Little Pixie

I`m slowing reading my through her 2nd book, Spark Joy oslt. Slowly does it, so I don`t get scared.... Well done on tackling everything.

Virginia, that's awful. It would be scary enough without the insurance nonsense ! : I hope your family get some sort of apology and compensation ; since money was accepted by the insurance company, doesn't that form a legal contract ? Grrr.

I`m up to S8 of an X-Files rewatch. I hope they bring back the show again for a few more eps, especally if they do a proper Lone Gunmen one next time. Murdoch Mysteries is my current obsession.

Ooh, I`ll give those a go ; I was wondering which book of hers to try next. Edit - I`ve ordered it now !

So, I read Banana Yoshimoto`s Kitchen / Moonlight Shadow, a couple of days ago. Both novellas were excellent and I'm now a convert. She deals with the big questions - love and death - and does it in a beautifully meditative style. The language is just glorious ! An excerpt from Kitchen : I saw myself reflected in the glass of the large terrace window while black gloom spread over the rain-hounded night panorama. I was tied by blood to no creature in this world. I could go anywhere, do anything. It was dizzying.

Vast amounts of the news. It feels like the UK really is the 51st state , it's been all US election, all.the.time. and I've found it all quite fascinating. Murdoch Mysteries X Files

-2 - +7 C , and there's supposed to be a bit of snow overnight ! Whee !

Googling ` authors like JH Chase` beings up this list. GoodReads.

I had a very small clear up after reading the book, and some minor clear ups since then. I got rid of a couple of pretty boxes - those perfume gift boxes you get - because I`d had them for ever and never used them to store anything... But when I came to throw them out, they actually both had perfume in them. And I`d been looking recently to buy myself some perfume, so yay.

It wasn`t my favourite film ever, but I`d really like to see the 2nd film; I liked the interaction between the two leads. Did you watch The Killing S3 with Your Hottie in it ? I`ve Kimpled it, and like the look of it - plus, I can`t recall reading anything else by a Finnish author, so that`s a big plus.

Congrats on your book haul and Book Fair visit. Off to look up that Rabbit Back book.

Oh, I saw the film recently ! Not bad, and certainly more nail-biting as it went on. There are 2 more films after it, too.

Do you think you were inspired by Marie Kondo at all ?

Thanks . -1C tomorrow night here, bleah. I quite like the crispy cold, but this is muggy and overcast. Stay warm !

Thank you. I`ve got a couple of new medications I`m trying for migraines, so fingers crossed. Xiao-Xiao hasn`t even been outside today. 2 - 7 C - brrr.

Will get to some reviews when my migraines have eased, but I especially liked ...., Doomsday Book , Time is the Fire - Connie Willis Secrets of Mariko - Elisabeth Bumiller Practise to Deceive - Frances and Richard Lockridge.

Thanks. She`s quite well ; she doesn`t like the cold though - it`s around 7C - she put one paw outside and decided it was far too cold to go out. How are your doggies ? And William the Goat ?

At the number of books read, or at the cost of books this year ?

Books read : 152 TBR 816 New Books Bought : 141 Total Cost : £520.86

#137 A Risky Way to Kill - Frances and Richard Lockridge #138 Catch as Catch Can - Frances and Richard Lockridge #139 The Ticking Clock - Frances and Richard Lockridge #140 Some Tame Gazelle - Barbara Pym #141 Through the Grinder - Cleo Coyle #142 The Black Eye - Constance and Gwenyth Little #143 Who Killed the Curate ? - Joan Coggin #144 The Copenhagan Connection - Elizabeth Peters #145 Murder at Beechlands - Maureen sarsfield #146 Black Corridors - Constance and Gwenyth Little #147 Finding your own North Star - Martha Beck #148 the Mystery of Orchard House - Joan Coggin #149 Troubled Journey - Frances and Richard Lockridge #150 Time is the Fire - Connie Willis #151 the Secrets of Mariko - Elisabeth Bumiller #152 Dorothy R Sayers biography - Barbara Reynolds

Time to get up to date. The Faceless Adversary ( £8.38 ), The Tangled Cord ( £6.14 ), Squire of Death ( £6.26 ), The Empty Day (£3.85 ) - Frances and Richard Lockridge More Mystery Cats (£2.81), Mystery Cats III ( £2.81) - short stories by various authors, The Black Thumb ( £6.73 ), The Black Gloves (£8.50), The Grey Mist Murders (£6.32), The Black Goatee (£8.61) - Constance and Gwenyth Little , The Nature of the Beast - Louise Penny (£4.06), The Chinese Chop - Juanita Sheridan (£7.95), The Grimm Legacy - Polly Shulman (£2.81), Latte Trouble - Cleo Coyle (£2.81), The Horizontal Man - Helen Eustis (£3.99), Tis the Season to be Murdered - Valerie Wolzien (£2.81), Family Matters - Pat McDermott (£3.31)

Brilliant !

Me too ! My copy`s in the post.

Yes ! I`m also watching Supergirl, just so I can follow the crossovers.

Free atm for Kindle - Peter May : Extraordinary People ( first in a new series ).