I think I'd better gloss over about my own paltry turnover as, to be honest, I sometimes struggle to read one title a month. I'm often slightly late for my book group because I've been speed reading to the end! It used to be so different, in the days I commuted long distances to work by train and was able to read after 9pm without nodding off...
I still love reading though and wouldn't like to imagine a life without books. So my New Year's Resolution is to make more time for reading in 2013, and thanks to the generosity of my family I have some lovely new reading matter to indulge in.
Two volumes of poetry (which I love but often neglect) with stunning covers...
Three fiction titles
The Alexandria Quartet I've been hinting about for quite a while, even though it's quite a chunkster! The Howling Miller is by Finnish author Arto Paasilinna and is one of a limited edition of 300 from the first venture into publishing by the team at the wonderful Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights in Bath - so it's very special. And I'm about to embark on Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia Strachey so I can take part in Simon at Stuck in a Book's group read later this month.
And finally, the book I'd been pining for since going to the exhibition at Tate Britain last Autumn
A beautifully illustrated reminder of Britart in the Victorian era! Reading chair here I come...
What lovely books Claire - it's nice to have a well trained family, isn't it? Your chair looks super too - I must get myself a dedicated Reading Chair!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's really morphed into a reading chair because of the nice, bright lamp just beside it. It does have other functions too, though, such as a dozing chair, which often seems to follow on from reading these days!!
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