Well there is light at the end of the tunnel, honest! Because, yes, my TBR is still two shelf-worths stacked in front of each other, but can you see the gap to the right of Freddie Flintoff? See? There’s a gap. It’s not too bad. I did only read five and two halves books in February, but that means I have two half-books to finish and lots of time for more, so all is good, right? Right?
I’m currently reading these two lovelies (see how the yellow and grey highlights match my tablecloth?). I’m thoroughly enjoying the Harold Nicolson Diaries and Letters and can’t wait to get on to the other two volumes – these are my Dinner Table Reads for the foreseeable. Lovely to dip into, so well written and so well edited, too, a complete joy. I also have (not pictured) a Virago on the go (so that’s five and three halves last month). I’m enjoying “To the Lighthouse”, too, although I can see that I need swathes of time for it, so need to settle with it in an armchair for a bit. Actually, we don’t really have armchairs in this house, thinking of it. Weird. Hm. Anyway, moving along …
Next up need to be these two, an unread running book (do all runners do that, is it like cook books, bought and then never read?) and a lovely book I’m reviewing for Shiny New Books (which I thought was a more slender volume than this, oops!).
Then of course the next volume of Dorothy Richardson’s “Pilgrimage” (and we’re on to a new physical volume) plus for #Woolfalong I may or may not have loaded “The Voyage Out”, “Between the Acts” and “Night and Day” onto my Kindle. Those are for March AND April however.
And looking ahead, these lovelies. More Nicolson, and what I see is quite a lot of other biography and non-fiction and not a lot of fiction, so there might be some more Icelandic noir coming in, or some jolly Debbie Macomber …
There we go. How was your February? What’s your March looking like? How are your themed reads going if you’re doing them. Oh, and what did you think of my new look to my reviews (possible new look) if you haven’t already responded? I would like to know. See the first new one here.
kaggsysbookishramblings
Mar 01, 2016 @ 21:39:39
Well done on clearing some space, Liz – though there still look like some very fat books on that shelf! 🙂
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Liz Dexter
Mar 01, 2016 @ 22:09:45
I can’t wait to get to the fattest one on the front shelf – David Kynaston’s wonderful social history!
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FictionFan
Mar 01, 2016 @ 22:38:24
Well, yes, I do see a gap… but I also see two books lying on top of the others. Cheating, I think… 😉
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Liz Dexter
Mar 01, 2016 @ 22:46:37
Ha, there are always books outside the main sequence …
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heavenali
Mar 01, 2016 @ 23:06:27
Really hope you enjoy reading To the Lighthouse.
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Liz Dexter
Mar 02, 2016 @ 08:25:17
I’m enjoying it so far, but I need to sit down and have a really good go with it!
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BookerTalk
Mar 02, 2016 @ 22:48:08
Gosh a gap in the shelf – thats enviable progress. by the way I do like the new style reviews – wish my handwriting was even half as legible
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Liz Dexter
Mar 03, 2016 @ 08:17:10
Only a small one! And thank you. I might just do this occasionally, as it’s not very accessible as has been pointed out, but I’m glad people have liked it.
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Ste J
Mar 03, 2016 @ 09:56:45
To the Lighthouse is a strange beast, short in pages yet long in the reading but secretly despite my desire to read short books quickly, it was a pleasure to wallow in it.
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Liz Dexter
Mar 03, 2016 @ 16:32:40
Ha – yes, indeed. And I am enjoying my wallow, although it is one you have to devote swathes of time to, isn’t it.
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