I set myself the target of a book a week - less than I read before I worked full time and studied on the side but enough to make reading a daily habit. And I managed it (in fact if I finish my current read by Saturday night I will have read 59 books ( Read more... )

Only 2 this month owing to time spent reading holiday guides to Corfu etc.

Sophie Hannah - The Monogram Murders This is the first of her Agatha Christie's Poirot novels and I really didn't like it all. It was purchased on a whim as a Kindle cheapie and began reasonably well but was ultimately dull, confusing and the characters had few redeeming ( Read more... )

A book meme via huskyteer.  "List ten books that have stayed with you in some way. Take just a few minutes and don't think too hard -- they don't have to be the "right" or "great" works, just the ones that have touched you."

My list is the books I would want on my desert island for comfort reading.

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

Molesworth by ( Read more... )

January 2014

Jennifer Saunders - Bonkers A Christmas gift from My Friend Hoovan. I have always rather liked French and Saunders so it was an enjoyable undemanding holiday read (I had listened to bits of it on Radio 4 before Christmas and was planning to get it from the library anyway). I always prefer the bits of celebrity autobiographies before ( Read more... )

Across at debodiddley I have started putting together a list of 60 books to read before I am 60. I'd be so grateful for ideas; not least because it would be lovely to associate the books with the friends who recommend them.

A n amusing and surprisingly tricky meme from callmemadam 
Using only books you have read this year (2010), cleverly answer these questions. Try not to repeat a book title. It’s much, much harder than you think!

* Describe Yourself: The Daughter of Time - Josephine Tey
* How do you feel: Penny Plain - O Douglas
* Describe where you currently live: Greenery ( Read more... )

( What I read in July ... )

book meme from coughingbear

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't search around and look for the coolest book you can find. Do what's actually next to you.

On being reassured, he lit up - a highly interesting and novel ( Read more... )

I couldn't sleep last night because I was thinking about poetry (on account of it being National Poetry Day or somesuch) and poems ( Read more... )

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