Well, it’s been a long time since I posted anything on here. Things are good. We’re coming towards the end of the third lockdown period in England and I’ll say that this one has been difficult in different ways –…
Category: What I Read
May was a great reading month. Still largely in lockdown here in England, with some minor relaxations such as outdoor distanced gatherings of up to 6 people being allowed, and still avoiding the news and social media scroll, I got…
So April was the first full month of COVID19 lockdown. I’d love to say only full month of lockdown, but I don’t see things opening up here (England) in May. I read a lot, and partly that was because I…
March was a strange month. The month when the UK began to respond to the COVID19 pandemic, bringing in measures including closing schools, bars and restaurants. Like many people, I watched the news more than normal as the situation developed….
February was a slow reading month, but the books I read were enjoyable. Here’s the month’s reading: Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout. I kept spotting this book during a book buying ban, so my sweet husband got it for me…
I’ve seen lots of people set all kinds of reading challenges lately, either for total number of books they want to read in 2020 or with a list of the specific books they want to read. Some people are setting…
It’s a pretty short list of books read for December, which isn’t surprising. Like most people, it was a month of many plans and social commitments. I actually made a conscious effort to accept and extend invitations, so I was…
November was another slow reading month, mainly because I had ambitious writing goals for the month. I didn’t take part in NaNoWriMo but I aimed to finish and edit two books – Time Management for Writers, and first under my…
Oh, how the mighty fall… After the dizzy heights of 20 books read in August 2019, October has been a very different story. I was in a reading funk for much of the month, and managed a grand total of…
Can you believe it’s October already? Madness! September was back to more of a regular reading month for me after the dizzy heights of reading 20 books in August. I can’t see that I’ll be reading that many again in…
