What’s coming up in ….. October 2021

I seem to have created a busy month for myself in October but I can't really complain as we have decided not to go on holiday as we normally would (we didn't last year for obvious reasons) so it's nice to have other things going on.... Image = wallpaper from VladStudio Pre-orders - new books … Continue reading What’s coming up in ….. October 2021 →

Sunday Salon | 26 January

It has been very grey and murky in SW London for the past wee while which is ideal weather for reading and not actually that bad for going on a walk. This week has been a bit of both for me. January so far has been a good reading month; I'm ahead of my Goodreads … Continue reading Sunday Salon | 26 January →

Sunday Salon | 1 December

Hey, it's December 1st so that means it's Christmas, right? Thought so. I was surprised when I sat down to write this that 2 weeks had passed since my last post on the blog, but a lot has happened chez Bride and I've been a tad distracted, so this will be a life update of … Continue reading Sunday Salon | 1 December →

Sunday Salon | 10 November

I seem to have spent a lot of time napping this week, which I'm going to continue to blame on the end of British Summertime even though that was a fortnight ago. I am willing to die on that hill. I'm still having problems progressing with fiction but my tried and tested anti-slump technique of … Continue reading Sunday Salon | 10 November →

Sunday Salon | 21 July 2019

The tennis at Wimbledon is over and I'm only watching the Tour de France highlights each evening so there is no reason not to be reading, but here we are, with not much progress made. But it's been an interesting couple of weeks since my last post so I shouldn't complain (though of course I … Continue reading Sunday Salon | 21 July 2019 →

My Week | 7 July (with added pig)

I haven't referred to this as an update on my reading week because I haven't actually done much reading, for which I blame Wimbledon. Sporting distraction will be made much worse by the advent of the Tour de France which started yesterday but that is much more manageable because I tend to only watch the … Continue reading My Week | 7 July (with added pig) →

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 →

My Week | Out & About & Mini-Reviews

This time last week we were celebrating the Book God's birthday, and those celebrations extended into the Monday when we travelled to Brighton so that we could visit the Royal Pavilion. Now we're back to old clothes and porridge as they say (in a stronger Scottish accent) where I come from. More on Brighton later, … Continue reading My Week | Out & About & Mini-Reviews →

Sunday Salon | 2 June 2019

Here we are almost halfway through the year and as I write this #20BooksOfSummer is kicking off, though there is the small matter of finishing the book I'm in the middle of at the moment before I can start participating properly. A deliberate choice of angle and not the result of a French Martini Last … Continue reading Sunday Salon | 2 June 2019 →

My Week in Review – 26 May

Not much reading done but immersed myself in several projects, a couple of trips and avoiding spoilers about Game of Thrones, closely followed by avoiding enraged GoT fans on Twitter. For the record, I thought the finale was absolutely fine but would have liked the series to have had a few more episodes - everything … Continue reading My Week in Review – 26 May →