In January 2008 we moved out of town, and acquired a garden and a view. For the most part this blog records what we've done in the garden / house, plus any odd musings on things I find of interest. Something nice (I hope) for us to look back on as memory fades . . . and a way of keeping friends and family up-to-date, which means I don't have to feel quite so guilty about not writing more often! It'll also remind us when we planted what . . .
July - September 2025 – Bit of a mix here, mainly some Ben Aaronavitch ‘Rivers of London’ offerings, leading in to his new publication Stone and Sky (basically taking the London ‘cast’ on a Scottish holiday), its predecessor Amongst Our Weapons (had I forgotten anything?), and the novellas The Masquerades of Spring (great fun!) and Winter’s Gifts (focusing on Peter’s FBI friend from one of the earlier books). Then in-between returning to some of my oldest friends with the Modesty Blaise series, a bit of a late night easy comfort read – love the characters, and know those stories so well . . .
June 2025 – Something a bit different with the novel which spawned the tv series Queen’s Gambit - interesting to compare the two, and a good read, especially as Martin and I attempt to learn chess!
March - June 2025 – Back to Charles de Lint, working my way through Someplace to be Flying (love the Crow Girls), Moonlight and Vines (another short story collection), Forests of the Heart (new characters in the mix), The Onion Girl (focusing fully on Jilly Coppercorn), Tapping the Dream Tree (more short stories), Spirits in the Wires (with more of a focus on Christy Riddell but many of the regular ‘cast’), and lastly Widdershins which finally sees the Jilly / Geordie storyline brought to its conclusion.
February 2025 – Brief dip away from the world of fantasy with Bob Mortimer’s autobiography And Away - interesting stuff, seeing where ‘Vic and Bob’ came from, and leading in to his health issues and the Gone Fishing series.
January - February 2025 – Continuing with my Charles de Lint ‘Newford’ re-read, including Memory and Dream and the short story collection The Ivory and the Horn. More urban fantasy, with that real spark of magic, and some great characters.
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