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Clearly Bookish
Oct. 6th, 2022 09:18 pmHe is clearly bookish. I did not follow a single word of their conversation at dinner last night, not one jot of it. He must be bookish
I had no idea that writing my first blog post would be so intimidating. The blank page, the flashing cursor, the paralysing fear of getting it wrong. Everyone makes it seem so easy, I thought I just opened up the 'new post' page, started typing and that was it.
So, hi. I'm Tobias and this is my brand new blog. As it says just over there on the right, I'm a 41-year-old nerd from the south west of England who loves science-fiction and steampunk. By day, I work as a systems analyst in the government but by night I get excited by books, music, tv & film, video games and all things STEAM related. OK, who am I kidding? I get excited about them during the day too!
I randomly fell into booktok over the summer. I'm not entirely sure how I got there but I really enjoyed listening to people enthuse about what they're reading. I tried to give it a go but didn't at all feel comfortable recording myself, couldn't get the hang of editing clips and just got frustrated and pissed off.
From there I ended up reading bookblogging websites and decided this looked like a lot of fun. Which brings me to right here, right now, to my first post as I choose to have a go at doing it myself.
It also coincides nicely with buying a new flat - it has two bedrooms, one of which I've converted into a home office since my job became hybrid working after the apocalypse. So I have space for bookshelves, and my parents have emptied their attic of boxes and boxes of my books etc etc declaring I could store them myself. I'm slowly unpacking and working out what I want to keep. I foresee lots of re-reading in the future, a mixture of old favourites that I haven't read in years and things I don't remember if I like/want to keep.
I've started adding details of a few to my new goodreads and storygraph accounts. I've never tracked reading or anything before so I'm excited to see the sorts of stats I get at the end of the year.
I've set myself a goal of reading 18 books by the end of the year. It's only just over one a week, so it shouldn't be too bad. I usually read two books at a time, one fiction and one non-fiction.
For my fiction TBR right now, I'm re-reading Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series, followed by the Finishing School series. The internet is telling me there's some others I've missed as well so I'm excited
For my non-fiction TBR right now, I want to try reading some Bill Bryson. I know I've read at least one of his and remember enjoying it a lot. I'm currently waiting for my library reservation of Troublesome Words to come in. I have a *thing* about chronological orders.
So, yes, welcome to Clockwork Conall, it's nice to have you here. Pull up a chair, pour yourself a hot cup of tea and make yourself comfortable.
I had no idea that writing my first blog post would be so intimidating. The blank page, the flashing cursor, the paralysing fear of getting it wrong. Everyone makes it seem so easy, I thought I just opened up the 'new post' page, started typing and that was it.
So, hi. I'm Tobias and this is my brand new blog. As it says just over there on the right, I'm a 41-year-old nerd from the south west of England who loves science-fiction and steampunk. By day, I work as a systems analyst in the government but by night I get excited by books, music, tv & film, video games and all things STEAM related. OK, who am I kidding? I get excited about them during the day too!
I randomly fell into booktok over the summer. I'm not entirely sure how I got there but I really enjoyed listening to people enthuse about what they're reading. I tried to give it a go but didn't at all feel comfortable recording myself, couldn't get the hang of editing clips and just got frustrated and pissed off.
From there I ended up reading bookblogging websites and decided this looked like a lot of fun. Which brings me to right here, right now, to my first post as I choose to have a go at doing it myself.
It also coincides nicely with buying a new flat - it has two bedrooms, one of which I've converted into a home office since my job became hybrid working after the apocalypse. So I have space for bookshelves, and my parents have emptied their attic of boxes and boxes of my books etc etc declaring I could store them myself. I'm slowly unpacking and working out what I want to keep. I foresee lots of re-reading in the future, a mixture of old favourites that I haven't read in years and things I don't remember if I like/want to keep.
I've started adding details of a few to my new goodreads and storygraph accounts. I've never tracked reading or anything before so I'm excited to see the sorts of stats I get at the end of the year.
I've set myself a goal of reading 18 books by the end of the year. It's only just over one a week, so it shouldn't be too bad. I usually read two books at a time, one fiction and one non-fiction.
For my fiction TBR right now, I'm re-reading Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series, followed by the Finishing School series. The internet is telling me there's some others I've missed as well so I'm excited
For my non-fiction TBR right now, I want to try reading some Bill Bryson. I know I've read at least one of his and remember enjoying it a lot. I'm currently waiting for my library reservation of Troublesome Words to come in. I have a *thing* about chronological orders.
So, yes, welcome to Clockwork Conall, it's nice to have you here. Pull up a chair, pour yourself a hot cup of tea and make yourself comfortable.
