Cold Comfort Farm I read because Tom likes it, and we watched the mini-series together. I felt like I was missing something, so I decided to read the book as well.
Touched and Not That Kind of Girl were both library books. The former wasn't that great. A mystery about a haunted house and a kidnapping, neither particularly mysterious or compelling.
Not That Kind of Girl I read because of this article. I've never actually seen any of Lena Dunham's work though I have heard of some of the controversy - like the time she portrayed an all white New York and claimed not to see colour. Even her own book portrays her as a spoiled, clueless, narcissist. But none of those things make her a bad person. I like that she's body-positive.
I'm now watching her film, Tiny Furniture, since it's on Netflix. I'd never heard her speak out loud before. She's very whiny and nasal.
I'm glad I learned more about Lena Dunham, since she is such a large part of the current pop-culture landscape. Though my feelings are confused.
Finally, Cocktails is simply a beginner's guide to cocktails. I've been quite into them recently, so I gave it a quick read since it was free on Kindle.
...and that wraps up my 26th year! I read a total of 261 books over these 52 weeks, at an average of 5.05 per week or 0.72 per day. Here's a graph.
I'm going to carry on doing this next year. And I'm going to update my unread pile every month. Here it is currently.
In future months, a blank space will mean I donated it or otherwise got rid of it without reading it while a cross will mean I've read it. New books will be surrounded by a golden circle.
That's a total of 79 books. I've been saying since I was 23 that I was going to get the total down. Ideally to less than ten at a time. Maybe by actually tracking them, so they don't grow while I'm not looking, it'll go better!
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