Finished reading: Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear 📚 This is a series I had no idea about, but I love the protagonist and the setting. I’m definitely going to read more of the series.
Finished reading: Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear 📚 This is a series I had no idea about, but I love the protagonist and the setting. I’m definitely going to read more of the series.
We had a power cut for an hour or so and it has caused all manner of havoc with our heating system. Radiators came on full blast and I had to look up the magic incantation to re-pair the wireless thermostat with the boiler. I hope we have regained control now. 🤞
Finished reading: Queen High by C J. Carey 📚 This started more slowly than the previous book in this series (Widowland), but the pace accelerated enormously. I just binge read the final 60 pages or so this morning. Highly recommended if you like ‘what if?’ counter-factual fiction.
New post: TOTEM keyboard
In which I am very much down the keyboard rabbit hole. Again. 🐇
I’ve just switched to the Tinylytics site analytics app by @vincent for all my sites. All the little touches are so thoughtful, clean and easy to use, I love it! ❤️ In fact, I love it so much that I signed up for a paid account and have just cancelled my Fathom account.
Just finished the last ever episode of ‘The Marvellous Mrs Maisel’. I didn’t want it to end, but it was a very fitting ending - loved it 🥰. It has been one of my favourite comedy/drama series ever. That and Detectorists, though they are very different in many ways.
New post: Merlin Bird ID app
In which I rave about the joys of being able to identify bird songs and calls.
Finished reading: The Distant Echo by Val McDermid 📚 I enjoyed this much more than the first in the Karen Pirie series (which only really introduced her at the end). Engaging all the way through as it jumps between the current and the cold case.
The little kid next door is singing ‘Holding out for a hero’ by Bonnie Tyler, but apparently can’t remember all the words, so is just winging it, but with great commitment. It is adorable. Also, I now have an ear worm.
I found this album a few months ago, after hearing an interview with the artists. It’s a wonderful modern (but respectful) interpretation of ‘Broadside Ballads’: cheap sheets of song lyrics or tunes that were popular from the 16th Century onwards.
