Another “game” from Facebook: The BBC believes most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits stack up? Books I’ve read are marked, sometimes with additional comments. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien – read, twice, before the movies Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte Harry Potter series – J.K. Rowling – read them To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee – read The Bible – read Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte – read Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell His Dark Materials – Philip …

I read a lot. Not as much as I used to, nor as much as I’d like, and certainly not as much as some other people, but I’m pretty sure I read more than average. Some books I just read once and then move on. Some move into my head and set up housekeeping; they become a part of me and I revisit them often, sometimes cover to cover, sometimes just random sections while I’m waiting for the pasta water to boil. Some I go back to because I love the characters (Patricia Brigg‘s Mercy Thompson series, Diana Gabaldon‘s Outlander …