Blogging About Books: Bookfessions

Written by The Reader, 17th February 2012

If we all think long and hard enough (some of us might not even have to ponder the matter too much), we can all come up with a dirty little secret about our reading habits that we''ve been hiding in the bookshelves of our brains. Mine would be that I haven't read any of the Harry Potter or Lord of The Rings series' (not so much a secret, just something that has caused a few people to stare at me in utter disbelief when I have uttered it).

One bibliophile has given us the courage to come clean by compiling a range of Bookfessions - a list of confessions and candid thoughts that plague lovers of literature. And it seems as a collective, we have a lot on our minds (perhaps rather unsurprising) - there are now 900 'bookfessions' listed, amongst which include judging a book by its cover, investing far too much emotion in fictional characters (I confess to being guilty of that also) and - particularly apt for this love-themed week and very sweet indeed - one book lover who confesses to 'having' a book rather than a song with their significant other (altogether: awwww).