January 2010 Archives

There's always a couple of them isn't there?

The books you think about reading for years - they've been recommended by everyone and are rapidly turning to dust on your shelves... yet you still don't find the time...

Well, I found the time and the Bookseller of Kabul was one of those books - thank goodness I finally read it...

Oh, it's not like me to get excited about a book and blog on it before I've even finished it, is it?

Oh no - because I'm sensible enough to realise I could go home tonight, turn over a page and find the book has descended into dire and is now destined only for the dump.

Ha, yeah right! Generally, the book I'm reading is always the one I'm aching to blog about - because the moment I've finished it is the moment I'm onto the next one...

I've started this year with a PILE of nice crisp new books to read (one of the best reasons to have Christmas methinks)

I tend to choose a new book based on either a friend's recommendation or a cursory glance at the jacket (I know this is wrong, but I don't like reading sypnoses - they always spoilt the plot)

Anyway, I'd like to know what's on your 2010 'books to read' list please - it might inspire me. Here's mine... just in case it does the same...

Don't you just love January?

Okay, so you might struggle to agree with me on that one - what with all the snow and ice on the ground, the belt tightening and the constant health and fitness chatter.

But this is a great month for book lovers. Turn the reasons above into an opportunity to curl up with a good book and gorge yourself on all those novels you've been longing to read...