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The true university these days is a collection of books.
-Thomas Carlyle

Sunday 3 May 2009

April Roundup


Having eaten my way through the chocolate ones I thought I'd include some real eggs for April. Traditionally being the month of new birth, it has been a pleasure to see the blossom and the plants and trees stretching their new growth. It has also been the month where some summer adventures have been planned, holidays and projects. Great to have things to look forward to! Taking a look at how the books have been coming along...
Read - 2 and a half books
Completed -
Somewhere Towards the End by Diana Athill
Inventing the Abbots and other stories by Sue Miller
Currently reading - The Shipping News by E Annie Proulx
TBR pile - only 1 added so now at 56:-
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Challenges - I have completed #3 and #8 of the 2009 Mini Challenges and I am also on target at page 329 of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke, a personal challenge to read 3 pages a day to complete it within 1 year.
Wishlist Additions -
Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Middle Aged Man and the Sea by Christopher Meeks
Doghead by Morten Ramsland
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
Remembering the Bones by Frances Itain
The Mechanics of Falling by Catherine Brady
Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Discoveries -
New York poet, Todd Colby's blog - http://gleefarm.blogspot.com/ after I quoted him on this post and he left me a comment.
Holly Farrell's beautiful paintings of books and other everyday objects. Take a look at her website - http://www.hollyfarrell.com/
Arts and Letters Daily, thanks to Antipodean Owl in Australia.
Events - Leaving Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels as a bookcrossing book in Abercrombie Square in Liverpool.
This year seems to be hurtling by, lets see what May brings...

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