I’m Lauren, and I love books. I love them so much that every nook and cranny of my house is filled with books. I’m always thinking about the perfect word and I like to psychoanalyze things (read: books). A LOT. I guess you could call me an armchair psychologist for books.
What are my favourite books?
When I love a book, I read it over and over again, just so that I can stay in that world a little bit longer. I’ve read Tamora Pierce’s Wild Magic series at least a hundred times. Nimona by Noelle Stevenson, The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness and Carry On by Rainbow Rowell are some of my favourite worlds to escape into.
Why the Novel Shrink?
I want to know what makes those books tick, so I’m going to do my best to find out the science behind what makes us shiver with fear when we read a good Stephen King book or swoon when we devour yet another delicious Charlaine Harris series. Why is it that we root for a good protagonist? What is it about our brains that lets us live in the fictional world as if it were our own?
Let’s find out, together.
The Novel Shrink 
Hi there! This probably seems a bit out of the blue, but I’ve enjoyed your posts, so I’ve nominated you for the Liebster Award. (The details are on my blog in the post about the award.) You don’t “have” to participate – I just wanted to recognize yours as an enjoyable blog!
Great blog keep writing
I see you write “It got me thinking” here as well– was there cheesecake and 30 rock involved? 😉
“A Considerable Speck” is one of the first poems I read by Robert Frost and one of my favorites of his. I love that you’ve based your blog around it.
Haha there’s always cheesecake and 30 Rock involved! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
You’ve got an award! check my blog!
Hi Lauren. I nominated you for the Liebster Award! Pop over to my blog at http://angelajardine.com/2013/07/04/liebster-award/ to see details.
Regards
Angie
Hello!!!! I really like your blog and would thus like to nominate you for the versatile blogger award. Please accept this as my appreciation for your work! 🙂
http://ahouseofpomegranates.wordpress.com/2014/02/03/the-versatile-blogger-award/
The rules oblige to post an acknowledgement with the logo, 7 things about yourself, and then nominate 15 others to pay it forward.
Thank you for sharing!
B 🙂 xx
Thanks!
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May I simply just say what a relief to find a person that genuinely knows what they are discussing online.
You certainly understand how to bring a problem to light and make it important.
A lot more people really need to read this and understand this side of the story.
I can’t believe you are not more popular because you surely have the gift.
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Hi Jacob! Thanks for tuning in 🙂 I’ll be sure to visit your blog too 🙂
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“I’m Lauren, and I love writing in the margins with pencil, because writing is a conversation. ” -> YES, YES & yes 🙂