THE MANOR HOUSE by Gilly Macmillan. My rating: 4.5/5 stars.
Finished THE MANOR HOUSE by Gilly Macmillan. Really, really liked it. Okay, I loved it.
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THE MANOR HOUSE by Gilly Macmillan. My rating: 4.5/5 stars.
Finished THE MANOR HOUSE by Gilly Macmillan. Really, really liked it. Okay, I loved it.
26.01.2026 21:08 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters - 3.5/5 stars.
Reading Journal 2026 - 5/72
19.01.2026 01:47 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
All Systems Red by Martha Wells - 3/5 stars.
Reading Journal 2026 - 4/72
19.01.2026 01:45 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I've been on PINTEREST again. Now I want somebody to make me French Onion Short Rib Soup with Gruyere Toast.
14.01.2026 03:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Lindt chocolate > Hershey chocolate. Is that considered bougie?
12.01.2026 22:04 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB by Richard Osman. 3.5/5 stars.
Reading Journal 2026 ~ 3/72
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Journal spread on A MAN CALLED OVE by Fredrik Backman. 5/5 stars.
Reading Journal 2026 ~ 2/72
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The first entry in my 2026 reading journal.
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Last week it was The Beatles' 'Fool on the Hill'. This week it's Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons' 'The Night'. I don't think this ear-worm thing is going to fix itself.
30.11.2025 02:17 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This Thursday, I wish my fellow United Statesians a happy National Brown Foods Day. 🥧🥔🍄🟫🦃
26.11.2025 02:38 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Several new spreads in my Reading Journal. A couple of which were the 'Oops! Forgot to include the book cover, again' sort, so I had to jury rig stuff. Btw, is it 'jury rig' or 'jerry rig'? 🤔
#booksky
New video and I was in rare form. Likely because I got to talk about a couple of my favorite things: food and playing the 'elder' card.
21.11.2025 01:50 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I made a new ink-journal video where I talk about cranberries, honeycomb, Victorian Psycho, and the 'gauche/gouache' trap.
18.11.2025 19:39 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Several early November reads/spreads. It's been a good reading month, so far.
#booksky
Kokuho Rose was my Japanese mother’s go-to brand. This brings up memories of growing up in an Asian-American household and eating rice with nearly every meal. Our old school one-button rice cooker sure got a workout. Man, I miss my mom’s Hamburger Rice and Onigiri.
17.11.2025 06:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I'm halfway through VICTORIAN PSYCHO by Virginia Feito. And I can't decide if four-page-long chapters please or annoy me.
15.11.2025 23:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Breakfast dreams are the best dreams.
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Reading journal spread for The September House. Four out of five stars. Various ephemera and pens used.
My reading journal is chugging along.
Btw... not that I'm geeking out or anything, but I'm now using a binder/trading card sleeve system to keep track of my 'Want to Read' list and LIBBY holds. It's easy to rearrange according to my moods. I've also gone with index cards for tracking series.
With inks - as with people - subtle sheeners are delightful.
09.11.2025 21:01 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I've finally - FINALLY - finished my 'Mijello Journal' watercolor series. And it's glorious gosh darn it. I didn't feature every color in the 34-color set. I curated only enough to fill the sketchbook - which turned out to be 25.
Full flip-through at the end.
Beautiful! I'm sure it was yummy and nourishing as well.
02.11.2025 07:07 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1Libby hasn't been syncing for me all day and I am THIS close to bursting into tears. 😣
02.11.2025 06:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Big bag of candy to hand out to trick-or-treaters tonight.
Even though we didn't get trick-or-treaters last Halloween, we have candy to hand out. Looking forward to enjoying it over the next week.
31.10.2025 19:20 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Reading journal spread for Naked in Death by J.D. Robb. Ephemera including mini book cover and my thoughts in writing.
Reading journal spread for Due or Die by Jenn McKinlay. Various bits of ephemera and my written thoughts.
Reading journal spread for Ordinary People by Judith Guest.
I'm consuming twice as many books as anticipated. Original goal was one per week. Total for this month = 9. Probably because the LIBBY app makes it so easy.
29.10.2025 20:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🤔 One of these days, I'll have to actually try bluefish.
27.10.2025 18:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0In that mugshot, it looks like she's wearing a face on top of a face.
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You know those pics I've been posting from my reading journal? I've uploaded a video where I talk about the process involved in creating those spreads. I also share some thoughts about the books I've been reading - including my most recent read, The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward.
19.10.2025 19:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Demonstrations (swatches and writing samples) of Diamine's 'Velvet Emerald' and 'Glacier' fountain pen inks alongside the leather Plotter journal they'll go into.
Two new entries in my Plotter fountain pen ink journal: Diamine's 'Velvet Emerald' and 'Glacier'. The paper is Sanzen's Tomoe River (68gsm). I'm using a Pilot parallel pen, a Kakimori brass nib, and a small round brush for these spreads.
18.10.2025 03:06 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A groovy (that's still hip, right?) new video is up. I play with watercolors, talk about heavy metals, get distracted by books, and reminisce about childhood mealtimes.
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