Confessions of a bookworm

As usual I went shopping in London, but this time not for cloths. OK, I bought a wrap cardigan and another pashmina, but that’s all. Instead I went shopping for books and magazines. Books, magazines etc are in expensive in Sweden. And if you want your book and magazine to be in English you have to pay even more. So walking into an English bookshop is pure heaven. All the books I want for less than half the price. It can’t get any better than that…

My first stop was Waterstone’s where I found the following:
Never have your dog stuffed – Alan Alda
I’ve loved Alan Alda since MASH so passing up his memoirs was something I just couldn’t do.

Hard choices – Carole Hayman
Politics. Good and Evil. A vision of the society we may yet become. Sounds scary, but interesting.

The rise and fall of a yummy mummy – Polly Williams
Probably a bit of chick litt, but sometimes you just need to read without having to think

Who moved my Blackberry – Martin Lukes
Working in the world of Blackberrys I couldn’t resist. There are way too many “important” people in the world of marketing…

Every morning walking to the office I passed the Parliament Bookshop. On Saturday I finally had the time to go inside. Browsing around for a while I found two very interesting books:
David & Winston – Robert Lloyd George
Two statesmen and their lifelong friendship in peace and war.

My trade – Andrew Marr
I’m a bit of media junkie and always fascinated by what drives a good journalist.

The wicked wit of Winston Churchill – Dominique Enright
Visiting the Cabinet War Rooms and the Churchill Museum I of course had to buy a book with the wit of Winston Churchill. His wit and speeches are quite remarkable.

Murder One at Charring Cross Road is my favourite mystery bookshop in London. Just one bookshop dedicated to crime and mystery. Here I finally found The complete Jack the Ripper - Donald Rumbelow. A book came out the first time in 1975 and has been very hard to find. Donald Rumbelow is THE authority when it comes to Jack the Ripper. I finally took a Jack the Ripper walk on Thursday night and the guide recommended this book as one of the best.

Having some time to kill at Heathrow before leaving last Sunday I of course ended up at Books etc. Get 2 pay for 1 is always a good deal for a bookworm.
Air Babylon – Imogene Edwards-Jones
Just seemed cool to read about what goes on behind the scenes in air travel. I’m sure it’s pretty dirty like in all other businesses.

If you could see me now – Cecelia Ahern
I laughed and cried my way through PS, I love you. Lets hope this book is as good.

Quite a big pile of books along with four magazines. No wonder the taxi driver almost had a hernia lifting my suitcase. I tipped him well…