THOUGHTFUL (3) - AUGUST CHALLENGE

I have always been an avid reader - from when I was very young - reading by torchlight when I was in bed, as my mother forbade me to read, because she wasn't a reader herself. I can lose myself in a book and often do!

"The Light Between Oceans" is the only book that has made me cry!

Sometime ago I saw a review of this book and asked about it in my local library. It wasn't one they had so they bought it in for me. It took me a couple of chapters to get into it but I am so glad I persevered.

I have bought it as a gift for several friends, bought a copy for myself and I have it on my iPad in my Kindle books app. In fact, it's one of the few books, apart from my Bible, that I have read more than once.

I won't spoil it by telling you what it's about - nothing annoys me more than the blurb on the back of a book that "gives away" the plot - but suffice to say it is an excellent début novel by an Australian author, M L Stedman and I believe is going to be made into a film. It will be interesting to see how closely it keeps to the actual book!

It certainly fits the bill for the August Challenge, THOUGHTFUL as it is a thought-provoking book, challenging the perceptions of right and wrong.

Reading was my escape and my comfort,
my consolation,
my stimulant of choice:
reading for the pure pleasure of it,
for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you
when you hear an author's words
reverberating in your head.
Paul Auster