My name is Laure, 23 years old living in a small town in Belgium. I can't remember not liking books ever. When I was a toddler, my parents used to read me great stories, from Pippi Longstockings to Harry potter. I now think that they made me fall in love with books, if they hadn't read to me, I might not have liked books at all. Anyways, it's always been my dream to make a living from books. Not as a writer, but just a job (any job) involving books. When I was 16, I worked in the town library for a while (loved it), until I realised I was accidentaly volunteering (so I "quit"). Now I'm hoping to be able to read books as a job, but am now realising that this is probably not a real job. So I'm just going ahead and write some reviews that nobody is going to read but give me the feeling that I'm working with books in a way.
I'm currently counting down to the last two days as a student, which will hopefully mean that I will have more time to read (since there won't be any homework left to do).
I love reading fantasy and young adult books. They have the ability to surprise me and take me to unknown places and unimaginable adventures. Sometimes I read something else, but I don't like realistic books, since they seem to confront me with the drama of a mere human being. Not that I don't want to see the world's problems, but when I'm reading books, I like to not think about the problems surrounding us.
Books make me laugh, cry, think, imagine greater goals. If a character in a book falls in love, I will fall in love too (even if there's nobody to fall in love with). In other words: when I read a book, I'm lost in every letter, lost in every feeling until I reach the last final point. After that point I'm lost in myself because another book has ended and I'll never have that same feeling again of reading it for the first time. But then I find another, and the cycle begins again.