in a bid to distract myself, i decided to do something i'd heard other people did but never thought i'd be able to manage - read multiple books simultaneously. i decided on three, because two is just not that impressive and anything more than three is just crazy (just for the record, i was impressed when i learned to 'juggle' two balls - just so you appreciate how hard this whole simultaneous reading thing is for me). so i decided i'd pick three totally diffnt books, and designate them to different blocks of the day. here is my timetable -
book 1 - brick lane [monica ali]. read on mondays and thursdays on public transport to and from uni. because reading anything to do with uni on an actual uni day would be a tad square.
book 2 - eats, shoots and leaves [lynne truss]. read on tuesdays and wednesdays on public transport to and from work. because reading something literary reminds me that there is more to my life than re-formatting, printing and filing documents.
book three - a royal duty [paul burrell]. read at home in lounge time and bed time. because though i am quite intrigued by the whole lady di thing, and wish to 'separate the myth from the truth' through reading 'first-hand insights and astounding material', i wouldn't be caught dead with it in public.