Talking Books

A World Without Bees

It occurred to me yesterday that my ideal job would be as one of those people who review books for gardening magazines. Not only would I receive free copies of most of the new books to come onto the market, but I would be paid to read them and then tell everyone what I thought. And any that I didn’t want to keep I could give away to gardening pals and relatives.*

Since Christmas I have been amassing an enormous pile of unread books. They’re arriving faster than I can read them (which would tell you a lot about my current state of mind, if you knew me better) and there’s at least one that I know I have but can’t find and probably several I’ve forgotten about.

I don’t currently have my dream job, but I have a big pile of books and a gardening blog, and I will review them all as and when I finish them. And I do get sent the occasionaly freebie to review, and I’ve got a really exciting one sitting in the pile at the moment – but more about that soon. Suffice to say that even if I read it and reviewed it and you really wanted it, you’d have to wait because it hasn’t been published yet. And I’m not talking about the one I had a hand in, although that’s on the list as well.

In the meantime, though, it’s spring and there’s things that need doing in the garden.

*To be really ideal, it would have to be freelance. Reading books is only fun if you can curl up comfortably and without distractions.

Posted 14 March 2009, 17:21.   Posted in .

1 Comments for Talking Books

  1. I think a lot of us would have that as an ideal job!

    How exciting – the book’s out next week!

    Have a great weekend

    VP · Mar 14, 06:20 PM

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