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A paperback copy of ‘Clear’ by Carys Davies. A sunny garden in the background.

Making the most of the last days of summer.

It was amazing! The perspective and attention to detail were phenomenal.

A paperback copy of ‘Left Hand of Darkness’ by Ursula K. Le Guin, a sunny garden in the background.

Finally getting around to this classic.

I did not read. I instead raised the price/expanded the area and tortured myself by seeing what I could get for either more money or over the other side of the station.

Time to choose a new book! I need something to distract me from looking at Rightmove obsessively.

A paperback copy of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ by Jane Austen. A garden in the background.

Returning to an old favourite.

A paperback copy of 'cuddy' by Benjamin Myers, red flowers in the background

The rain keeps threatening, but so far it has not forced me inside.

A paperback copy of ‘The Restaurant of Lost Recipes’ by Hisashi Kashiwai. A garden in the background.

These stories are all so charming, and also make me quite hungry.

So far my favourite book of the year. I am oddly both compelled and uneasy the entire time.

Good news!

A paperback copy of 'Butter' by Asako Yuzuki, translated by Polly Barton. A garden in the background

‘Food, feminism and murder’ is how this book was sold to me.

A paperback copy of Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, with a garden in the background.

A paperback copy of The Vampyre by John William Polidori, a garden in the background.

Garden vampire double feature. They are in the same book, but upside down.

Worth the walk in the approaching 35 degree heat.

A paperback copy of ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ by Shirley Jackson.

First book of the Valencian adventure.

A paperback copy of 'All-Star Superman' by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely.

Time to try to read and return all of Lysi’s books this summer. I think I have 5 or so of her books, which I have collected over the last year.

Doing the usual packing dance: what if everything goes wrong and I need 20 pairs of underwear for 7 days? What if all the transport gets delayed and I need 10 books?

A copy of ‘The Iliad’ by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson, a sunny garden in the background.

Got to finish my chapters in time for book club! I have books 11 & 12 to go for this week.

a hand holding a copy of 'The Kamogawa Food Detectives' by Hisashi Kashiwai, with a train window in the background

Train reading!

It feels vaguely ironic that I have gone to the seaside today to avoid the heat. I think it’s 8 degrees cooler here than in London right now. I’m not mad about it though.

It is a perfect song.

Garden listening today is the new Seventeen. My favourite of the solo tracks so far are Gemini and Skyfall, which is not what I would have predicted going in.

A hand holding a paperback copy of 'The Mermaid of Black Conch' by Monique Roffey, with a sunny garden in the background

Summer reading period has begun.

In order to find the best 3 songs to send to a friend, I ended up listening to almost the entirety of Sleep Token’s last album. Not the worst was to spend my lunchtime.

I just finished my cat blanket, so I’m now feeling compelled to make a cotton rainbow bucket hat?

My constant refrain for my faves (Jopson, Goodsir and guys in the book club) - I hope you guys die quickly and painlessly.

Watching The Terror and getting emotional about random good boy ‘Jopson’ getting field promoted, as if they aren’t all just dying horribly in like 2 episodes.

Thank you. I am so nearly finished.

Thank you. Unfortunately, I love it too and want to make a million more things with this (pricey) yarn.

Bright blue crochet rectangle.

Crochet progress!

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