Storyteller's World

Today's Observer has a short article on the advantages of sharing holiday reading with the loved one you are sharing your holiday with. It only means packing half the number of books; but requires a deal more of compromise than comes easily. Writer Rachel Cooke's advice includes: a) Don't allow him to take any books that are more than 600 pages long; b) No girlish whimsy; c) A list of certain excluded authors, etc.

I have to say Alison and I wouldn't do too well at this. As far as I can remember, the only authors we've shared in recent years have been Jasper Fforde, Paul Johnston, and Alexander McCall Smith.

Any of you doing any better?