With the promise of long, lazy summer days looming I have been stock piling books from the library. There are several that I really want to read, having read reviews from other bloggers taking part in The Year in Books and also from reviews in Red. Infact there are so many books I want to read at the moment that I wish there was such a job as professional book reader!
June was a bit of a miss for me regarding my book choice. I managed about the first third but to be perfectly honest I wasn't enjoying it. It was well written but didn't really capture my imagination. So having promised myself that if I'm not enjoying a book after the first quarter to waste no more time on it. Long gone are the days when I had to read books for my English A level or the English Literature part of my first degree. Life is too short to be wasted on books I am not enjoying, especially when there are so many books I really want to read. Therefore I have spent much of June catching up on favourite magazines (Red, The Simple Things and Country Living) and have almost finished Picture Me Gone by Meg Rosoff as recommended by Lucy, my thirteen year old daughter. I have to admit Meg Rosoff is fast becoming one of my favourite authors this year. Even though her work is aimed at young adults and my greying hair and fine lines suggest I no longer fit this category, I am enthralled by her stories. I adore the way she writes and have yet to find one of her books that I don't devour with great zest.
Already part way into July I have a little pile of books aligned, ready and waiting for my attention. Dear Life by Alice Munro, Five Days by Douglas Kennedy and Life After Life by Kate Atkinson are on my list this month and I still have Gone Girl waiting in the wings. However I am not sure I will get through all of these this month but I am hoping for plenty of reading time. So now I am just hoping for the sunshine to return so I can lay out in the garden and enjoy many happy hours with a book.
What are you reading this month? Recommendations are always appreciated and be sure to see what everyone else is reading for The Year in Books project.
Until next time, take care.
Zoe
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Just hopped over from Laura's link up. 'A Very Busy Mother' sounded intriguing! I hope you enjoy Life After Life. It's one of my favourite reads so far this year. I enjoyed Gone Girl too. I have read a few by Meg Rosoff and think she is superb.
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I like Meg Rosoff too. Read How I Live Now and enjoyed it. I agree that giving up on a book you are not enjoying is the right choice. Have wasted too many hours on bad books when the next good one is lying there waiting.
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