Calling all mini Matildas!
This one is for the women who know that life’s greatest lessons often come typed and bound. We salute you.
To everyone who has stayed up all night reading “just one more” chapter. To those who have powered through a box of tissues in mourning for a beloved character, or kept a notebook of their favourite quotes.
Here are the ten things that every book lover knows about life.
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The Smell of a New Book is One of Life’s Great Joys
If we could bottle it…
Huge Joy Comes from Little Gifts
Like the best bookmark in the world.
A Fictional Death Can Break a Real Heart
Dumbledore. Prim. Beth. Augustus.
The Movie is Never Better
No studio budget can match your own imagination.
Words Can Be a Drug
Just. One. More. Chapter. Then I’ll go to sleep, I swear.
Your Favourite Characters Will Stay With You Forever
It’s perfectly acceptable to ask 30-year-old you what Winnie The Pooh might do.
You Can Be Alone Without Being Lonely
I’m just hanging with some old friends today.
Holidays Can Provide A Challenge
I have eight books to read, and seven days to do it.
Every Life Trial is a Merely a Chapter in Your Story
You’re permanently the lead character in your own novel. You’ve got this.
The End of a Great Novel is Like the End of a Relationship
You’ve shared ups and downs, laughs and tears. While the great whirlwind love affair may end on the final page, the memories will linger on while the search commences for your next Great Love.
