Thursday, February 28, 2008

Nothing To Read

I've moaned on here previously about the dilemma I face every time I finish a book. Les agont du choice*. What's next? Out of the stacks and stacks that grow and shrink, who comes out champion for the coveted prize of a place in my handbag?

Some people seem to enjoy taking photographs of their TBR piles; for me, this doesn't even begin to illustrate the way my mind approaches that tempting stack of promised pleasures. So I made this video.


*Mercy buckets.

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