Category: Reading

  • General Update

    I have been more silent on this blog than intended. I have quite a few posts in draft form but not yet ready to be published. There will probably be a whole rush of them before too long. This week marks the halfway point of my study leave. As I was warned by colleagues, the…

  • Reading update

    Breakfast reading So, the plan for reading more is working better than I thought. Breakfast reading tends to happen on the days when I am getting up with the kids but not needing a shower before taking J to school. After Paula Gooder’s book Body, I tried one of my preaching books, So everyone can…

  • Reading – a plan for 2021

    My younger self would be aghast at the need for a plan to include reading in my routine. Reading books has been as natural to me as breathing for as long as I can remember. However, various things have brought me to the point where there are some days when I don’t pick up a…

  • Drawing things together

    We seem to be in the  part of the year that I categorise as ‘too hot to knit’. It doesn’t tend to last very long, but the thought of holding anything woolly in my hands for longer than absolutely necessary is currently not tempting. What does a knitter do when knitting becomes unpalatable? Crochet –…

  • 2016 Reading Challenge final round-up and 2017 challenge launch

    Towards the end of the year,  I stopped checking the challenge list for things to read, so I wasn’t sure how many of these I would have managed. I’ve relaxed my rule on not including re-reads and I’m allowing books to appear in more than one category. a book published this year. The Hanging Tree…

  • Update on reading

    Remember the reading challenge I mentioned last month? After a trip to the library this afternoon, I have completed one of the challenges. A book you can read in a day – According to Yes by Dawn French, a very funny novel, with some of the best swearing I have read. It has something to…

  • Literary input

    I don’t manage to keep much track of what I read but here’s a few of the books I read towards the end of last year. First the re-reads Mist over Pendle by Robert Neill. One of my favourite novels: the story of a young girl moving to live with a distant relative in Lancashire…

  • September

    September the 1st is a fixture in my calendar: Sock Sniper begins. I’ve already written a little, but wasn’t able to disclose much in my last post. My heart sank when I discovered I had a Canadian target. This would be the year I discovered the truth of whether Canada Post lives up to its…

  • That’s a wrap

    A wrap? Well, actually, no – not a literal wrap but rather some socks, a strange square item and a blanket. It’s all about finishing projects this year. I’ve been aiming for one a month and I’m up to date. April came in a few days late, but the camouflage lace socks are done and…