When I lived at home I only had the space for a small bookcase, which was crammed full of the few books that I owned. I’ve always loved reading and I used to dream about the day when I had my own place filled with all of my favourite books.
I moved out a few years ago and now that I live in my own home, I’m the proud owner of 6 bookcases filled with books and other knick knacks. With so many empty shelves to fill up, I’ve been on a book buying frenzy ever since! The thing about buying books though, is that it’s extremely addicting. It doesn’t look like much but at last count I have over 150 books, not including my husband’s self help books, Mills and Boon, Lonely Planet’s and magazines!
I started off buying books that I’d read and loved growing up and have branched out to buying classics, like my beautiful hard cover penguin books, and popular books that have had great reviews. I also have to admit to buying books solely on the basis of their covers when something really catches my eye. So it’s probably not a big surprise that I have a long list of unread books on my shelves! Embarrassingly though, I’ve started to lose track of what books I’ve bought and in particular the ones I haven’t read yet, which is where Goodreads comes in.
It’s basically a website where you can create online “shelves” to keep track of the books you’re currently reading, want to read, own and anything else you might want to create. I’ve just started using it and I love it so far. It also doubles up as an online community of fellow booklovers, so it’s a great place to read reviews and get ideas on what to read next.
You can also participate in reading challenges and in line with one of my goals this year, I’ve put myself down to read 50 books. So far I’ve read 2 and am onto another 2 right now. To check out what I’m reading and how I’m going with my reading challenge, click here!