I get caught up in reading too many books at once because I get so excited about starting a new book. But I think I reach a critical number – 2 or 3 I can read and get finished, any more and I come grinding to a halt.

I’ve not yet read Cloud Atlas, but enjoyed David Mitchell’s Black Swan Green so will one of these days.

If you’re interested in books whcih contain stories within stories, i’d recommend If on a winter’s night a traveller by Italo Calvino (assuming you haven’t already read it).