Have you read these?

Over Christmas I read:

The Silver Linings Play Book by Matthew Quick
Juliet Naked by Nick Hornby
Transition by Ian Banks
Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett
Simon's Cat by Simon Tofield

and I'm now reading The Complaints by Ian Rankin.

I've enjoyed all of them.

Many of them were Christmas presents. I admit I did drop the odd hint, like "I'd like The Complaints for Christmas, please. It's half price on amazon." Some I just bought for myself. Well, it's keeping the publishing industry going, isn't it? What a great excuse.

It's surprising I had time to talk to any of my family. I seem to remember I did speak to one or two of them now and again.

Have you read any of these? I'd love to talk about them to someone else who's read them.

A day late

It was the winter solstice yesterday and I missed it. Yay! That means I didn't even notice the shortest day and from now on things can only get better. Well, the days will get lighter, anyway.

It's always a relief to me when we've passed the darkest day, although at least winter doesn't mean I'm cold for months on end these days like it did when I was growing up. We didn't have central heating or double glazing and although Jack Frost patterns on the window are pretty I'm much happier not having them.

Happy Holidays everyone!