When people ask what kind of books I read, I never know the answer. Booky kind of books, I dunno. Perhaps this question is meant for those who read only one genre. They’d have an answer ready to go, like “I love crime.” (An alarming sentence if taken out of context.) But if you’re like […]
What I read
Everything I Read in 2021
Newly signed up to GoodReads, I set myself a target of reading 26 books in one year. One book every fortnight sounds reasonable, I thought. Especially given that I read kids novels too. But I fell short. Watching TV went by the wayside long ago but my real nemesis … ? Social media, begone with […]
What I Read in 2020
In 2020 I decided to keep track of all the books I read. The moment I started, I wished I had done it my whole life. What journeys I’ve been on, through the world of books. And then I discovered this thing called Goodreads, because apparently there were hundreds of thousands of people in the […]
Books That Made Me
Family legend has it that one of my biggest tantrums was about reading. My mother had suggested I go read a book, probably answering my “I’m bored” wail. She kindly meant for me to immerse myself in the pictures, or to recall an oft-shared story. I raged back, “Mum, you know I can’t read!” In […]
