Welcome to Colm Burke's Books Blog

Hello, and welcome to Colm Burke's Books Blog.

In this blog I hope to share with you my thoughts on every book I've read since January 2011.

I've always enjoyed reading, and curling up with a good read is an experience I try to enjoy every day. I've read hundreds of books over my lifetime but realised that I didn't have any kind of a record of what books I'd read over the years.

Sure, some book have stayed with me since I read them, but many have gone by the wayside of memory lane. I can tie some books to a particular time in my life (Stephen King's IT during the summer I turned 13) or a particular experience that may have happened while reading them (Note: Don't read Angela's Ashes while on a romantic break in Paris!) but many have just disappeared into the ether.

So I decided I'd keep a log of the books that passed through my hands since 2011 and have studiously noted each one over the years in a notebook kept on my bedside locker.

This blog lets me add some more details and maybe will entice some of you to read some books you might not have considered before.

I read fiction and non-fiction, some serious topics and some not so serious ones; Adult, Young Adult and Kids books too.

I'm not a book snob and this will become very obvious as you read through the list.

The list is slightly skewed towards Science Fiction books as I had previously decided to try to read all the great sci-fi classics...but there's other stuff in there too!

I add to the list of books I want to read on a daily basis, I also add to the collection of books I'm waiting to read on a weekly basis.

I normally pick up a book or two from some of the many great charity shops in my town. These are stored under my bed...beside my bed...on my bedside locker...in a bookshelf at the bottom of the stairs...in the sitting room on a table...in a bag in the attic...in my car...etc, etc, etc.

I also have some on Kindle.

I have a problem :)