Making progress! @trishb @squirrelbrain @rockpools

PS I hope no one is offended by the naked book. I had to undress it.

Getting a few pages in before going for breakfast... ❤️

Finally succumbed and got my first folio. I've been eyeing this up for several years. The cover glows in the dark!

Must finish current read before starting To Paradise
Must finish current read before starting To Paradise
Must..
Actually, I am really enjoying the tagged book. It's bizarre, bonkers, and I like it.
Soon my paradise, soon

It's a beast of a book @trishb @squirrelbrain

Ok, so I lasted a whole 11 days without buying a book this year. Oops.

I'm my defence, how could I resist a book about a girl in a small Northern Irish village in the 90s. I've heard good things about this one (tagged).

And the other is a blame it on @rockpools 😘

Plus, those covers ❤️❤️

This was so great. Witches, feminism, suffrage, twisted fairy tales - I had so much fun with this book. I didn't expect to enjoy it so much. And I thought the writing was excellent - so visual and evocative.

Loved this! I learned a lot from this and her other book, Wordslut. Can't wait to see what she writes next.

Perfect bookmark for this book

Tea and book coordination 🔥

After my scepticism, I'm actually enjoying this book. A Mr B's pick.

Just accidentally popped into a charity shop for a quick looksee after getting a coffee this morning, pretty pleased with my find of a HB King (UK 1st ed fourth printing). And the other one I was vaguely aware of from various sources so thought it's worth a go too.

Is it even boxing day if you aren't reading about fungi?

I always wanted a lap dog

Merry Christmas from Daisy and my Christmas books

Driving through snowy Scotland - listening to the tagged audiobook, which turned out to be a perfectly hilarious Christmas road trip read.

Thank you @jhod @scripturient and @TrishB for the lovely cards! 😘

Good twisty tale - kept me guessing until the end.

A bit of 50s suspense for a winter's eve 🎄

Vote for hobbits!

My sister is shortlisted to win some marketing budget for her small business running wine barrel cabins in new Zealand. Please could you do me a holiday favor and click the link to vote for them? ❤️❤️

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/prosper/300478737/which-business-will-win-a-200...

Rereading this as an adult for the first time - so many lines bring a smile. ❤️

I'm set up in front of the fire, and I may not move for several days.

Hairdresser reading time - enjoying this one so far.

Thank you for all the lovely cards @rockpools @kaysworld1 @kathedron @jenniferw88 @eraderneely @squirrelbrain

Why I always carry my Kindle. Queuing down the street for my booster. Maybe I can finish in time for book club tomorrow!

Possibly the sweetest thing on Netflix.

Megan Abbott is usually an automatic pick for me, but this one was just ok. It's beautifully written and so atmospheric, but also a bit... icky? She does capture a certain griminess and darkness very well though.

But, I received some iced biscuits from work, and they were perfectly themed for this book, which features The Nutcracker. So it gave me an excuse to eat The Nutcracker himself. He was delicious.

How did I not know one of my favorite books was becoming a tv show??

But not sure when it's coming to the UK. 😭

Found myself a sunny spot for some afternoon reading.

My last two Mr B's subscription books this year. Am skeptical that I'll like the Shelley Parker Chan one (She Who Became the Sun) but I'll give it a go. But Something New Under The Sun sounds right up my street. 🌞🌞🌞
 @Mitch

Thought this was was superb. I loved it. I loved that main character was a scientist, and the book's exploration of science, religion, family, guilt, love, addiction.

Loved this one - tore through it. Mysterious, dreamy but propulsive. It reminded me of The Age of Miracles.

I swore I was going on a book buying ban... But then I accidentally went into a bookshop. It happens to the best of us.

Today's bookshop dog brought to you by The Little Ripon Bookshop in Yorkshire. #dogsoflitsy

@squirrelbrain have you been here? Superb selection 💗

Charity shop mini haul today ❤️

Book 3 of the weekend started. @scripturient @squirrelbrain @julesG @jenniferw88 @CGainor3 @TrishB @Leniverse

Last morning at Gladstone's 😭

What's the collective noun for reading Littens? @CGainor3 @squirrelbrain @TrishB @scripturient @Leniverse

#gladstonerds

Good start to the weekend. Really liked this one - writing was lovely, poetic, and it felt like a really original story. Can't claim to understand all the details of the world they inhabit, but I kind of get the feeling that we aren't meant to understand, but just go along with the ride.

@squirrelbrain supplies the library contraband @trishb @jenniferw88 @julesg @Leniverse @scripturient

In position for the weekend #gladstonerds @julesG @squirrelbrain @trishb @Leniverse @scripturient @CGainor3 @jenniferw88

My tentative stack for the reading retreat #gladstonerds
@trishb @Leniverse @jenniferw88 @squirrelbrain @scripturient @julesG @CGainor3
Or maybe I'll get something from the lounge shelves, who knows?

Current read - it's giving similar vibes to a recent read, The Lincoln Highway, although set a bit earlier, in 1932 with a younger cast of character.

Always nice when you pick a book without knowing anything about it or the author, and it turns out to be a good one. It's set in 1960s Iceland, and it's about a young woman who wants to become a writer. The writing is beautiful. I loved it's exploration of what it was like to be a woman at that time in Iceland. And what daily life in Iceland was like. Definitely will seek out more by this author. And also makes me want to go back to Iceland

Really enjoyable read - loved the setting (Nebraska and NYC and a few other places) and the characters (Woolly and Billy especially). Felt like a proper old-fashioned adventure story. But not as much highway as you might think 🤔

I'm so enjoying this. It's such a simple story, a family goes to the seaside for their annual holiday. But you also get to see all their little worries and small satisfactions and joys. It's quite charming and a perfect Sunday night read

I just finished a chunkster (The Book of Form and Emptiness), so what better read to celebrate, than starting an even longer book.

It's took me a while to get into this one, but it's really starting to grow on me now.

Really enjoyed seeing this at the cinema - guess I'll have to read the book now, finally ⛱️🪱