Marie H

My reading mojo is very.....distant at the moment. I manage a couple of pages, and I drift off into any subjects, but not reading . None of the books I’m reading recently just doesn’t grab my attention. So I will try something I should enjoy, so it’ll be either Rivers of London series or The Chronicles of St Mary’s next.

And the typo on the cover is irresistible, so I bought the Kindle.

The Kindle version is 99p at the mo.

Started the manga Komi Can’t Communicate #4 by Tomohito Oda. Took a while (#1-3) until I got into the series, but I really enjoy it now.

It’s shorter on a shopping list! Ah, we used to have a bread maker machine, about 12 years ago. Having fresh bread in the morning (putting the bread ingredients overnight & auto timing baking is great) is just wonderful. But one negative thing is that the bread becomes dry very quickly, and with only 2 people in the household, you have a lot of stale bread to use. Plus, one of the bread machine paddles stopped working, so that was the end of making fresh bread.

A glorious sunny afternoon; so sunny it’s hard on the eyes 😎

My reading mojo is in a lull. It was doing well, then while reading Wendy Jones’ The World is a Wedding there was a sudden and rather gory description (at a funeral director in the 1920s) that I was horrified by it! It just seemed to be gratuitous gore. Now I don’t want to go back to the book anymore. So, back to The Winter of the Witch (Winternight Trilogy #3) by Katherine Arden.

13 read so far (1 actual book, 12 graphic novels/novellas).

The Day Before You Came - Blancmange

Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White was one of my favourites.

Mister Sandman - The Chordettes

Read recently The Girl in The Tower: (Winternight Trilogy #2) by Katherine Arden, which I really enjoyed the first half, but found the storyline(s) weren’t so good later on because Rivers of London, Volume 4: Detective Stories (Rivers of London graphic novels #4. Hmm, not bad, but I found this graphic novel not as good as more volumes. Currently reading Rivers of London: Cry Fox: Volume 5 (Rivers of London graphic novels #5). The Winter of the Witch (Winternight Trilogy #3) by Katherine Arden

A very chilly -4°C in Shropshire this morning. . Though it’s better that -23 at Braemar overnight, and still -11°C at the moment!

Finished Ben Aaronovitch The Further Station (Rivers of London novella) and it was a very good read. So I’ll try the next of the series, which is Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London #7).

I need to read every day, and it’s a real joy, and not just to pass away time. It’s almost like doing a meditation, and it’s very soothing when I find a really good book.

no we haven't discussions about introverts/extrovert since the pandemic, but my introvert traits have coped very well, I think especially during the lockdowns. Thankfully I do live with my sister, who is my carer, so I haven't had any problems with food shopping etc. It's still more safe for me to stay at home, and avoiding close contact with anyone else. Though the idea of going back to normal social activities (once I have the vaccines) in the future does worry me. I think that now I'm even less interested in social chitchat . I'm still the odd bod that I've always been.

Ooh, I'm really glad you're reading The New Mrs Clifton . I loved it!!

Managed a couple of hours reading yesterday and today. Finished Black Mould (Rivers of London graphic novel), and started The Further Station (Rivers of London novella) today. Nice to see Abigail again in The Further Station, and looking forward to seeing What Abigail Did That Summer in March!

Oh the irony....

This weekend I will be reading books by authors I really like, rather than the books I should read. *metaphorically throws a few book over her shoulder* So I have a handful of Rivers of London novella/graphic novels to read.

Yes, I really enjoyed The Thursday Murder Club, though the plots did go a bit far fetched!

Kindle UK has Kind Hearts and Coronets by Roy Horniman for 99p. I’ve watched the film before, and it’s an absolute classic, so I’ll try the book too.

Having starting Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London #7) yesterday, I have to put it aside, as I have a few of the Graphic Novels Rivers of London before Lies Sleeping. So the next Aaronovitch graphics novel is Black Mould.

I'm looking forward to the Feb read-a-thon, as it looks like wintery weather this weekend, so it will be nice to be all cosy reading time.