No forcing books upon me!!
                   
libdemblogs.co.uk     21-Jul-2008            

I have been rather taken with the Top 100 books meme. Update: Toby Philpott's is here! I have to admit, this is a bit of an indulgence for me as I have a tendency to be all hinterland and no front garden. Even the book on the American Civil War that I said I would be reading, on Lib Dem Voice's bloggers summer reading piece, was put to one side very quickly once I was given some fiction books for my birthday! So, I should have said I would be reading Rushdie's 'The Enchantress of Florence' which I predict will find it's way onto a Booker Shortlist and a book by Zoe Ferraris called 'The night of the Mi'raj'. However, back to the meme..... Wait...as we're on books and reading, just spare a moment to allow me to plug this great online library tool called librarything.com; it has allowed me to catalogue all my books, which in... [read full story]                    


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