From the unputdownable to the impossible to finish, Maeve McTaggart shares the reads that lit up her commutes over the past 12 months
Maeve McTaggart at Chapters Bookshop on Parnell Street. Photo: Steve Humphreys
There is not much rhyme or reason to how I read, but I went through 60 books this year – a personal record and a satisfyingly round number. I can go through a book in a day, or four in a week, or three in a month, and then struggle to get through the first chapter of another.
I have let scrolling on my phone get in the way, or staring blankly out the windows of public transport. There have been points where I have had two books on the go at once, and another where my housemate told me it was time to cut down my list when there was a sprawling 12 that I considered myself to be ‘currently reading’.