What I actually read - March 2013

I don’t know why I bother setting myself lists when I hardly ever follow them. But despite not sticking to schedule, I managed to finish off 3 books to put myself ahead of my modest target of 15 (currently on 6).

Here is what I actually read: 

1. Down Under, by Bill Bryson


2. Just One Day, by Gayle Forman 


3. The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green

Two of those books were actually considered “YA” - a mildly ageist “genre” of no relevance or informational value if there ever was one.

In the spirit of not making promises I cannot keep, there is no list for April. Let’s see where my literary mood takes me. 

Happy readings, 

xx doots

September/October 2012 Readings

August was my most productive month yet! I raced through the Eyre Affair, dusted off Lady Chatterley’s Lover. Barbara Demick’s Nothing to Envy brought back some hazy memories of my early childhood in a communist country.

What a bizarre life that seems like now. And I’m heading back for a quick visit in a week. 

Meanwhile, I’ve given up on Alex Ross’ The Rest is Noise for now. Love his blog, love his writing, love the New Yorker, but the chapter on Schoenburg is turning out to be just as hard to get through as Schoenburg’s music.

The rest is noise indeed. 

Since I never seem to write my reading list at the start of the month, here’s one for September/October. 

Reading List September/October 2012

1. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Staffer and Annie Barrows


2. Conditions of Faith, by Alex Miller


3. Anne of Green Gables, by LM Montgomery (re-reading the entire series) 


4. Eating Animals, by Jonathan Safran Foer

For any Canberrans out there - Lifeline Canberra Bookfair and the Canberra Readers’ Festival are both on this weekend. I’m wiping my reading glasses in anticipation. 

xx doots