What the hell am I doing here?

Everywhere I go on the web, it seems like everyone has their own blog. Some of the other book-related blogs out there in particular look as if they've been going on for years. So I have to admit that I was a little nervous at the idea of starting one of my own. Sure I loved books, that much was obvious, but was there anything I could possibly say about them that hadn't already been said a thousand times, and far more eloquently? When I looked at the likes of The Woolomaloo Gazette and some of the others out there, I had to wonder whether I wasn't just wasting my time.

 

Then I just decided "Sod it - I'm not aiming for a Pulitzer here, I'm just sharing my thoughts about books, book-selling, and the literary world in general." I'm not a published author or a noted publisher or even a celebrity blogger (maybe that should be "celeblogger"...) but I knows what I likes, dammit! I've been a bookseller for a few years and I'm still employed by one of the UK's largest specialist book retailers, so I'm in a good position to know what customers are like and what goes on in the book trade itself. I've had to deal with nutters on the shop floor and have had the pleasure of meeting and organising events for authors like Terry Pratchett and Jacqueline Wilson, so maybe someone out there will find my random burblings vaguely interesting!

 

Anyway, I'm still reading Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs by Irvine Welsh, and it's getting really good. I'll write a review as soon as I'm done, but as I only get to read for an hour each day during my commute to and from work, this may be a little while yet...