One advantage of the woeful delivery service that is Amazon, is that my birthday presents are still trickling in.. this evening I arrived home to some pressies from my sister-in-law and her kids:

• Ghostwritten by David Mitchell
• Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
• Astonishing Splashes of Colour by Clare Morrall

They’ll get added to the stack of books next to my bed which, if it were ever to fall over in the middle of the night, would probably crush me, Louise and smash it’s way through to the neighbours bedroom as well. I really should go in and apologise in advance.

“I’m sorry I’m a bit tardy with my reading…”