[New Members - Questions, Problems?]

On 03/05/2021 at 1:55 PM, lunababymoonchild said:

I'd like to know why it is the members have their own personal book blogs and don't just post a review of what they have read on the main forum (I hope that's not insulting, I genuinely want to know)?

Simply for me, I don’t want to feel as if I’m back to school, writing an essay about the book I’ve just read. There are so many book reviews online/newspapers et al, I think that it’s easy to find other peoples reviews, so I just give a very short opinion on whether I enjoyed/disliked the book.

[Your Book Activity - May 2021]

Reading manga The Apothecary Diaries, Vol. 1 by Natsu Hyuuga, and 

Komi Can't Communicate, Vol. 6 by Tomohito Oda. Both are with nice storylines and super-cute illustrations. 🙂

 

[What's the weather like?]

Very mixed weather types today. Breezy, some heavy showers, and one loud rumble of thunder (strangely as it was still dry & bright). It doesn’t feel as May spring weather at all!

[Kindle and ebooks deals]

Trustee from the Toolroom (Vintage Classics) Kindle Edition

by Nevil Shute for 99p today.

 

[Your Book Activity - April 2021]

Re-reading Lissa Evans’ Crooked Heart. First read in February 2018, but it’s scary how much you forget the plot already! But it’s good to read again.

[The tropics]

Isabella Allende’s Islands Beneath The Sea (set in Haiti). I really enjoyed reading this.
 

[Read-a-thons 2021]

A longer weekend for read-a-thon would be good 🙂. I have read very little in the last week, just watching Iceland volcano for hours on end......

[Which online bookstores do you use?]

15 hours ago, Raven said:

Link to the actual site: 

 

https://uk.bookshop.org/

 

Will take a look!

 

Seems to be good, so that’s another online book shop to look at.

[Which online bookstores do you use?]

When I want tree-books I use Wordery, Hive or Book Depository.

[Marie H's Book Log - ongoing]

20 minutes ago, Hayley said:

 

'm very excited to start. I have a feeling, just from this, that I will also love Indigo .

I think you well love this one, as it is really good. And Indigo is wonderful . She's a great character.

[Your Book Activity - March 2021]

Finished What Abigail Did That Summer this evening. Great read, and I'm really glad that Aaronovitch is still producing cracking stories!

[Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch]

I would like see more of DCI Seawoll. Especially as he hates the magic stuff. 

[Marie H's Book Log - ongoing]

Read 25% of What Abigail Did That Summer so far. It did took a while to get  into Abigail, as the narrator, but it’s a good book. And I love Indigo ❤️😀.

[Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch]

Just seen and heard the What Abigail Did That Summer trailer on Aaronovitch’s YouTube......brilliant! 

[Marie H's Book Log - ongoing]

Yay, Ben Aaronovitch’s What Abigail Did That Summer: A Rivers Of London Novella Kindle Edition arrived this morning!

 

Also, reading Lissa Evans’ Their Finest Hour. I loved the Crooked Heart/Old Baggage/V for Victoriy trilogy. 
 

I’m now looking forward to a Zoom E-evening with Lissa Evans soon. So lots of books to read now .

[Your Hobbies, Collections, and Obsessions]

On 15/03/2021 at 1:49 AM, poppy said:

There's some great hobbies here and very talented people!

I've done zentangles in the past, I found them very relaxing (I guess that's what the name implies.)

 

Lovely Zentangle poppy 🙂. Strangely, I find Zentangle difficult and not that relaxing. I just seem to make then messy and not attractive to the eye. But I really enjoy them when I do mono-tangles. 

 

The excitement of sowing the Tomato ‘Gardener’s Delight’ seeds this week. This always makes me feel good doing this, the thought of spring really starting. We  grow in a greenhouse, and we had a real bumper crop last year, so I made purée/passata with the glut. 

[Your Book Activity - March 2021]

Finished Artemis Fowl and Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer. Started this book in October 2020, then didn’t get into it recently, but loved it in the end. 5 out of 5.

[Your Hobbies, Collections, and Obsessions]

Lovely Daschsunds! 

[Your Book Activity - March 2021]

Started mangas Komi Can’t Communicate #5 and BEASTARS #10, as I can’t concentrate on actual books at the moment.

[Your Book Activity - March 2021]

21 hours ago, Brian. said:

 

I think I'll do that as I'm only 2 books into the series so far and wouldn't want to read any spoilers.

I think that’s a good idea, as I accidentally read spoilers in The Folly novella, and some of the short stories were unknowable. Definitely read after Foxglove Summer.

[Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch]

18 hours ago, Raven said:

So, What Abigail Did That Summer is out next Thursday p

 

 I’m looking forward to Abigail, and fox whispering!

[The last one to post here wins]

Social distancing is my superpower 🤲

[What's the weather like?]

We had the gales on Wednesday night too, and a few houses away the workmen’s mobile loo fell over.....

[Your Hobbies, Collections, and Obsessions]

Oooh, I’m obsessed with pens too! My present obsession is waterproof drawing pens and their relationship with pastel highlighters  .

I used to do ink and watercolours, but it’s years ago since I done it. More these days I use digital art on the iPad, mostly doing Zentangle digital art. I’m obsessed with this pattern.

[Never Ending Song Titles - Part 8]

Bring on the dancing horses - Echo and the Bunnymen