2016: What I Read

Here’s my year in books (with thanks to the Goodreads record keeping tool):

So how did I go with that stupid TBR stack?

Around this time last year I mentioned my stupid TBR stack and the fact that I was embarking on a book-buying-ban.

Don’t want to toot my own horn but I did very, very well on the ban and I’m pleased to report that I will finish the year with fewer books in the TBR stack than I started with. Success.

Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts

01. I’m probably going to drink this a million times this summer.

Hurry and finish #ALLTHEBOOKS

I had to make an appointment this morning for about four weeks hence. And the date is in November. And I freaked out. Because after November comes December and then that’s the year, done and dusted. Good grief.

So, given that we’re getting to the pointy end of things, what’s my reading plan? I have some reading challenges to complete, a book club selection, a few ARCs and a couple of books that have been sitting next to my bed for far too long –

I want…

This week’s TTT topic is ‘Ten Books You’d Buy Right This Second If Someone Handed You A Fully Loaded Gift Card’ but really, ten is stupid when what I actually *need* is at least a hundred.

How about we make this the first week of Top One Hundred Tuesday?

Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts

01. I’ve mentioned how much I love Miffy, right? This.

02. The Melbourne Writers Festival 2016 program was announced yesterday. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, which gives me a few more hours to sort out how I’ll manage #ALLTHEEVENTS (on my radar are Shriver, Flanagan, Tsiolkas, Wood, Garner, Funder, Earls, Beneba Clarke).

Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts

01. I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that my 9yo daughter had a ‘to-do’ list. I’m pleased to report that she sat in the car yesterday knitting, blowing bubbles and listening to Cantonese CDs (thanks to my lovely friend, Sam, we’ve got the ‘knitting sticks’ out and we’re both knitting together).

The book-buying-ban update

At the beginning of the year, I seemed to do a lot of moaning about my book-buying-ban. I was thinking about it again last week when I blog-slapped* Marie Kondo.

But in actual fact, I’m killing it. After the initial few weeks of hyperventilating every time I went near a book shop, I’ve calmed down and can now safely walk through the Readings New Releases section without needing to breathe into a paper bag.

Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts

1. SO MUCH LOVE for the BBC adaption of War and Peace.

2. This tweet made me laugh.

Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts

1. I have a new* book and it’s superb. Actually, beyond superb.