Nineteen Eighty-Four. I always meant to read it before 1984, and once 1984 had passed I didn’t see the point.
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Which book do you still mean to read, and why has it stayed on your list?
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None. I love reading, and I read a good book and a bad book at the same time.
Ulysses by James Joyce, but I might make a start next week – or the week after that …
Fifty per cent of the books on my shelf, so much so that I gave them away.
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