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When a book is going well, it tells you where to go.

I have a couple of dozen books on my reader: ideal for a long trip or an afternoon waiting at the medical clinic. It's flexible.

I read a lot when I'm travelling and always have a couple of books on the go.

There are bits and pieces of me probably in every one of my 35 or so books.

I love books that give you space to climb inside there. And you have to run to keep up in places, and you have to fill in a lot of blanks yourself. So it almost becomes your story.

Usually by the time I finish a book tour I've just about had it with the book.

I don't normally have time to read, so when I go away I like to take a few books.

I'm such a magpie. I'll get halfway through one thing and pick up something else. I always have 5 or 6 books open and spine-up by my bed: it's like a row of tents. I don't finish nearly as many books as I should.

You want all your books to stick around after you've gone.

Here's one of my bad habits: when I go to someone's house, I head straight to their bookshelf.