Ahh 😌 I seem to have shifted out of my reading-stuckness thanks to an application of Holmes and Moomintroll 😊
I'm up to The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton, which is an excellent story, but really doesn't show Holmes in a good light: it's one of those few where his actions and omissions are morally dubious, regardless of the iniquity of the villain.
Jansson's The Invisible Child is a wonderful child-appropriate exploration of the ⬇️
pickThis was sent to me by a #BookCrossing friend. I'd not been familiar with the Moomin stories before, and I found these two stories charming and the illustrations delightful!
#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks
pickI love Tove Jansson's writing, both for adults and children, and it's always a joy to read a Moomin story. This rather lovely book, produced by Oxfam, has two little stories, both of which are rather sweet, with Jansson's usual delightful accompanying illustrations. A nice way to spend a lazy hour! ⭐⭐⭐⭐
pickA dear friend gave me this in February and today I had a spare hour to fill and so I read it :)
Lovely and mindful, making me feel all nice!
@squirrelbrain I'm currently volunteering in my local Oxfam & look what I've just found!
The books are Moomin related.
ETA just realised there's 2 and they're bookends!
#shelfie from my volunteer role in #oxfam. These are the fiction books waiting to be sorted and priced. #splashintosummerreads @Tiffy_Reads
Being unstuck, I've started on this newly-delivered counselling journal, with the theme "How can I be of help", which ⬇️ 5mo
And also started is a new-to-me translation of the Tao Te Ching by David Hinton in a pretty Macmillan Collectors edition. His introduction and glossary are useful and interesting, and searching some terms landed me on this paper about translating the work 🙂
https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10.3366/tal.2022.0494# 5mo