The Second Sex I read for my feminist bookclub, a meeting that never actually happened. Everyone except me cancelled. I'd only read half the book by the day, so I just carried on with it. It's a brick. An interesting read, but a long one. It really surprised me how much of it was still current and still relevant, despite the book being written sixty-five years ago. That's kind of sad.
Piano & Keyboard was a decent guide. I picked up a lot of good tips and I'm glad I read it. It really helped my musicianship.
The Afterdark Princess was a children's book I used to really like. It was just over £7 on Audible, but I picked up three credits for £18 and decided to get it. It's less than three hours long, so I played it through in my locker a couple of times when I was at work to try to get a few Audible badges. Worked pretty well.
Monstrous Regiment is one of my favourite Discworld books. Stephen Briggs is a great reader, but I really wish this book had been read by a woman. A woman who could do great male voices. I'd love to hear Monstrous Regiment read by a woman who could do great male voices.
I've only seen a bit of The Mindy Show and none of The Office, but I like Mindy Kaling. And I like hearing autobiographies read by the authors, especially since they tend to be comedians or other performers. So far, the best performance has been Michael McIntyre. He did the best voices, especially his impression of his Hungarian grandmother. Mindy definitely sounded like she was reading not performing, but she was reading so she can be forgiven for that. And the book was pretty interesting. I mostly read it while running, or while walking to work or round the supermarket. I will not be adopting Mindy's revenge-fantasy method of exercise motivation.
Finally, The Flavours of Love. I love Dorothy Koomson. Her books are like chick-lit thrillers, two genres I love, and I love that all her heroines are black. It's something that appears so seldom, which makes me sad.
I read Flavours of Love over a day; a few hours before bed, on the way to work, at lunch, while donating blood, and finished it before falling asleep the next night. I really enjoyed it.
My unread pile is now at 102. I'm going to try to have it under 100 on New Year's Eve. Then, next year, my goal will be to get it to under 15, where I'll try to keep it. That seems pretty amazing to me right now - I haven't had that few unread books in my possession since I was six or seven years old. But I think I'll be happier when I don't have all those books cluttering up the place and making me feel guilty.
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