Wow weekends get away from me, just quickly posting this weeks #BookSnapSunday. I really didn't know what I would post today but Bronte came home with a copy of David Copperfield. Bronte and her friends have a; 'books we have lied about reading' book club going and David Copperfield is her current choice. #BookSnapSunday is … Continue reading A Dickensian #BookSnapSunday
June reading: Germs, Ghosts and Nullus Anxietas (No Worries)
June was a good month for reading, managed to finish four great books. Two of my June titles nicely compliment each other and are timely and prescient reads given the pandemic challenge the world has been enduring in 2020. As we entered covid 19 lockdown I was interested in reading pandemic fiction and non-fiction. Lawrence … Continue reading June reading: Germs, Ghosts and Nullus Anxietas (No Worries)
Pine #BookSnapSunday
Just a bit late posting book snap this Sunday, busy day. I got the picture up on Instagram early but I have had to wait until now to get it onto the blog. Book Snap Sunday is the one regular post that I kind of stick to, it at least gives me a tiny amount … Continue reading Pine #BookSnapSunday
A beach themed #BookSnapSunday
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBrIBtPpx9P/ A beach themed book snap Sunday this week; The Penguin Book of Mermaids, a collection of mermaid themed folk tales from around the world, fascinating the differences between the western mermaid tradition and how other cultures portray the mermaid. This is one of those books you can keep handy to dip into when you … Continue reading A beach themed #BookSnapSunday
Time to slow down and #BookSnapSunday
Finally some quiet time. Time to catch up on reading blogs and books, writing posts if I am lucky. Even missed #BookSnapSunday last week. This week I am afraid it is a pretty unimaginative snap, off camping again, or should I say at last. Back at one of my favourite spots Woodgate beach. This week's … Continue reading Time to slow down and #BookSnapSunday
May reading summary
“It’s not staying in the same place that’s the problem,” said Nanny, “it’s not letting your mind wander.”― Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad I am a bit slow to get up my May reading but here it is at last, only two books completed. With the lockdown and restriction on movement driving me a bit batty … Continue reading May reading summary
Pandemic and coffee in the park #BookSnapSunday
https://www.instagram.com/p/CA1X436pYG1/ Last week was not a particularly productive week blog wise but planning to bring a bit more discipline and enthusiasm to this coming week, starting with this week's BookSnapSunday, my current read the eerily, plague themed thriller from Lawrence Wright. Wright won a Pulitzer for his account of Al Qaeda and the road to … Continue reading Pandemic and coffee in the park #BookSnapSunday
Don’t Panic – it’s Towel day
“Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.”― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Today is the 25th of May, towel day, the day we remember the wonderful comic author Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series, Dirk Gently's Holistic detective agency and one time script editor of Doctor Who. I remember … Continue reading Don’t Panic – it’s Towel day
#BookSnapSunday – Don’t Panic! Towel Day is coming
“He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.”― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy https://www.instagram.com/p/CAjSiSjAqtO/ Since tomorrow, the 25th of May is Towel day, this week's #BookSnapSunday could really only be a Douglas Adams book. For those who may … Continue reading #BookSnapSunday – Don’t Panic! Towel Day is coming
Bookshelves and Zoom backgrounds
I have been feeling at a bit of a loss with finding things to blog about lately and since I have not been able to travel physically, not even into work and everything is being conducted over platforms like zoom it made me wonder about the backgrounds we choose for our zoom meetings and why. … Continue reading Bookshelves and Zoom backgrounds
