Initial Conditions

Somehow, since I started saying I was going to read more books, I have more books left to read than when I started. Much of this is because I had omitted some other books I’d found in my shelf, but also because I’d received some as gifts and bought some for some reason, despite saying I wouldn’t.

Anyway, from my last list, I read four of the eleven books: Exile & the Kingdom; Live & Let Die/Moonraker; The Case for Christ; and Tor! The Story of German Football (which disappointingly ended with England beating Germany 5-1, and no mention of the 2002 World Cup final or the 2006 World Cup held in Germany. But then it’s been sitting on my shelf for seven years, so I can’t really complain).

I have hence gained 8 books: two small ones by Kirkegaard; Plato’s Republic; Ovid’s metamorphoses (a throwback to the old GCSE Latin days); Blink by Malcolm Gladwell; The Damned United by David Peace; Sir Jackie Stewart’s autobiography; and a football stats book called Why England Lose (which I assure you is not just a diatribe by an angry Scotsman). Here’s a picture of all the books.

Lots of books...

Not sure I’ll get through this by the end of next year (never mind this), but we’ll see how it goes. And yes, I do like 3 for 2 offers!