Madeleine

Ah yes, I've done that a few times myself!

I agree with Luna, I only accept as friends people I know, or have known, eg ex work or school, in person, even if someone is a mutual friend of a "real" friend of mine,I don't accept them. The suggestions can be very random sometimes.

Whispers of the Runes by Christina Courtenay - this is the 3rd in the "Runes" series, which tells of a young woman who travels back to the 9th century, when the Vikings were busily battling for kingdoms in Britain. This time it's Sara, who finds an old knife, cuts herself and is whisked back in time, where she meets a hunky (naturally) young man who's the sole survivor of a shipwreck. As there's no one else around, she cautiously joins him as they head for York (Jorvik as it was known in that time) but are soon forced to join the Heathen Army - yes those pillaging Vikings of legend - if they want to survive, but it's not all bad, they make friends and Rurik manages to make and sell some jewellery items, as he's a silversmith by trade - and guess what Sara does for a living? Yes she's a silversmith and jewellery maker too. No prizes for guessing where this is all heading, but to be honest the endless will they won't they, plus both of them thinking that she should have been allowed to return to her own time, got a bit repetitive after a while and the book started to drag. It did pick up eventually in about the last third, which saved it,but this is probably the weakest of the Runes series so far. There are another two (at least), and they do have linking characters. An easy read but it did drag a little. 6.5/10

Yep the Whispering Muse, as you say it's already out in pb but I haven't seen it anywhere,I even looked in a London bookshop when I was in town the other day and they didn't have it either.

Interesting, as Amazon says the pb is out now! thanks for the update.

? not sure where the link is here..... maybe an earlier post? Wouldn't it be good - Nik Kershaw

We have fallow deer here too, well not right where I live but a bit further out, they are lovely, and some have markings as they are a particular strain which apparently is only found in SE England, also red deer/roe deer and muntjacs but the ones I've seen the most are the fallow deer, they're very skittish though.

Here comes the rain again - The Eurythmics

Been trying to get Laura Purcell's new paperback, none of my local bookshops (all 2 of them, both branches of Waterstone's) nor the supermarkets or W H Smith has it in stock.

they're lovely!

Rain in the Summertime - the Alarm

Summertime Sadness - Lana del Rey

Think they eat pretty much anything vegetation wise!

Are they muntjacs? I don't get them here, but friends who live in slightly more rural areas have lost lots of plants to them, one says they eat her alliums! Could do with them to cut the grass though.

I've got the next book to read, Silver, have you read that?

I have some of her other books on tbr piles, including The Fair Botanists, her previous book I think.

Girls just wanna have fun - Cyndi Lauper

Dog eat dog - Adam and the Ants

There was a recent TV adaptation of another of his books, Scrublands, which was pretty good.

Only You - Yazoo

I've just done a walk in a local country park and saw a pair of Egyptian geese with about 10 little ones, so sweet, but a very early brood. Le'ts hope they all manage to survive🦆 (sorry a duck was the closest emoji I could find to a goose!).

My eyes adored you - Franki Valli and the Four Seasons

Sky full of Stars - Coldplay

Mr Brightside - The Killers

The House of the Rising Sun - The Animals