The books I got for Xmas:
A Time in Rome - Elizabeth Bowen
Fodor's Rome
The Lonely Planet Rome Encounter
(Are you seeing a pattern here?!)
Poems and Prose - Christina Rossetti
The Girl with the Cactus Handshake (poetry) - Katrina Naomi
Off the Wall (poetry anthology) - ed. Niall MacMonagle
Sisters - An Anthology - eds. Freeman, Wojcik and Bull
Olive Kitteridge (short stories) - Elizabeth Strout
God, I love new books. Thanks Finbar, Órfhlaith, Úna and Marcella!
Enjoy! I love Christina Rossetti, and OLIVE KITTERIDGE is a terrific read.
ReplyDeleteRossetti and Bowen - two of my faves!
ReplyDeleteMe thinks it would be easier to go to Rome than read all of those though ;)
Ethel - I asked for that one! Looking fwd to reading it.
ReplyDeleteRachel - hmmm, lucky I am then, eh!?
Sounds like you have a holiday coming up! Hope you're allowing plenty of time to sit and read with the odd glass of vino to help you:)
ReplyDeleteI do indeedy, Niamh.
ReplyDeleteNever thought I'd say this but I'm getting sick of alcohol - roll on the frugal New Year and have a good one!
Hi Nuala - As a first-time blogger I'm leaving my first comment on your page! You have been selected, you lucky thing! :)
ReplyDeleteWhile I'm here and nosing around your Christmas reading list, I'd like to recommend a couple of books that I read during the year that I think you might enjoy. The first is called 'The God of Animals.' It's an excellent debut novel by American writer Aryn Kyle. The second is 'Tenderwire' by Claire Kilroy, who I think is an extremely fresh and original talent on the Irish scene. I received her latest in my Christmas stocking and can't wait to get down to reading it!
Hi Tanya
ReplyDeleteWelcome to blog land. Be warned - it can become addictive!
I've read one of Claire's books and I have Tenderwire on my shelf as a 'to read'. There aren't enough hours in the day for all the books I have lined up to get through.
Happy New Year!
N x