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Amy Webster has rekindled her love for reading during the lockdown after years of neglecting the hobby.

The 21-year-old from Balby said: “I started running a Bookstagram back in May of this year when I started reading again.

“I used to read a lot of books when I was a young teen but when GCSE exams started I just didn’t have the time to anymore.

Amy has read 72 books during the lockdown and has started a Bookstagram.

“Since March I’ve read 72 books and I have been loving it.”

Amy says the most she has read in one month is 15 books and that her favourite read has been the ‘Throne of Glass’ series by Sarah J Mass.

“I haven’t seen anybody doing blind books in Doncaster and I thought it would be a nice idea to introduce it through Instagram,” Amy said.

“I’m wrapping up books that I have already read in bright and colourful wrapping paper and sending them off to new homes.

Amy Webster has started a blind date with a book project after she redisocvered her love for fiction during the lockdown.

“I thought it would be a nice way to make some money and help others enjoy them.”

The books will have simple descriptive words attached to them so that readers can pick their potential book based on genre but not on the book cover.

She hopes that the project will lead her to meet more fiction lovers in Doncaster as she has found it hard to find other book lovers her age in the town.

Amy is a student at Loughborough University studying Retail Market and Management and hopes to use the blind book project as a part of her degree.

She is also making handmade cards which she is also selling on her Instagram.

“Making the cards is really relaxing to me,” she said.

“I put music on and start painting which is great for stress.”

In the future, Amy wants to expand her small business with the addition of handwritten letters in modern calligraphy.

You can see her products here.

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Book loving young woman is starting a blind book project in Doncaster