Books All Around

I walked into town today on my lunchbreak - other people (millions and billions) of them were rushing around for the perfect bargain. Not me. I walked into a book shop. And came out with 7 new books. A little excessive perhaps but darn it! I fancied something new and I deserved new books the way I've been hanging out in 2nd hand book stores for the past year. I wanted the smell of new books.

This is what I bought:

• The Leaving of Liverpool by Maureen Lee (I've never read anything by her before - or heard of her - and I'm going to try books that are different to what i normally pick out.)
• Queen Camilla by Sue Townsend (never liked Adrian Mole but am loving her 'The Queen and I' + I'm a sucker for the Royal family.)
• The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman (Books II and III of His Dark Materials. Liked the first one so...)
• Heaven Sent by Christina Jones (There's always room for some more chick-lit.)
• Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (It just sounded fantastic and I think it might be...)
• Blood River by Tim Butcher (Again, it sounded to good to miss out on)

Now I just need to finish the other ones I'm currently reading and have a clear-out of the ones under my bed. There are loads of books that I won't read again and as we live in a flat with minimum storage (but oh-so-lovely) I've decided that for every new book I buy, an old will have to go.