Tuesday, November 2, 2010

my new bedtime partners

Well, I have no man to take to bed now -- not for the nextsixweeks (I say that fast so it doesn't seem so scary).
So instead I'll be curling up with these



MMMMMM. Books.

I love to read, always have. In primary school I loved Enid Blyton, Trixie Belden and Mary Grant Bruce, Agatha Christie, Wuthering Heights, and Lorna Doone.
In early high school I started reading Desmond Bagley (Running Blind is still one of my favourite reads, and has instilled in me a strong desire to visit Iceland), Wilbur Smith (before they turned into porn books) and Robert Ludlum (odd choice for a 15 year old girl).

Now, my shelves are filled with childhood favourites (I still love you, Norah and Wally); old friends -- Stephen King, Jodi Picoult, Sarah Rayne, Jeffrey Deaver, Preston/Child, Matthew Reilly, Tad Williams; and new loves -- Lauren Weisberger, Jeff Lindsay (Dexter), Jan Guillou and Stieg Larsson.

And of course, with Christmas coming up, the bookstores are filling up with treasures.
I have a long list of WANTS -- John Howards' Lazarus Rising, a new Stephen King collection called Full Dark No Stars , a new Kathy Reichs book called Virals , Paul Kellys' How To Make Gravy , Kevin McClouds' Grand Designs Handbook (he's been described as the Thinking Womans' Crumpet), Oliver Sacks' The Minds' Eye, and Parkys' People by the inestimable Michael Parkinson.

I might just ask for a great big voucher in my stocking this year!

6 comments:

  1. I'd be very happy with that stack of loveliness... but I know it's not quite the same thing as a big stack of Fabio, right?

    I haven't read a Jeffrey Deaver in years. I used to devour him. x

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  2. you certainly can't go past a GOOD BOOK (when hubby is away that is!!!) ENJOY YOUR BOOK STACK Toni xxxxx and fingers crossed for you xams stocking!!!!!

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  3. Toni, when you have a bit of spare time... pop over to my blog, there is a little something there for you!!! xxxx

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  4. Looks like a good stack. The early Wilbur Smith's were great weren't they? I had a whole bunch of them, don't quite remember what happened to them. I think one of my kids has them. Kathy Reichs is one of my favourites. Virals is on my library list. Six weeks huh?

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  5. I've just bought the new Kate Morton. I love her. Cannot wait to get stuck in. Just waiting for an appropriate few hours.

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