Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones' Diary

I've read this before (and seen the film several times) and it's quite an easy going light hearted read. It hasn't taken a great deal of time and I think the diary style has helped as it breaks up the story into such manageable sections.

I think there's probably some way in which nearly everyone can relate to Bridget at some point in the story and I think that's what makes her books so popular. She doesn't have the perfect home/job/family/love life and is a very average sort of person with many flaws. 

I've been recommended the new installment in her life and look forward to reading it, once I've re-read The Edge Of Reason.

For now though, it's time to return to the dreaded. Lord of the rings uh oh. I don't think I'll have trouble sleeping for the next few bus journeys...I mean nights! I think I'm actually about halfway through it and I don't intend to start again, but I will finish it this time...3rd time lucky!!

Michael Morpurgo - Little Foxes

I know I started it just before NY but have finished my first book of 2014 Little Foxes by Michael Morpurgo. It was a good story but not one of my favourites by Michael Morpurgo. I tend to prefer the stories he writes about people rather than animals. 

In the story Billy Bunch is a young boy wi a stutter who is fostered and unhappy. He discovers a Wilderness and saves the life of a beautiful young swan who keeps returning to check up on him (though not always seen by him). He later rescues a young fox and is told "the fox goes or you both go" you can probably guess what he decides...Billy and his fox go on the run under cover of darkness to avoid being taken back home and split up.  The story comes to a happy end (as usual I shed a small tear) 

Think I'll go for an easy read next before I continue with Lord of the Rings and Treasure Island!

Yikes! So many to read!

I can't believe it. I've just counted up the books on my shelf that I haven't read...92 on my shelf and I know I've loaned some to my mum! And I haven't counted the ones on my kindle!! This year I don't intend to buy any more books until I've read a number of the ones I already own! 

I've set a target on Goodreads to read 30 books in 2014 but I'd like to smash this. I've currently got 4 part read ones but I may have to start one again as it's so long since I started it.

A Hopeless Romantic by Harriet Evans - I started this over a year ago and then misplaced it on the bookshelf downstairs. From what I remember it was chick-lit and a fairly easy read but I may have to start it again to pick up the story again.

Treasure Island by R L Stevenson - I started this in November but then got totally busy and I now have it on Audible so I'm listening and reading on the bus when i travel!

Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkein - I WILL finish this this year. I'm definitely struggling with it. I'm about halfway through and can't wait to finish it! But it's a difficult read!

Little Foxes by Michael Morpurgo - I'm not enjoying this as much as other Michael Morpurgo books but I do prefer the ones about people rather than animals. I'll soldier on though. It's good...just not his best. Probably be the one I finish first!