we were expected to do at 2 hours of home study, so most nights went late, and weekends were for study.

But still. I tried to always have a novel, by the bed which I could pick up and read a chapter of, or half a chapter or a few pages before falling asleep. Reading was my reward.

During that same time I loved visiting the homes of friends who still lived at home - I walked in and could wander through their bookshelves, their libraries and simply be surrounded by books again. Oh it felt so good! As a student in rented accommodation I had one bookshelf and it was full of text books and folders. To see books! To get lost amongst them! Oh it was heaven.

Books continue to entertain, to provide solace and reward and I sincerely doubt I will ever tire of them.

And I love finding books in out of the way and unexpected places. Isle of Mull 2016.