Anita

I think you’re right about meeting your reading needs on this site, and I like what you said about the posts being authentic. I also love reading paper books – smelling the pages, turning the pages and touching the paper (I sound like an absolute nerd!)

As for this book you speak of – ‘The Year Of Joe’, I’m currently at the passive part of the story where nothing of major importance is happening in the life of the main protagonist. Joe is still waking up reasonably early (even on a Sunday), he is still filling most of his time with crazy illustrations made with marker pens and paint, listening to Kate Bush songs a lot and walks down to the library every Saturday where he assists members of the public with computer-related problems and placing returned books back on the shelf. Every night before he sleeps, however, Joe stares at the ceiling and imagines the vast world outside the confines of his small bedroom. He ponders on previous mistakes he has made and how he can avoid repeating them in future. He dreams of wanderlust and adventure in many faraway places he has never been to, and thinks about what needs to be done in order to make those dreams a reality. He also thinks back to where he was 10 years before and sometimes this causes him to worry; it’s gone by pretty darn quickly and he worries that if time just keeps passing him by and he doesn’t start to put more effort into what he wants, he might never get to do the things he wants to in life.