Verity Reads Books (lots of them)
In which our heroine attempts to tame the to-read pile
It’s Bookshop Day 2026 in the UK – so today please take yourself down to a bookstore – preferably an Indie if you have one near you – and buy some books! Lots of shops are holding events and I would be going to one of my local ones if it weren’t for the fact that I’ve got a day out in London planned! There’s usually a special Books are My Bag bag too – which are often available for a few days after too.
Happy Book-shopping!
It’s been a roller coaster week – from the highs of England scoring against Argentina (seen above) to the lows of losing 30 minutes later, then last night’s 10 goal thriller in the third place game that saw England emerge victorious (just). Today we have the Formula One at Spa (one of my favourite tracks) before the actual World Cup Final and so I’m taking a Sunday off. I hope you all have a wonderful day.
It’s hotter than Britain has any right to be and my brain has packed up and gone home to try and get cool somewhere. It’s impossible to capture in a photograph how hot it feels – and I wouldn’t subject you to my shiny red faced sweaty look either. I don’t want that committed to the internet. These were taking just after 7am when the temperature was already nearly 30. I haven’t been this hot since I was in Ghana. And the hotel in Accra had air conditioning, which my house definitely doesn’t. Normal service will be resumed when the temperature drops a bit…
No series post today! The World Cup got underway last night and I think you should spend your Friday preparing yourself for the many four match days and the time zone issues that the West Coast of the US presents with the two overnight kickoff times which are 0200 and 0500 here in the UK! I’m marking it with a (vintage but not that vintage) picture of me in my euro 2012 staff shirt which has a bookish link: I got my first kindle so I would have enough reading material for a month in Warsaw without taking a second suitcase full of books…
I hope you’re all having a wonderful weekend and that your Sunday is as sunny as mine!
Have an amazing day everyone! I shall mostly be eating Easter eggs and reading books…
Welcome to 2025 everyone. I don’t know how all of your 2024s were in the non-reading sense, but mine was distinctly mixed. There were some very definite highs – with big exciting moments in the family – but also quite a lot of funerals too. So here’s to the new year being filled with good things and happiness as well as good books to read. So far it’s started with a massive rain storm, so maybe it’s trying to wash the slate clean for a fresh start?!
I hope you have time to relax today and plenty of leftovers. And a puzzle or a game. As you can see, I d finished the Miss Marple jigsaw already, so I might have to start on another one…
If you’re celebrating, I hope you have a good one. If you’re not celebrating, I hope you have a good day. And if you’re not celebrating because you’re working, thank you for what you’re doing so that other people don’t have to!
Back next week. I promise.
