Ursula is in Wellington at the moment, and sent me a birthday card - as a frequent commenter on the recent posts I've made about books you buy but don't read, books you have to read, books of the century etc, she thought I would be interested in two lists...

So happy birthday to me, 29 years old yesterday. The anniversary of your own birth seems a more natural time to take stock of things than the arbitrary date when we have to buy new calendars. And as I begin my thirtieth year (yeah, thirtieth year!) I find...

This is adapted from an article that appeared on the Write Stuff website on December 30, 2007. The original text can be found here. If you've been paying attention, you'll have noticed that I skipped an entry - the Write Stuff article I wrote closest to C...