Books

I read most nights. As I don't have much spare time, I tend to choose my fiction carefully. I look for books which will take me on a journey, have fully fleshed out characters, intricate plots and generally provoke an emotional response.

I rarely perservere with a book I'm not enjoying...with two notable exceptions. I didn't enjoy Cloud Atlas and plodded on....and on...and then it turned a corner and it was one of the most rewarding books I read during 2006. I remembered this the following year when I found the Time Traveler's Wife very dull, despite receiving rave reviews. I wish I was a time traveller so I could back and not waste time with that book.

So, if a book appears below, I read it and enjoyed it more or less. I rarely hang on to books or re-read them, preferring to bookcross them). A book which may just break this rule is The Moor's Last Sigh which is everything I want in a book and could probably read again and again.

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Bookcrossing

In a sentence: Bookcrossing is the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise. THAT'S IT BASICALLY. Anyone can do it. But, here is the fun bit: if you register your book at www.bookcrossing.com you will be able to see who finds its, what they thought of it and where it has travelled to!

Just follow the "3 Rs" of Bookcrossing...
  1. Read a book,
  2. Register it at Bookcrossing
  3. Release it for someone else to read (leave it on a park bench, "forget" it in a coffee shop, etc.