Reading

I have just finished reading The Millennium series by Stieg Larsson. A lot of my friends had read it and enjoyed it yet fellow librarians did not recommend it. I thought I would read it and see for myself. To be honest im not really sure what I thought of it. The first book in my opinion was the best, I felt the other books especially the last one just sort of plodded along. I struggled with the multitude of characters, most of whom were never really developed enough, just sort of thrown in as a bad guy for the 'heroine' to come up against.

Im glad I read the books but I wont be rush to read them again.

Currently I am working my way through the Catalyst book list. The Catalyst Awards are held in North Lanarskhire every year and I have just joined the commitee so I am trying to get through the books I havent read yet. So far the stand out for me are:

• Unhooking the Moon - Gregory Hughes
• Out of the Shadows - Jason Wallace

Check out the awards at -http://catalystnlc.wordpress.com/

Progress

Well since I last wrote I haven't actually made any progress on my Chartership.

I have just had so much going on in the past few months, moving house, planning a wedding and some not so nice things so i am afraid to say Chartership has been the last thing on my mind. I know its not good enough and I am actually a little disappointed in myself for not progressing as much as I would like but there is no point in beating myself up over it. I need to move on and get back into it.

I have arranged a meeting with my mentor and hopefully that will help me get back on track. I have also decided that I need to blog more. Its all very well saying I have a blog but if it is not kept up to date its pretty worthless. So every week I hope to add something to it. Even if no one else reads it, it is a good way to keep on top of the Chartership process and always me to try reflecting on my job and what I am doing.

So wish me luck.