read a new book every month

Sadly i’m starting another year without having completed this goal. :-( I actually got three quarters of the way through “The Secret River” before i freaked out and put it down again. Great book though, what i have read has stayed with me. This month i am planning to finish that and also get through “Shantaram” by David Gregory Roberts, another half read book. I figure that will count as my one for the month!

This really is a bit of a healing goal for me… i used to be a vorocious reader of fiction but all that stopped when i started getting sick with my panic attacks (about 7 years ago). I didn’t want to read anything unfamiliar when recuperating and am ashamed to say that i haven’t really pushed myself out of that mindset yet. I have a stack of unread or half-read books by my bed, so i really have no excuse! First cab off the rank will be “Witchcraft”, by British author Nigel Williams; i’ve started this one already so it shouldn’t be too onerous. My mum has just given me Kate Grenville’s “The Secret River” recently too, so that will be first drop.