hello from a fellow book addict! :)

[Karen]

Hello, My name is Karen and I am 39 years old. I live in Birmingham, UK with my hubby and our 3 children age 15, 14 and 4.
I have been passionate about books for as long as I can remember. I have several family photos that show other family members posing happily for the camera but little me buried in a book!! My parents divorced when I was four and I spent weekends with my father. My weekend treat was a trip into town to my favourite bookshop 'The Midland Educational' where my father would buy me a book. I always treasured my books when I was a child, no scribbles or page creasing allowed!! I still treasure my books today. I can easily spend hours browsing around my local bookshops. Apart from bookshops, I purchase many books from charity shops, online auctions etc.
I am slowly trying to add some of the books I have read over the years. The problem is that I keep getting sidetracked by other peoples reviews and recommendations. :) I have a strong feeling that my 'to read' list is going to out grow my 'read' list! It is possibly a good idea to get hubby to hide the bank cards. :)
I look forward to meeting some fellow books addicts and reading about some of your favourite books.
Hope you all have a great day,
Karen

[Kataklicik]

Hi Karen!

Believe me, you are not alone in saying you've got more 'to read' than 'read' books hahahaha. We all suffer the same malady!

[Lori, Super Mod]

Welcome to goodreads Karen!
Yeah, tell the hubby to hide all the money, becuase you will be spending like a fiend!!!

Glad to have you here!

[Kirsty]

Hi Karen... I'm in Manchester! You're in good company, we're all book addicts who can't control our to-read lists!

[[deleted user]]

Welcome, Karen.

[Charity]

Hey Karen! Stay away from other people's reviews and recommendations...it will only further aggravate your 'sickness'. :-)

[Sherry]

Hi Karen,welcome to the group.Having gone through your bookshelves(shameless,I know)I noticed that you've read a number of Nicci French novels but I didn't see one of the best which was Land of the Living.It doesn't get more suspenseful than this one.Worth getting the bank card for. :)

[Karen]

Thank you everyone for you kind welcome and thank you Sherry for your recommendation :)

[Stacy]

From one addict to another: "Welcome, Karen" I visited Birmingham back in the mid-90's. (My company used to be headquartered there.) One of my favorite memories of that trip was when I went down to London and spent time browsing in a little bookstore. Go figure, eh? :)

[Mandy]

Hi, Karen! I see you're a JP fan, I just read his new book Sail and it was really good.

Hope you enjoy the group!!

[The Book Whisperer (aka Boof)]

Hi Karen, and welcome. I'm from Yorkshire so there are more of us from the UK creeping onto these pages.

I've only been a member on here for a month and I am utterly addicted. What's great is that everyone celebrates each others addictions to books and there is no snobbery around what we should be reading etc - I love it.