I've always read books. I'm not sure specifically where the encouragement came from - school and parents, most likely. And I remember that my older sister was always a more avid reader than I was - I remember a feeling of her setting the standard for reading.
I'd fallen out of reading as a habit, but in 2022, I decided to read more books. I'd always kept physical copies of the books that I'd read: a combination of trophy cabinet, reminder of what I'd read, and a link to some part of who I am - to the extent that you're defined by what you read.
However, with a lack of bookshelves, and the increasing use of eBooks, I needed a different way to record what I read. So I started using Goodreads. This was initially just to record what I'd read, but increasingly I was interested in capturing my thoughts about books, and to engage more with a book-reading community.
I'm now quite active on Goodreads, and I also decided to start this blog in order to put my book reviews outside of any particular social media platform, but also somewhere to capture other thoughts about the experience of being "someone who reads".
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