Friday, 12 August 2011

To begin at the beginning...

What is the one fixed immovable point in your day?

For me, it's the bedtime story.  No matter what time it is, or what time we've been up since, I read a bedtime story to my sons.  Then their dad reads one, too.  And, if they've been very good, we might read a third one - but that's a real treat.

I can't resist books.  The boys know that they are always onto a winner if they ask for a book.  In fact, they'll probably get two.  Our house groans with books - in the living room, in the dining room, on the landing, in the loo, in the bedrooms...and that's without mentioning the attic.  So, we get through a lot of stories.  And there seem to be patterns.  Some are old favourites, brought out every few months for a re-read.  Others are obsessions, read every night for a week and then forgotten.  They sum up our moods and preoccupations.   They make us laugh and cry.

So, this blog is intended to record our books at bedtime - what we are reading and why.  Not every day - but as often as I can.  I hope you enjoy sharing our stories.



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