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Thoughts this week have turned very much towards going on holiday; I fly off to Berlin with the Book God on Monday for 10 days of relaxation, and of course the big topic has been what books to take. I have finally made my decision and am packing three actual real books, most of which are relatively new and been mentioned in previous Sunday Salon and one which has been kicking about for a bit:

• Bryant & May and the Memory of Blood by Christopher Fowler;
• Look at  Me by Jennifer Egan; and
• Harbour by John Ajvide Lindqvist

I’ll also have my iPad with me with a variety of ebooks just in case.

One new book has made it into the Bride’s household this week:

• The Betrayal of Trust by Susan Hill is the latest Simon Serailler mysteries; a series I enjoy very much

In other news I finally watched the Culture Show special on Hilary Mantel and fell completely in love with her, so will be digging out the stuff of hers I have but not yet read (Wolf Hall and Fludd) and looking for the copy of A Place of Greater Safety which the Book God tells me we have but neither of us can locate.

I’ve also started giving some thought to special blogging plans for 2012; I turn 50 at the end of January and want to mark that in some way, but more of that later in the year…..