20 Books Report Card | 1-3

Quick thoughts on the first three books I read in this summer's challenge. These go way back to June, and I'm not even sorry. The Deep by Nick Cutter So, a plague (similar to dementia I think) is destroying the world's population - sounds familiar, doesn't it? - but a potential "miracle cure" might have … Continue reading 20 Books Report Card | 1-3 →

How can it be September already?

Way back on August 2nd I let you all know that I was taking the month off from blogging and would see you all in September, and what do you know that's, um, now! It's been feeling quite autumnal in my little part of London over the past day or so, if by autumnal you … Continue reading How can it be September already? →

June Reading Round-up

Halfway through the year already. Time is moving quickly despite being at home 99% of the time and the pace of life feeling slower, but that's physics for you. Photo by Maddi Bazzocco on Unsplash The Stats: Books read = 5Number of pages = 2267Progress against Goodreads = 60% of my target, still 7 books ahead of schedule … Continue reading June Reading Round-up →

[Not the] Sunday Salon

When is a Sunday Salon post not a Sunday Salon post? When it's on a Tuesday, that's when. You know I had to check what day it is, right? So here we are already in another week and I thought I'd round up what's been going on since I last wrote here, not in the … Continue reading [Not the] Sunday Salon →

Sunday Salon | 7 June

I wasn't sure whether I was going to post today given everything that's going on in the world and that I'm a Scottish white woman pushing 60, but keeping quiet is how the status quo is maintained even if what you say sounds trite. We Are the Flowers of One Garden (c) Shayda Campbell Black … Continue reading Sunday Salon | 7 June →

Twenty Books of Summer 2020

It's that time of year again where Cathy at 746Books hosts her twenty books of summer challenge and this year will be my year to actually finish all twenty of my picks. I'm convinced of it 😀 As you may have seen if you follow me on Instagram I have already posted the handwritten list … Continue reading Twenty Books of Summer 2020 →

Sunday Salon | 1 September

It's been a quiet week mainly doing stuff around the house. And as it's 1 September I have, of course, deployed a cardigan; it really does feel a bit cooler today. A picture from my long walk around the town yesterday. In terms of bookish stuff, I have been reading but haven't finished anything yet. … Continue reading Sunday Salon | 1 September →

Strange Practice

Greta Helsing inherited the family's highly specialized, and highly peculiar, medical practice. In her consulting rooms, Dr Helsing treats the undead for a host of ills - vocal strain in banshees, arthritis in barrow-wights, and entropy in mummies. Although barely making ends meet, this is just the quiet, supernatural-adjacent life Greta's been groomed for since … Continue reading Strange Practice →

June 2019 | Second Half Round-Up

Halfway through the year already and as I didn't post last week because I was under the weather for a few days this will be a catch up for the second half of the month. Here we go! Books read I managed to finish two books, both in this past week. The Man From the … Continue reading June 2019 | Second Half Round-Up →

Siren Song

When the luxury yacht Helen Brooks was last seen on is found abandoned amid the treacherous marshlands of the Humber Estuary, foul play is suspected. However, in the absence of a body, nothing can be proven. The owner of the yacht, ambitious businessman Simon Fowler, seems unprepared even to offer any sort of explanation as … Continue reading Siren Song →