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@France Dino and Ingie are gorgeous. Kevin is a great for-the-meantime name, but it's great how names just somehow work out and fit the animal. And yes, she does look like a Sybil! I once knew a cat called Herbert - as his owner said at the time, "He's looks a right proper Herbert!" And he was! 😄 I love the term Chat du rue. A much better term than stray.

Good idea to start a separate thread for the completed reads, @lunababymoonchild.

Such lovely pets! A great thread to start the year. 🙂 @Hayley Lilly is such a pretty pup. @NikkiJayne your photos of Four and Picketts are lovely. Unusual names too. Do they come with a story? @France I couldn't see the Dino photo, sadly, but Kevin and Sybil are so sweet. I should ask you the same question I asked @NikkiJayne about the names! Oh my @Hux, Munchkin is a darling. Any chance of us seeing Dash? @Virginia I swear Savo gets more handsome with age. I think the expression 'full of character' was created for him. And finally, @Brian., Libby is beautiful!

I completed my re reading of Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven, and enjoyed it enormously. It is a strangely compelling book. If I were to try and describe it would make it sound such a dud, but somehow the story works. Virginia Woolf is calling me for the Stream of Consciousness Challenge, but I've had such a busy old time of it, my brain hasn't felt settled enough to read, so I hope to get to reading the books I have lined up for myself soon.

A combination of lessons for life, and a good laugh! Thanks @muggle not My husband laughed loudest the first one! 😄

Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper

Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin

Sugar Never Tasted So Good - The White Stripes

Thank you for the suggestion, @lunababymoonchild. I will look into it.

I've been muddling over what to read for this, and have been looking for a stream of consciousness novel outside of the usual ones listed (Woolf, Faulkner etc), but outside of the typically listed books are the interior monologue vs stream of consciousness debates, and without reading the books it will be tricky to tell which one a book may be. With this in mind, I thought I'd read Orlando by Virginia Woolf as my main read. I have planned on reading this for years, so now seems the perfect time to do so. I like the thought of Woolf's descriptive Kew Gardens (Thanks @Hayley), so I will throw that one in too. These are both considered definite Stream of Consciousness, so I will be fulfilling the requirement. When looking for more modern S-o-C novels, a few titles that popped up as potentials were A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers, and The Wall by Marlen Haushoffer. I'm pretty sure I have the Dave Eggers on a bookshelf here somewhere, and I am tempted to buy The Wall. Whether these are true S-0-C, or contain aspects that are, I really don't know, but I think I may read them to find out. We have three months for this genre, I may as well fill those months.

I opted for a super easy read for a day or two, based on a tv series I enjoyed, Warehouse 13. The book was called A Touch Of Fever and was written by Greg Cox, an author who has written a number of tv tie-in books. An agreeable story with the characters well captured. After this I had an urge to re read Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel. I could only remember parts of it, and I wanted to reacquaint myself with the story. I am enjoying the experience so far.

Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles

Thanks, Hayley. I liked the two suggestions already made, so felt it redundant to add one of my own. If there is a stream of consciousness novel out there about time, then I will be delighted! 🙂

I plan on taking part, and have liked all the suggestions (looking mostly at you lunababymoonchild ) made. Time travel or stream of consciousness so far? Yep! A happy reader here.

The Spy Who Came in From The Cold is an excellent read. It has been many years since I (somewhat reluctantly) read it, but I was taken by surprise by just how compelling a story it is.

I like to get things ready for take off into the new year too, sometimes even if it's just in my thoughts. I can only second this, Virginia! Sounds wonderful. Happy Anniversary! 💖

Thank you, @muggle not. I always feel Christmas proper has arrived on the forum when I watch your Christmas video. 🎅

There's no 'your forum' about it. It is most definitely OUR forum. No escaping now, @lunababymoonchild.

As the sun goes down here, I wish everyone a very Happy New Year. May 2023 be a joyous, healthy and peaceful year for us all.

It has briefly stopped raining, but likely not for long. All is splashy and grey.

I watched the first series, but haven't gone on to watch the second series yet. Something for me to watch in 2023!

Another one who doesn't mark it in any way if I can help it!

Lady Chatterley's Lover

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https://joditaylor.online/blogs/news/chronicles-of-st-marys-reading-order I found this, which may help. It shows all the series, and where the short stories fit in, so you can see whether you have read enough of the series to read the relevant short story. When A Child Is Born is the first of the Christmas related (sometimes tangentially!) short stories. They are usually charming and witty, and as she releases them on Christmas Day itself, they have become a little nugget of a present to look forward to on the day. As far as I know, all of the short stories are 99p, and she has additionally created a collection of them.