As I have probably mentioned hundreds of times before, I put together a library page for the weekend edition of our local paper every fortnight. A regular section on that page is Reader of the Week. Silly name really seeing as the page only appears once every two weeks and I have to leave the section out entirely when I
I promptly forgot all about it so we didn't even buy a copy of the paper. Luckily they have them at the library :)
Do email me if you would like to be in the Wagga newspaper. You don't have to be local. You just have to read. Once, when I was desperate, I rang someone in the council to ask if he would do it. He said that he hadn't read a book since school and asked if rugby league magazines count. Do they even have words in them?
I have just been to Sweden, finally reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I waited for a good while before putting my name on the reserves list. I think I went in as number 13. I do know how to put my name at the top but I don't rort the system ;) As I don't usually read crime I wasn't in a desperate hurry but I actually enjoyed it. I read for setting and found Sweden a fascinating place to go. I also read Dirt Music by Tim Winton for the first time (shame). I loved it, though I'm not as keen on books set in Australia. I also read for character and language and they are strengths of Mr Winton. Always one to have too many books on the go at once, I am reading A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole - one of the more controversial of our book club books. I have chuckled out loud several times but it isn't making me want to stay up all night. Little Dorrit, on the other hand, is delightful. If only I didn't have 38 more assignments to mark, washing to do, dog to walk, family to relate to....... I'd just read all day. Except for when I was watching DVDs. Have I banged on about Miranda yet? Such fun! I loved it.
I'd be happy to be your reader anytime... I think I might qualify! NOT like books set in Australia? what about Cloudstreet? It is a modern classic - next you should try Jasper Jones - fabulous.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to be a reader some time too!
ReplyDeleteIf you ever want someone to highlight fantasy novels, you know I'm your man.... or theology too!
Hi there!
ReplyDeleteI just blog hopped here, from.. I'm not sure where :) But I just had to comment on your reading list :)
I just cracked open "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo", read "Dirt Music" a few years back and loved it; and finished "The Confederacy of Dunces" earlier this year. I found Dunces a long semi-entertaining read. I still can't figure out if I liked it or loathed it! I hope you enjoy :)