read, write, repeat.

I have abandoned you all, I know.

I know. I know. I have no excuses. My time was eaten up by work and friends and running and sleeping and reading and writing…and, life, frankly. And, then, I went on vacation, and traversed the wilds of both Canada’s East Coast and forested cottage country.

What’s prompted me to return to you? Several things, but two in particular.

1. When my hit count last arrived, 151 people had looked at my blog in one day. I was quite taken aback, and simply had to find out more. 
2. I read some really fucking good books during my absence.

 So, let’s address the latter and forget the former, for now, shall we?

I’ve read 15 books since we last checked in, and I have neither the time nor inclination to review all of these for you. However, here they are:

• Bergdorf Blondes by Plum Sykes
• Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian
• Perfect Fifths by Megan McCafferty
• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
• Something Blue by Emily Giffin
• The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
• Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger 
• Secrets of Eden by Chris Bohjalian
• In The Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon
• Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
• Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
• The Help by Kathryn Stockett
• Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
• Old School by Tobias Wolff

Some of these, without doubt, were some of the best books I read all summer, or, indeed, in a long time. I want to review most, but not all of them, and will be doing that over the next few weeks. The upcoming month is a busy time for me, but I want to make a commitment to this. 

Before I sign off, I feel the need to remark that the quality of/my enjoyment of the books I read this summer, rose rapidly after I began to hunt specific books at the library. What can I say?

Having fun isn’t hard when you’ve got a library card.

(Cheesy? Yes. True? Yes, yes, yes!)

P.S. why so many page views?? can anyone explain the mystery?