My new year's resolution is to read my own library. A sub-question to the main question (can I read my own library?) is whether I can do so without acquiring any new books while I'm doing it. Like most New Year's Resolutions this one probably won't last past February. But at least that means two months of success, if I make it.
What started this research impulse was a recent shelfie in which I stacked up a bunch of books I really want to read, and realised that if I acquire new books while attempting to read the shelfie stack, then that attempted reading will most likely fail.
I'm going to try (as Yoda's "there is no try" echoes around inside my head) to write a review of these books as I finish them.
I must clarify one thing: by "not buy any new books" I mean new books. Used books are still on the table because one of my favourite ways of socialising here in the UK is to visit my favourite charity shop bookstores and chat with the staff. Sam Beare's in Egham is a favourite; as is Bas Books in Bracknell.
The last book I finished (not picture in the shelfie) was Pnin. I'm a few pages from finishing Ghost Story by Peter Straub. And I'm also pretty close to the end of Sunyi Dean's The Book Eaters. These are great places to start in the push to 'read my own library.'
In a couple of days then, I'll most likely start either the Priest or the McAuley. I'll send out a twitter poll to decide which one.
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