Madeleine

Fade to Grey - Visage

Mysterious Ways - U2

I heard it through the grapevine - Marvin Gaye

Knocking on Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan

thanks, will think about that one. Perfect weather for a winter read though❄️

Did you ever try to do that rolling across the front of the car? Maybe not as you were older and more sensible..... you can't really do that now as most newer cars slope downwards too much at the front😀

David Soul- best known as Hutch in the original Starsky and Hutch series - a part of my early teens!

The Harbour Lights Mystery by Emylia Hall - this is the 2nd book in the Shell House Detectives series, I haven't read the first one but found this fairly easy to read as a stand alone, as the author does do a few updates. The story is set in and around the Cornish fishing village of Mousehole, and our detectives are Ally, a widow in her mid 60s, and ex cop Jayden, who has moved down to Cornwall from Leeds, having left the force following the death of his partner. It sounds like the Detectives are still finding their feet, but they can't help investigating when a local chef, though originally from London, J P Sharpe, is found murdered in Mousehole, not long before Christmas. Then the pub where he works is burnt down, though no one is injured, and a mysterious letter found in his pocket points towards a local connection, but it turns out that JP has a rather chequered history, and not many people are that sorry to see the back of him. Could someone dear to both the detectives be in danger, or are they in danger themselves? After a slow start, this picked up pace and the last part was quite gripping, and I thought the book was quite well-written, though it could have been a bit better paced, especially in the first half. I'm intrigued to read the first book now - I read this one as a Christmas read - and there's also a 3rd book due out in March. 7/10

Bitterest Pill - The Jam

I don't think it was shown in the UK, I've never heard of them - Glen Campbell was well known here, but I've not heard of John Hartford either.

Sweet Little Mystery - Wet Wet Wet

Maybe winter?

Holding out for a hero - Bonnie Tyler

Raise your Hands - Bon Jovi

Song for Whoever - The Beautiful South

I think my issue with Laura Purcell is that her books start off really well, and then fizzle out. I enjoyed this one but it's not her best.

Bit early but Happy New Year everyone!

Rockin around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee (probably had this one already🎄)

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Hope everyone's having a great Christmas

The Winter Garden by Heidi Swain - another book by this author which didn't really do it for me, at times I felt like skim reading it as it got a bit repetitive (similar to Jo Thomas who constantly repeats the main theme of her books). Anyway it follows Freya, a gardener who has been living and working happily at BroadMeadows, an estate in Suffolk where she has designed and worked on the garden with the owner Eloise. However Eloise has now died and her nephew from the US comes over with big ideas for the estate, none of which Freya approves, plus she dislikes him intently and he does sound like a bit of a boor, so she hands in her notice and almost immediately lands another job at Prospect Place, another estate, this time in Norfolk, where the owner, Luke, wants to establish a winter garden to help people through the long dark days of winter. She gets a house rent free and of course there's a hunky sculptor who has his studio nearby and is working on sculptures for the garden, no prizes for guessing what happens after the usual hiccups, and apart from a few brief bumpy moments which are dealt with pretty quickly there's nothing really to trouble anyone. It all seemed a bit too neat and everyone is so nice, or maybe I'm too cynical! But I did find Freya rather annoying and it was all too perfect. 5/10

Merry Christmas everyone, enjoy the day, however you celebrate.🎄

Went into the supermarket today and thought I'd time travelled forwards,as they were selling hot cross buns😝

Daddy's Home - Cliff Richard

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