Spending so much time in the bus, around three hours per day, I decided to make the most of my time. So, I started to look for the books and novels that we have here. Before moving to Ireland, we had sent a large bag full of books and I felt confident that I have a lot of books to read. But I had an unpleasant surprise, I only found four readable books, the rest of them were English grammar books, dictionaries and business books (?!). What was I thinking when I packed the bag??
So, in the last few weeks I had some pleasant journyes, before arriving to work and after finishing my shift. I read ''Lulu's ages'' by Almudena Grandes, finished to read ''About seduction'' by Gabriel Liiceanu, read again ''The master and Margret'' by Mihail Bulgacov and ''Eva Luna'' by Isabel Allende.What now? O looked again and when I was about to start reading ''Funky business'' (although I was not in the mood for a business book), my husband remembered that we have another one...about sports and football!! Incredible but true, I am currently reading ''Fault! The secret world of FIFA: bribes, vote rigging and ticket scandals''. ::)
Too bad that I can't see anything on TV about Euro 2008 football championship anymore, maybe I would have been more in the mood for it. :))
Ok, ok, I know that all my readings are mixed but what can I do if only these I found?
I need more time here, to get used to the language, in order to decide to buy books in English..I love Reads, Eason and Hughes&Hughes bookstores, it is very tempting to buy but when I am really in the mood for reading, I need to read in my language. At least, in this period of my life.
But I still have a chance. My good friends from Romania come to Ireland on Sunday and hopefully, I will get some novels in Romanian. :)
