Stupid, I know, to have so many books sitting around taunting me to read them, but in my defence, I can have SEVENTY items on my library card and this pile falls well short of that.
This is the order in which I think I'll read the novels. (After I finish Adam Foulds, which is brilliant).
1. Over sea, under stone - Susan Cooper.On my "to read" list forever. Now I'm doing it!
2.Shades of grey - Jasper Fforde. Loved The Eyre affair, and the nursery crimes novels (The big over easy and The fourth bear) even more. They defy description, his novels. You need to read them.Crazy.
3. The other family - Joanna Trollope. In my early 30s when I was at home with babies I devoured all JT's novels. Either she's gone off, or I've changed too much because I haven't thought much of the more recent ones. I'll give this one a try. Heavily reserved at work.
4. Torn apart - Peter Corris. I have real soft spot for Cliff Hardy, Corris's Sydney detective and tear through each one.
5. Jar city - Arnaldur Indridason. I want to read the older books about the Icelandic detective.
6. The glass room - Simon Mawer. I seem to be reading my way through last year's Man Booker shortlist, this will be number 4.
7.Never let me go - Kazuo Ishiguro. A friend raved about this.
8.The story of Lucy Gault - William Trevor. Read his "Love and summer", so would like to read more of him. This also applies to:
9. Fatherland - Robert Harris - (read Pompeii)
10. Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides (read The virgin suicides)
Tomorrow: the non-fiction. I'm coughing and have a sore ear. Need to lie down with a book or ten.
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