Curious Incidents of a Flailing Mermaid

Getting back to reading

Last year (2013) I read 150 books. This year, I had the same goal. But I have failed miserably: I think I've read 40-50 books. However, I have read absolutely nothing since June. I didn't even finish a book when I was on holiday in July.

For me, not reading is a good indication that things are not quite right in my little head. Be this due to stress, being depressed, or too many distractions. Indeed, when I was really depressed, it took me a year to read one book. This is unspeakably bad!

In the past five months, I've been too busy writing stuff to have time to read. But, as the Legend Stephen King says, you need to read in order to be able to write. I just need to get the balance right.

Chris knows this, which is why he bought me a Kindle Fire for Christmas and his parents bought me an Amazon Voucher. Now I have two Kindles, tons of Kindle books and about 30 paperbacks that I haven't even touched. No excuses now.

So, my challenge this year is to read all the books I already own but haven't read. There is very little point spending money on books if I already have loads. I am also going to try and write reviews for the books I read. This combines reading and writing very well.

To start, I'm now reading Endgame: The Calling by James Frey