2018 was a mixed reading year for me. I had weeks when I was trying to read at every possible moment. It was like being a child again, sneaking in a few pages when I should really be doing something else. Then I had a month or two when I struggled to read anything at all. Nevertheless, I find that I have managed to read 91 books this year which is pretty good going I think. Especially when one considers the length of some of them – War and Peace is a pretty weighty tome!
I have kept a reading record for the past several years – just a list of books and the months in which I read them. I used to record start and end dates for each book but I couldn’t really keep up with that! Not that I’m completely sold on this layout – I record a book in the month I start it but if I am reading it for a while the following month looks very short of reading!
To finish up my year I have once again been reading my favourite wintry children’s books. Plus the odd new ones – I loved Noel Streatfeild’s Christmas Stories and also Christmas Pudding by Nancy Mitford (that one obviously not a children’s book!). It is my favourite way to spend the winter evenings.
A very Happy New Year to you.
That’s quite a wide range of books you read. I think winter is a great time to hibernate by the fire and read books. Happy reading in 2019.
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Thank you! I am all in favour of hibernating with a large pile of books in the winter.
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Happy New Year, and happy reading. I’m glad you’ve given the thumbs up to War and Peace. I have it on my list to tackle some time this year. Probably sooner rather than later.
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Thank you, Happy New Year to you! War and Peace was amazing and I read it much faster than I thought I would. I had the Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky translation which is excellent.
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