"But please Liam, do tell us what preperation you are referring to? We are ever so interested." ...
Well alright then, strange and invisible reader, if you insist! Preparation so far has just been looking up what I'll need to bring, what is provided etc but I also thought it rather important to go on a little book shopping trip! Now, I've seen around that buying recommended course books is somewhat costly and not necessarily needed as all books will be provided at the University library, but as my course is a Film and Creative Writing course I thought it'd be a good idea to stock up on creative inspiration and influence! I wanted to get a mixture of differing genre fictions, to get me excited for the concept of more writing, and to give some inspiration along with some more historical and non-fiction books that could give me more knowledge on other aspects that might benefit me in my course. Considering I'm going to have to start budgeting soon its only wise to not spend a great deal now! So my master plan was to write down a list of books I'd like and visit different shops and try and find the cheapest. Today I went shopping for Fiction books in the town I live in, which admittedly doesnt have an absolute abundance of book shops but there are places...and it was a succesful shop! I came home with 4 awesome books by some incredible writers, which are....
Message In A Bottle - Nicholas Sparks (Romance Genre, and for a bit of soppy reading)
Casual Vacancy - J.K.Rowling (Mainly to find out how someone like J.K can demolish specific writing expectations, which so far is absolutely true, this book is fantastic and so different!)
The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons - Dan Brown (For obvious reasons, both of these were made into great films, and I really wanted to see what the original books were like!)
So reading and buying these books is really starting to further my excitement for Uni and I cannot wait to carry on, I'm also going to go shopping for more historical books with a friend of mine soon in Chelmsford so that should be good. Its still a bit weird to be writing this blog and not knowing if anyone actually cares about any of this or finds it interesting or if in fact I'm just talking to myself, either way its still kind of fun to write it! Please leave some comments if you feel like it, and to allow me to know you're there :) Might post some reviews up when I finish the books if anyone's interested.
