I’m not one for writing blog posts at the beginning of the
year which lay out a grand plan or scheme of things.
This is probably because I don’t like creating hostages to fortune and
therefore, more generally, I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. However, when I sat down after Christmas to
choose the top-ten books I’d read in 2017, I was a little put off by how little
I had to choose from. I therefore made
a sort-of resolution to read more and to record it by reviewing the books (at
least here and probably also on Goodreads*).
*I use Goodreads to track my reading.
I make not stick to this, but I’ve decided to see if it
works to try to focus on particular themes to my non-fiction reading. In doing this, I’m not putting the cart
before the horse – I’ve chosen areas which I’ve been meaning to look into
further anyway. So, to begin with I want
to concentrate on the naval aspects of the First World War.
In a way January has been good to me as far as that goes. I’ve been unwell and (after the sleeping for
a lot of the time stage) I’ve been able to do some
reading. I’ve also been listening to
podcasts, which I may talk about another day.
So, tomorrow expect a book review.
Looking forward to your book reviews in 2018.
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