I don't know about you but sometimes I just can't keep up. There seems to be too many books some weeks and it takes a little while to get around to peeking into all of them. And yes, of course, some really good books are just missed. Completely. Gone before any of us managed to turn around...

So, in an attempt to bring myself up to date here are some of the books I really want to read, they have been out for a couple of months, Seth Godin's for much much longer, and they have all made me think as I've been shelving them but have I, will I ever get the chance to sit down and read them? Sigh.

Irfan Yusuf is a lawyer and writer and his first book Once Were Radicals sounds like a revealing read through the motions of becoming politicised and radicalised and then not...or something like that. I read his blogs and they are often funny, insightful but always interesting.

Factory Girls is a book we should all read. Interviews and writings about the women who work in the factories in China where most of our stuff comes from. It reveals the internal migration that has already changed the face of China. After the Tiananmen anniversary last week and reading all the op-ed articles about the 'modern' China, this one has gone back to near the top of my list.

Ann Michael's new novel, quite a few years after her beautiful work Fugitive Pieces is th recent release The Winter Vault. Can't wait. Not sure when I will get to it but still can't wait. It sounds like poetry or an immersion into a warm luxurious bath.

Lush Life by Richard price is still sitting on the bedside table mocking me. Oh dear. Mike says its a fantastic read. I loved Clockers and he is a great writer. Crime and New York City. Perfect. But when?

Jane Allison's The Sisters Antipodes sounds like a remarkable biography of growing up, parental betrayal and the fall-out of selfishness. It also sounds almost unbelievable but it is all true.

And last but not least on my list is Seth Godin's Purple Cow. It has been around since 2003 and it still sells like hotcakes. How to make your business (or just you) remarkable. I'm sure I need to read it. I'm going to read it. Soon. Along with his other books, especially Tribes and then there is...