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Grannies who READ

Dr Seuss once said, 'You can find magic wherever you look, sit back and relax, all you need is a book.'


Reading is not only a pastime and a hobby. It is empowering, inspiring and it really does provide an escape from everyday life. It can take you to places you never thought you would travel, and it can take you to places where you can find the real you. In many a book you will see you and you will learn about you. In other books you will find inspiration to keep going, ideas to change you, and always an enjoyment and fulfilment for you.

Myself Granny McC, and Granny Annie are avid readers. However for one of us, that wasn't always the case - Granny Annie is a newbie to reading. And she has discovered 'a whole new world and one where I really can travel daily and find myself lost in another world.' Granny Annie shows that you're never too old to discover the joy of reading. 


Granny McC has always been a book addict and reading lover. Many times over the years I have tried and tried to get Annie to read. But alas, it was when Covid struck that she discovered the joy and the importance of books. Now we two reading grannies exchange books, talk books and have to hang up the phone to get back to our book. Books form a very important part of both our lives now.


As we go forward with our blog we will recommend books, discuss books and maybe meet some other book lovers too. But what we want to do here is to encourage you, the reader of our blog, to read a good book today. You might just discover that 'new world' we both love to travel to - without ever leaving home.

Granny Annie has just finished reading 'The Summer Seekers' and 'Happy Dreams at Mermaid Cove'. Myself, Granny McC am currently reading the Booker Prize winning 'Prophet Song' and recently finished 'Christmas by Candlelight'. And a book we both have read and return to again and again is, 'The Boy, the mole, the fox and the Horse' - a book to delve into at random or read all at once. A book you will go to and get reassurance, inspiration and sheer enjoyment. 

Both of us can confidently say that reading really is one of the most marvelous adventures you can have. And of course we fully agree with Dr Seuss when he says, 'Why fit in when you were born to stand out.' We love to stand out, and reading helps us do just that.

We'd love to know if you are a reader, or what you are reading today.


Granny McC and Granny Annie x

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