About a month ago I promised myself that, if I got the work-in-progress to 10,000 words by the 8th of June, I could have new books for the flight home. New books are even better motivation than M&Msso, in the weekend, I kept pressing that word-count button until I reached 9,998 words, 9,999, 10,000.
But which books? I went into Waterstone’s at lunchtime yesterday, and didn’t know what to choose. All I could see were shelves and shelves full of the final product; each one the result of typing and deleting, research, sending off manuscripts, crossing fingers, coming up with a blurb and so on.
So, which books? I’m looking for your recommendations. What have been your books of the year? What have been the books you’ve escaped in? That have made the time fly by just that little bit faster? They don’t have to have been published this year of course. I think my choice of 2007 so far has to be Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Since we arrived here in London, I’ve also fallen in love with British historical novels. Matt and I visited Hampton Court Palace over the Spring Holiday long weekend. It rained, so the hedge maze wasn’t much fun. But as I wandered through the rooms once occupied by kings and their courts, I wanted to fill them with stories. I’ve read almost everything by Philippa Gregory, but if anyone’s got any other historical novelist suggestions, I’d love to hear them.
Other genres (including “no genre” or “difficult to classify, really”) also welcome.
