I have books on my mind today: Trying to decide what should take priority over the Xmas/New Year break, especially considering that I have a number of books still sitting unread in my bookshelf. Wolf Hall has been tempting me for months, but it's really rather huge and I haven't felt like lugging it around with me.
I'm also trying to decide whether or not to participate in any online reading challenges next year. I only took part in two this year, but I didn't quite get through all the books I'd planned to, mostly because I got distracted by other books. This year I will have read more than 30 books in 12 months for the first time. I would normally plan my reading lists months in advance, but this year I have quite enjoyed the freedom of reading whatever I want, as the mood takes.
E-books have played a major part in the tally too, since they can be read anywhere. I've been reading quite a lot on my iPhone: It is far more convenient to carry them around this way! I still have quite a large number of those to read, too (at the moment I'm addicted to the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris ~ they are so easy to read and a lot of mindless fun).
I shall mention, only in passing, that I am also terribly behind in my book reviews. I have five to write at the moment. Naughty me!
Do you have holiday reading planned?
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Hi there from Cape Town, South Africa. A friend of mine has a great book review & coffee house blog called www.chaptersandcream.blogspot.com. Perhaps you can check her out sometime. She's also a fan of Wolf Hall. I bought it for my husband to read, who likes the Tudor period, but as a year has gone by without him opening it, I've lent it to my son's 20 yr old girlfriend. She is a Phillippa Gregory fan (historical fiction).
ReplyDeleteAlthough all of the electronic ways of reading books are more convenient, I'm still a lover of the old-fashioned book and love looking at all of the books lining my bookshelves. I do try to lend them out to be of more use than a dust-trap though! And, I love frequenting 2nd hand bookshops and have bought a number of nearly new books as gifts for people at a fraction of the price of new.
You have an interesting blog.
Ah, so many books, so little time! I am trying to finish Lady Chatterly's Lover for my bookclub. Must admit I'm not thrilled, but I do want to finish it. Then.....I'm not sure. I am also considering book challenges for 2012. I also hope to do better at entering books into my book journal!
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