Finding inspiration on twitter...? who'd have thought it...

Finding inspiration...

Well here's a first, I've been on social media and found something inspirational, and now I need to write before anything else can burst my bubble.

So what was the secret, well for a start off I was on twitter, and so much of it is people or companies just after a follow or trying to sell their product, but today I put in a search for new kids books, and a wonderful article came up about Terry Pratchett. He's got a new book coming out soon, and gave an interview to the Guardian giving some insights into his life and books that he's read. I even learnt a new word: segue, and if you're new to this word too, look it up in a dictionary - trust me you're more likely to remember it than if I tell you...

So maybe I've been using twitter all wrong, there's some weird a wonderful things on there, but also stuff I really don't need to see - ah well maybe I'll figure it out eventually. or am I just over thinking it...?

So what books have I been reading lately?

Well I've just finished The House on the Strand by Daphne Du Maurie, which I read after seeing the dramatisation of two of her books on the telly, and I was curious... I found it pretty dark, and probably wouldn't read another of her books, but I'm glad I tried it. Now I've started reading Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding. I've always loved the Bridget Jones films, and now I'm working my way through the books... I do love to read an eclectic mix.

The joy of reading

Being left to my own devices over the weekend  meant that I spent a large part of it lost in a book, which was wonderful... I finished the second half of Bridget Jones's Diary - oh the joy of reading half a book at one go, so often I only have time to read books in small chunks, and even on holiday I can end up too busy doing activities to just disappear into a book for long at a time. So the upshot is, that I now need the second book in the series, even though I have the film on DVD I'm still looking forward to reading the book, and then I'll be ready for the new book in the series, I'm still hoping it'll come out in paperback soon, but might just have to get the hardback version.

Luckily, thanks to getting distracted by buying instead of merchandising last week, I had another two books to choose from, and am now reading A Family Affair by Mary Campisi. I like to read a big cross section of books, and this is just one I came across with an interesting plot - and at 60 pages in it's certainly unfolding with lots of intriguing questions to answer...

I read in an article recently about how good reading is for the brain, keeping it active and agile (no great surprise there...) - so really my weekend of relaxing and reading was as good as going to the gym - for my mind at least...