2010 Reading List

Here's what I read this year (a bit late, I know!):

My Antonia - Willa Cather
The Big Snow - David Park
The White King - Gyorgy Dragoman
Achilles - Elizabeth Book
*The Little Stranger - Sarah Walters
The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton
The Lacuna - Barbara Kingsolver
*The Glass Room - Simon Mower
The Good Man Jesus... - Philip Pullman
Trespass - Rose Tremain
One Day - David Nicolls
The Unnamed - Joshua Ferris
The Madonnas of Leningrad - Debra Dean
The 19th Wife - David Ebershoff
Cutting for Stone - Abraham Verghese
An Imaginary Life - David Malouf
*Brooklyn - Colm Toibin
Child 44 - Tom Rob Smith
*Await Your Reply - Dan Chaon
Tony and Susan - Austin Wright
*The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim - Jonathon Coe
The Perfect Murder - Peter James
Not Untrue and Not Unkind - Ed O'Loughlin

and the stars (*) are the ones I really recommend!

What are your great reads of 2010?

2010 Reading List

Here's what I read this year (a bit late, I know!):

My Antonia - Willa Cather
The Big Snow - David Park
The White King - Gyorgy Dragoman
Achilles - Elizabeth Book
*The Little Stranger - Sarah Walters
The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton
The Lacuna - Barbara Kingsolver
*The Glass Room - Simon Mower
The Good Man Jesus... - Philip Pullman
Trespass - Rose Tremain
One Day - David Nicolls
The Unnamed - Joshua Ferris
The Madonnas of Leningrad - Debra Dean
The 19th Wife - David Ebershoff
Cutting for Stone - Abraham Verghese
An Imaginary Life - David Malouf
*Brooklyn - Colm Toibin
Child 44 - Tom Rob Smith
*Await Your Reply - Dan Chaon
Tony and Susan - Austin Wright
*The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim - Jonathon Coe
The Perfect Murder - Peter James
Not Untrue and Not Unkind - Ed O'Loughlin

and the stars (*) are the ones I really recommend!

What are your great reads of 2010?

My New Years Resolutions

I thought I would make my resolutions public so I have no excuses not to do them.

I set up my business in May of last year so this will be my first full year, I didnt really have any business goals in mind last year but this year it will all change.

I have figued out that certain events dont really work for me so I will try and find events that do this year.

I am also going to expand into the wedding market to offer the bride,bridesmaid and groom (as well as guests) a bespoke service.
I am experimenting with an idea to make wedding keepsake jewellery so bear with me on that.

My resolutions for 2010:

• Add at least 10 items a day to various sites including Etsy, Misi, Folksy and my own site.
• Set myself proper business goals for the next year
• Get at least one stockist a month
• Make at least 5 pieces of jewellery a day
• Come up with a marketing campaign
• Attend at least 1 BIG event in 2010

The pressure is on for me to achieve all this now!