This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

A collection of stories by Nikolai Gogol.

So far I've read Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and his Aunt, How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich and The Nose. The first one was a bit strange (refers to a chapter at the end that does not exist) but the other two were enjoyable; The Nose, in particular, is hilarious!

Where has this thread been all this time?! What a lovely find!!

Finished One Day by David Nicholls about two weeks ago while on holiday. Really quite disappointed. A good story but the protagonists were so unlikable (particularly Emma) that it was hard to have any empathy/sympathy for them.

Finished My Last Duchess by Daisy Goodwin last week and I couldn't put it down. A thoroughly enjoyable and highly entertaining peach of a read. Well written but deliciously frothy enough to enjoy under the duvet with some good chocolate.

Started On The Road by Jack Kerouac yesterday and am absolutely hooked already. Have been meaning to read this classic for ages and I'm seeing why it was a seminal work of it's time....great!