I had a wonderful Christmas Day yesterday with my family: giving and receiving gifts, eating together, telling stories and relaxing. This year, I was blessed to receive three books (I'd sent some signals), and no e-anything!  I have come to really enjoy reading for pleasure in recent years, as a diversion from the copious volume of journal articles and books that I have to deal with for my research. The books I received as gifts are:
  • Victorian City by Judith Flanders
  • One Summer by Bill Bryson
  • The Men who United the States by Simon Winchester

I am seriously tempted to start reading these straight away, but two books currently on loan from the local library need to take priority:
  • Cronkite by Douglas Brinkley
  • History Lessons by Jonathan Gifford

In case you are wondering whether I am a glutton for punishment, I also have two books on order from Amazon:
  • Strategy: a History by Lawrence Freedman
  • The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved by Mario Livio

Given the rate at which I read, these books are likely to keep me gainfully occupied well into Autumn! Do you read? If so, what titles are you currently enjoying?