I always make a lot of resolutions in the New Year. This year, I am absolutely going to stick to them all. It’s day 10 of 2012, and so far, so good.
One of my resolutions is to read a book a week. I was a little embarrassed by how few of the books on the Guardian’s ’1000 novels everyone must read’ list I’ve actually read. I’m way short of 1000. I just don’t allow enough time to read. I’m pretty sure I’ll find that I haven’t read enough non-fiction either, so I’ll be trying to slot a few of those in too.
On the Guardian’s list of 1000, I’ve only read 65. I’m not sticking rigidly to the list though – the first two books I’ve read this year aren’t on this list. I love lists, but there’s a fine line and I don’t want to become a list obsessive.
I’m going to do a quick write up of each book here, because if I do manage to achieve my goal I’ll struggle to remember by the end of the year what I read at the start.
