Book Addict

Well today has been rather eventful. Though i have been avoiding the compilation of my oral presentation that i need to give at uni tomorrow morning. I know i should have compiled and practised numerous times already but i just cant be bothered.

Well Im a complete bibliophile and yesturday was perusing my list of books ive read since april 1st 2005. I usually set myself a goal of 50 books a year (which translates to a reasonable book a week) and was surprised to find that i have yet to reach the 20 books mark in 8 months. Thats not even halfway towards my goal. Then while logging into a few online book groups i came across another bibliophiles list of reads. Since the 1st of jan 2005 she has read 250 books! She sets herself a goal of 300 books a year. thats practically a book a day! Thats amazing but made me feel a bit of a failure considering my pitiful effort. This year i have obviously been too busy to read, as the year before i read 44 books.

The books that i hav read since april 1st are:
1 - The devil wears Prada - Lauren Weisberger
2 - Shopaholic and sister - Sophie Kinsella
3 - Think Pink - Georgina Newberry
4 - Message in a bottle - Nicholas Sparks
5 - From a buick 8 - Stephen King
6 - Teach yourself advanced: a clockwork orange - sean sheehan
7 - the rule of four - ian caldwell
8 - strange meeting - susan hill
9 - regeneration - pat barker
10 - birdsong - sebastian faulks
11 - knocked out by my nunga nungas - louise rennison
12 - The mist in the mirror - susan hill
13 - death by hollywood - steven bochco
14 - the coma - alex garland
15 - it makes sense - stephen gaukroger
16 - gossip girl 7 - cecily von ziegersar
17 - gossip girl 8 - cecily von ziegersar
18 - diary of a nobody - george and weedon grossmith

and i am currently reading animal farm by orwell.

Though my book addiction spreads further than reading alone. You see i cannot read a book unless i own a copy and refuse to use lending libraries as i find i love a book and never want to give it back. Maybe thats why i pay so much in overdue library fines! Today alone i purchased 15 books, though one was for my father (the science of the discworld by Terry Pratchett). The books i bought today are:
1 - a royal duty - paul burrell
2 - blackwater - kerstin ekman
3 - to kill a mockingbird - harper lee
4 - the united states of anger - gavin esler
5 - hawksmoor - peter ackroyd
6 - a portrait of an artist as a young man - james joyce
7 - the buccaneers - edith wharton
8 - april lady - georgette heyer
9 - 6 days - brendan dubois
10 - murder on the leviathan - boris akumin
11 - the devil and miss prym - paulo coehlo
12 - hobsons choice - harold brighouse
13 - collected ghost stories - mr james
14 - the warlock of strathearn - christopher whyte

If i add these to my previous list, i find that i have purchased 200 books since the first of febuary 2005. My aim is 250 so i am clearly on track. Now i probably own a good 2000 or more books! Quite a library if i do say so myself.

Well, i better go and do my oral presentation though i fear that i will be distracted by my purchases! XxX