So I have a confession. I’ve been on holiday again. I valiantly went to Gran Canaria for a week to help Him Indoors use up some leave before the end of the calendar year. And it was delightful. Very chilled out and lovely and warm. I also did a lot of reading. I’m making good progress on the Barbara Pym biography – but it’s very long, and I have been reading it on the iPad and my kindle wouldn’t hook up to the Wifi to sync so I couldn’t read it on the beach – so it’s not finished yet. And I didn’t take Almost English and Heroine Complex with me so they’re still ongoing (since last holiday – eek!). But I did read really quite a lot and lots of it good. Plenty of stuff to talk about. I just need to figure out when I’m going to do it. This week is back to normal really – I just need to catch up on everything I’ve missed in the last week… wish me luck!
Read:
Weekend at Thrackley by Alan Melville
IQ by Joe Ide
Home for a Cowboy Christmas by Donna Grant*
Wish Upon a Cowboy by Donna Grant*
Dublin Railway Murder by Thomas Morris*
Death Under the Dryer by Simon Brett
Stormy Weather by Carl Hiassen
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
Sealed Off by Barbara Ross
Shucked Apart by Barbara Ross
Started:
Garment of Shadows by Laurie R King
Theroux The Keyhole by Louis Theroux
The Tormentors by George Bellairs
Still reading:
Almost English by Charlotte Mendelson
Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn
The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym by Paula Byrne*
I have been very restrained and haven’t bought anything since the two books at the airport last weekend. Check me out!
Bonus photo: Of course it’s from the holiday. What else would it be. Here’s the lagoon by the beach at Maspalomas. And it was as lovely and sunny as this looks.
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