January Reading

Having taken up the 52 Book Challenge again this year I need to average 1 book a week (obviously), which translates to 4 a month: in line with my other resolution, at least one of those books needs to be a self published one. Another thing I want to do is return some of the million books I have borrowed off other people and not read yet, so at least one book each month will be someone else’s. I may well sometimes tailor my reading to echo what I’m writing – call it getting to know the market (and competition) and also research. So don’t be surprised if I seem to be reading lots of myths, legends and fairy tales when I’m writing my short stories etc.

This month my choices are:

My Books

Days Of Blood And Starlight by Laini Taylor

Coldbrook by Tim Lebbon

Welsh Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffiths

Borrowed Book

Trash by Andy Mulligan

Self-Published Book

Can’t Live Without by Joanne Phillips

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So, what are you reading this month?

Late To The Party – January Challenge

So, I failed my November challenge (but I am going to finish it and post it, I promise) and didn’t even do a December challenge because my world went a bit wonky over those months and I fell off the blogging and writing radar a bit. But I am back now *waves* and despite it being well into week 2 of January I am going to set myself a challenge for the month anyway.

I am wincing as I type due to having a good session on the guitar before I went to bed last night (steel strings are evil I tell thee!) and my challenge will no doubt make them worse before they get better. For January I challenge myself to perfect my playing of the chord F (my nemesis chord for as long as I can remember) and to learn Bb so I don’t have to stop and check it every time I hit that chord change.

If I succeed in these then I will be able to play ‘Someone That You’re With‘ by Nickleback and ‘Fall To Pieces‘ by Avril Lavigne and this will make me a happy bean. (Note: I may not be able to sing them in tune and my playing may well leave much to be desired, but it will be good enough for me.)

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