The Book Tower

Even though I’ve seen one or two interesting book challenges this week I’ve decided not to take part in them. Not that I’m really struggling with my current challenges, I just feel a bit challenged out. There’s also the worry that I’ll be proposing a reading challenge for books left over from reading challenges challenge in six months time.

Reading challenges are great fun but I’m not so keen on all the planning ahead. Rather than know what books are lying in wait for me I prefer to find them as I go along. Sometimes other books jump out of the shadows, sometimes you just change your mind.
I pass my pile of reading challenge books every time I walk down to the kitchen. Henry James is there staring at me with a “when are you going to read What Maisie Knew then?” Charlotte Bronte gives a conspiratorial nod with “and he hasn’t even touched Jane Eyre yet!”

I’ll get to them, but The Thirteenth Tale is going to be in my stocking this Christmas so that might take precedence.