If my scribbled list is correct, I managed to read 81 books in 2010. Well, that might be me cheating a wee bit because I’ve still got about 100 pages of War and Peace to read, but the vast bulk of it has been read in 2010 and I’m giving myself loads of ‘Brownie points’ for getting around to reading it at last. Yes, I ended up being the Sixer of the Kelpies (Sprites) – if that means anything to anyone!
Authors whom I’ve enjoyed reading and were new to me this year are:
Willa Cather, Paul Auster, Annie Proulx, Barabara Kingsolver, Rosamunde Pilcher, Rosy Thornton, Zola – in fact there are too many to mention, so it’s been a really enjoyable reading year.
It’s all thanks to the recommendations of bloggers and commentators. I wouldn’t have got around to reading half of the new authors otherwise. I can hardly believe that I’ve actually read a book by Thomas Carlyle – Sartor Resartus, definitely different but surprisingly fairly readable.
This year I’m trying to read a lot of the books which I’ve had in the house waiting to be read for years. Then I can either pass them on or pack them away when I’ve finished with them with a view to clearing some book clutter prior to downsizing. I am actually tripping over books!
Well done for getting through ‘War and Peace’, that;s a pretty mammouth indertaking.
I am impressed with the amount of books you have read this year, mine is a much more modest total, although I do only get chance to read for about an hour in the morning.
As you can imagine, I therefore buy far more books than I actually read and my TBR mountain is now up into 4 figures!!!
We have more bookshelves than the local library, in fact probably more books as well, but it is getting to the stage, where hubbie is thinking of having me committed until they can come up with a cure for my illness!!
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Hi Yvonne,
I’m trying not to buy any more books until I get through some of the many books in my TBR pile, but your comment has made me feel really quite virtuous as I’m not as bad as you.
Fortunately my husband has the same problem so he can’t complain. Both our sons have recently moved into their own homes and we are eyeing up their bedrooms – more book space!
There are worse obsessions to have I suppose!