In Blogtober: Day Six I mentioned I wanted to read American Sniper; I’ve now finally remembered to borrow it from my other half and have placed it next to my bed in hopes I’ll pick it up. There are a few other books lurking away in my cupboards that are also waiting to be read. I thought after I ploughed through The Girl on the Train that I would then devour everything else but I failed miserably. I’ve now set myself a goal to read 3 books by the end of the year.
As previously mentioned, I plan on reading American Sniper and this will no doubt be the one I finish first. I thoroughly enjoyed the film adaption of Chris Kyle’s biography so I’m eager to see how different the book is. Annoyingly because I’ve watched the film version I will be imagining Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller throughout. Always read the book first kids!
Hillary Clinton’s Hard Choices is a book I’ve owned for quite a while but I’ve barely managed to get through more than 50 pages of it. I bought it shortly after it was released with the intention of reading it straight away but I just couldn’t find the motivation to do so. I do have a strong interest in American politics but the beginning of this book is rather dull. I really want to get into more of her time as Secretary of State but there are a lot of pages to get through before the fun starts.
The Professor of Truth by James Robertson is a book that actually belongs to my dad but I’m intrigued by it. The Professor of Truth is based on the Lockerbie bombing and, if I’m not mistaken, it presents another side of the story that is hailed more as the truth than the story we all know. I’m sure my dad mentioned one of the James Robertson books he read is rather dull so hopefully it’s not this one.
I have chosen rather substantial books to get through by the end of the year but there’s no harm in challenging myself. I used to be able to completely dive into a book as a child, even with a number of distractions but I seem to have lost that ability. Now I need absolute peace and quiet to fully concentrate on a book so no more classic Who Wants to be a Millionaire for me.
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