I got some lovely books for Xmas from my dad and stepmother, who bought me three big beautiful books; The Complete Works of Jane Austen, Charles Dickens Vol 1 and The Complete Shakespeare. They are huge, heavy, with high quality paper and gorgeous illustrations. I just need to find a way to read them without giving myself a dead leg!

Mr Neverwithoutabook bought me Nigella's Feast and Hugh Fearlessly-Eatsitall's Meat, so my obsession with glossy cookbooks (cookery porn!) was sated.

BrotherNeverwithoutabook gave me £50 in Play.com vouchers which equalled 8 new books (a Trudi Canavan series, Neverwhere by Gaiman, Sharp North and also the Warprize series. I also had £7 in Amazon vouchers left so I bought Dragonfly and the second Flambards book.

Finished 'Them'- not impressed at all.

Am currently reading Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser which is doing a very good job of reminding me why I hate fast food, over-processed food and big corporations.