Current:
The Peoples of Middle Earth, by J.R.R. Tolkien, ed. Christopher Tolkien (just started)
A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor (halfway through)
Last books finished
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Escape Velocity, by Colin Brake
The Judas Pair by Jonathan Gash
Doors Open by Ian Rankin
Toy Soldiers by Paul Leonard
Next books
The Crocodile by the Door, by Selina Guinness
Final Sacrifice, by Tony Lee (10th Doctor comic)
Toward the End of Time, by John Updike
The Gondola Scam, by Jonathan Gash
Books acquired in last week:
The Complete Stories of Zora Neale Hurston
Miracles of Life: Shanghai to Shepperton: an Autobiography, by J.G. Ballard
LT Unread books tally: 446
I think that’s fair. I myself, in my work for the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland two decades ago, set up the first political party website in Northern Ireland, pioneered phone banking and also brought in a new system for storing voter information (EARS). But I would be the first to admit that this was only possible with support from the very top of the party, and had I been a random activist with a bright idea it might have been much more difficult to implement.