Last year I bought myself a Kindle for my birthday.  It has to be one of the best things I bought as an indulgent gift.

Not long after I got my Kindle, I signed up to Goodreads.

I don’t write reviews for the site – I use it purely for recommendations on what to read next.
Well honestly, Goodreads AND the Kindle store’s “Recomended For You”  By you, they mean me.
And by me, I mean I think that they know that I cannot finish a book and then not immediately buy a new one.

I logged in to Goodreads in April and received a warning on a challenge that I had joined.  A challenge I thought that I would ace.

Out of the 50 books I challenged myself to read this year, I had finished 11.
And that meant I was 4 books – or 8% – behind.

I went and had a look at the list of books that I had marked that I had finished (its all about setting the date in order for them to come off your challenge) … anyways, the list seemed a little light.
So I checked my Kindle.  And there they were – my secret reading list.  I updated the dates I had finished the books which was easy to do since I had been buying a new book as soon as I finished the previous one.
I also added some of the books that I wanted to read in to a list and I looked at what my Goodreads friends had been reading and recommended and then made myself a promise to allocate myself some reading time.  Some ‘logged off’ time.

I love being able to carry it with me, to read it on the bus and the plane and the train.

Now it is December and I have logged in again and checked my status.

I READ MY 50 BOOKS!

There is one book that I am still avoiding – Women, Food and God.
Answer: I don’t know.

I bought Mom a Kindle this year for her birthday.
I predict a Christmas holiday that focuses on reading and enjoying Pimms – either on the couch or in the garden.
Let’s just hope this weather clears up soon!

If you have any book recommendations, please pass them on to me!