It's over a month since my last post, mainly because I've been nowhere and done nothing of interest. With the coming of the dark evenings and horrible weather, I've hibernated! I'm grateful that I have a roof over my head (I hope it stays there throughout these fierce winds) and that I can keep warm and cosy inside. But I also look forward, with the advent of vaccines to treat the dreaded coronavirus, to the days when it will be possible to venture forth into a near-normal world, or at least my little bit of it. I can only dream of walking on a Cornish beach again, feeling the sun on my face and hearing the sound of the sea.
But first, there's Christmas - a very different Christmas where it isn't safe to hug and kiss my beloved family members and share the day with them; indeed some are out of reach physically during these Covid-restricted times. In these cases, I am grateful for telephones, emails and Skype to give some comfort and a semblance of being together. The Royal Mail and the plethora of delivery firms will hopefully transport Christmas presents and cards to those who live at a distance.
And so to January - and a confession that I have treated myself to a couple of books I fancied reading if we face a further full lockdown in the New Year (these are separate from the books I buy on Kindle Unlimited, which don't count as expenditure once I paid the annual fee!!!)
Oooh how wonderful to have all those book choices!! I found the JoJo Moyes book absolutely fascinating, and it sent me off to do more research on the travelling librarians. I do hope you will enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteGood to know that you've read and enjoyed it, Barbara.
DeleteThat looks a good selection of books - must keep an eye out for them.
ReplyDeleteA good selection indeed - but which to open first? I want to read all of them!
DeleteThose look like really good books. I've heard the Thursday Murder Club but I haven't read it - yet. The others I don't know. Hope you get back to those Cornish beaches soon. One friend has already had the vaccine so I am hopeful although she was a lot older than me.
ReplyDeleteI don't think we'll have too long to wait, Mary. I look forward to the longer, lighter days and the ability to get out and enjoy them.
DeleteA great selection of books, like you I am looking forward to the vaccine been rolled out and the return to a little normality.
ReplyDeleteWhich to read first, though? I do most of my reading in bed, on my Kindle, so I already have books going on there at all times. So I must restrict my 'proper' books to one at a time or I'll be hopelessly confused. (It doesn't take much!)
DeleteA great selection of books I've bought the Richard Osman one for my husband and I'm having the latest Graham Norton, if you haven't read any of his I recommend them.
ReplyDeleteAnother to add to my Wish List then, if he writes a good book. Lol, lol.
DeleteOh dear! I keep getting recommendations now, based on my purchases; I quite fancy Alan Davies' latest "Just Ignore Him" and Sandi Toksvig's "Between the Stops". But I shall resist them for now and add them to my Wish List in the hope that the prices might fall before I read all my new books.
ReplyDeleteI had a feeling that I wouldn't resist for long! I had an Amazon gift voucher for £20 which I exchanged for those 2 books . . .
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