2011

One of my goals for 2011 is to keep an account of the books I read this year. You'd think as a Bookseller, I'd find this a simple thing to do but I'm so bad at actually making time to write about the books I've read.

In 2010, I read 167 books. I think I have reviews (proper, longer than 30 word ones) for about 20 of them.

This year I want to acknowledge the books I've read, rather than just ticking a box that says "read". I want to write about how the authors writing made me feel, how the plot affected me, whether I bawled my eyes out or laughed to high heaven on a train.

My first read is Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld. So far, I'm thoroughly enjoying it, I'm a bit of a sucker for boarding school stories but this is the first I've read where the author is writing for an adult audience. It's certainly interesting!

Here's to an up-to-date account of the reading material of 2011!