I love books. Mostly because I wasn’t raised with a television or radio until 1997- which means books were all I had to entertain myself. I have a whole bunch of second-hand bookstores in my neighbourhood and I always end up with an armload of books if I walk past one (damn them and their 3 books for a dollar deal!).
So I buy all these books but have never had time to read them- until now. With all the trips I have to take in the next two months and the holiday time in-between I have plenty of time to devour the pages of a good paperback!
My reading list for the Christmas break is:
1. The Beauty Myth - Naomi Wolf : Because I’m sure this is required reading for anyone who wants to write about fashion and beauty.
2. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series - Alexander McCall Smith : I’ve read the first one, and need to get my hands on the 6th book in the series- but I love the style of storytelling and I can be engrossed from start to finish.
3. I Capture The Castle - Dodie Smith : I’m a Jane Austen fan and I love coming of age stories, so I’m delighted to finally have my own copy to read.
4. Catcher In The Rye - J.D Salinger : To tell you the truth, I only bought this book because in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex The Laughing Man is a J.D Salinger fan, and the detective Togusa had to read the book to understand the master hackers mindset.
5. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy : The biggest novel I’ve ever read was 900 pages (Tandia by Bryce Courtenay), and I plan to see if I can endure reading 885 pages of War and Peace before I watch the film starring Audrey Hepburn. Also because I’ve never read Russian literature, and this book should definitely be my first.
So I hope you all do the same and read those good novels you’ve neglected after purchasing!
