In late November I posted here and on Irish Election looking for book recommendations to help me gain a better understanding of politics, society and everything that comes with it.
There were plenty of responses and pretty much all of them went on my list for Christmas, along with a few of my own ideas; as a result I now have a decent pile of books to keep me reading throughout the coming months.
The one I picked to tackle first is Andrew Marr’s My Trade and have Freakonomics, The Tipping Point, Preventing The Future and Alan Bennett’s Untold Stories waiting to be read next. In terms of fiction I still have We Need To Talk About Kevin, which I started reading in September, only to drift away from it for no apparent reason shortly afterwards.
There are still plenty of books on the list that I didn’t get, as well as ones that I’ve been drawn to since November but I suppose I should put them to one side until I break the back of the ones I’m already faced with. That said if anyone has any other ideas please do keep them coming, I’m sure I’ll run out of things to read eventually!
Otherwise a big thanks to everyone who made the suggestions in the first place; it’s always good to get introduced to great books you might otherwise have ignored.
… And now to get over my terrible habit of reading three quarters of a book and then never finishing it!!