One benefit of enforced sitting about is having some time to read. I've read the books I had lying around but now I'm stuck for something new to read. So I'm after ideas.
I've just finished a couple of books by Lee Child which are fast paced, easy read crime stuff. Before that I re-read Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier which I've read lots of times because it's one of my favourite books. I've also recently finished Crown and Country by David Starkey which is a history of England's Kings and Queens. So I've got mixed taste. I like geeky non-fiction (history or science) and I like fiction with a strong plot. I don't read much chick lit but if I'm missing out on a good chick lit book I'll try it.
My all time favourite books include Wuthering Heights, The Help, Lord of the Rings, Bleak House, The Secret History, The Day of the Jackal, The Handmaid's Tale and the list goes on. I like biographies of interesting people too and I'd have to be paid quite a lot of money to read anything written by a sleb.
I've been in book clubs before which are good for making you read something new. The problem is ploughing through a book you're not enjoying very much. And also getting it read in time.
So please suggest something new for me to read or it might have to be a book on the history of the classical world which I've just started and might be a bit heavy going right now. Even though I'll be well informed by the end of it.
Oh and I forgot to mention I'm reading a lot on Star Wars, Zing Zillas and In the Night Garden too. That's because I'm ordered to by the smaller people in the house.
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