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2007 was a year of changes, and for me, a year of being made redundant and starting my own business. I completely agree with those who say that running your own businesss is a learning experience. As well as acquiring a host of new skills, I've learnt a lot about myself. Now I won't go into details (that's not what this blog is about, after all), but suffice to say that I've missed the blogging, and it's back.

2008 is shaping up to be the year of travel, so along with doing a bit of commentating on the book scene (which continues to fascinate), I'll be doing a wodge of book-related travel blogging. Many moons ago (about 3 years, that is), we went on a fantastic trip to Egypt which was made all the more fantastic by bringing along a couple of Egypt-related books. This made me a firm believer in reading about the place you're travelling to. I've got rather a lot of ambitious travel plans this year (more on this later), so prepare to read about a good number of countries in the coming year.