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I hope everyone is having a good weekend so far. I have a week off teaching and I am thoroughly excited to get some reading time in and some adventures.
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Currently Reading
I’m going to finish Apple Tree Yard but I can’t say I am that impressed with it. A Crown of Swords is excellent so far.
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Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It is all about sharing the books that you have recently added to your bookshelves. These books can be physical books, ebooks and of course audiobooks.
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I have had two books this week arrive from Waterstones that I had preordered and my birthday was on Sunday so I also had some lovely books.
Waterstones
I am busily preparing my Christmas reading and these are two the first to be added to the list. I actually bought the Susanna Clarke for my husband but I am hoping I can borrow it.
Birthday Presents
I collect editions of The Lord of the Rings and I was lucky to receive a 50th Anniversary edition that I don’t own. I also received a Folio Society edition of Jaws. As some of you know I am a little bit obsessed with Alison Weir so my wonderful husband bought me one of her books that has been on my wish list for ages.
I also received a book voucher so I will be visiting a local bookshop and buying more books soon!
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Happy Friday!
I have a busy weekend ahead but I’m hoping to get plenty of reading done as well.
My chosen poem this week is by the English poet of the second generation of Romantic poets John Keats (1795-1821).
To Sleep
O soft embalmer of the still midnight,
Shutting, with careful fingers and benign,
Our gloom-pleas'd eyes, embower'd from the light,
Enshaded in forgetfulness divine:
O soother Sleep! if so it please thee, close
In midst of this thine hymn my willing eyes,
O wait the "Amen," ere thy poppy throws
Around my bed its lulling charities.
Then save me, or the passed day will shine
Upon my pillow, breeding many woes,-
Save me from curious Conscience, that still lords
Its strength for darkness, burrowing like a mole;
Turn the key deftly in the oiled wards,
And seal the hushed Casket of my Soul.
John Keats
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Now I will be honest but I haven’t been up to much other than work and been stuck in the house due to the ongoing building work but I have tried to do some other activities.
Northern Lights
This month we were very lucky to see the Northern lights from our back garden which obviously meant a photo opportunity. It was amazing to be able to see them and I couldn’t believe the colours the camera picked up.
Wightwick Manor
Wightwick is a favourite of ours and we managed to go there last week for a break from building work. It was really interesting as they are having restoration work done and it is always good to see how they do everything.
Christmas
I love Christmas and I love visiting garden centres and seeing their Christmas displays. We went to our local on the first day of Christmas decorations and it was beautiful. I can’t wait to visit some more soon.
Etsy
I have been quite busy this month with my Etsy which has been wonderful and I have more products planned which I want to sort out during half term.
Knitting
I have started knitting again. For my birthday I got a Lord of the Rings inspired knitting book which is fantastic! I have started the pattern for a throw and so far I am really enjoying it. I love knitting but haven’t done any for ages. It is a perfect activity for a winter evening.
I’m really hoping we get to go on some adventures during half term as it will be nice to get out and about.
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I hope everyone is having a good week so far. I have been doing quite well with my reading so far this week but I have also started knitting again which I haven’t done for a very long time.
My chosen quote this week is by ancient Chinese philosopher and author of the Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu.
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
Lao Tzu
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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. For more info please check out Jana’s blog.
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This is an interesting topic because my reading habits have definitely changed over the years and quite a bit this year.
So here is what has changed.
What reading habits have changed for you recently?
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Goodreads Monday is now hosted by Budget Tales Book Club. All you have to do is show off a book from your TBR that you’re looking forward to reading.
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I hope everyone has had a good start to the week. I have been busy making up and sending out orders for my Etsy shop today. The Halloween bookmarks are proving rather popular which is great as they are some of my favourites as well.
My chosen book to feature this week is another that has been sat on my TBR for way too long. I have read the first book of the series and I have bought the rest of the books in the series but have yet to read any!
August 1572: Minou Joubert and her family are in Paris for a Royal Wedding, an alliance between the Catholic Crown and the Huguenot King of Navarre intended to bring peace to France after a decade of religious wars. So too is their oldest enemy, Vidal, still in pursuit of a relic that will change the course of history. But within days of the marriage, thousands will lie dead in the streets and Minou’s beloved family will be scattered to the four winds . .
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I hope everyone has had a nice weekend so far. I have had a busy weekend work wise so sadly not much reading achieved but I’ve managed some.
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Currently Reading
I’m still not sure about Apple Tree Yard and I might yet DNF it but at the same time I want to know what is going on! Really enjoying the short story How It Unfolds so far and A Crown of Swords is also getting really interesting.
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Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It is all about sharing the books that you have recently added to your bookshelves. These books can be physical books, ebooks and of course audiobooks.
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I hope everyone is having a good weekend so far. I have had a busy day playing for a wedding and prepping music for harvest festival tomorrow.
I had a preordered book arrive this week. I will be honest I ordered this book because it looked really pretty and I love Christmas themed books.
I can’t wait to read it and look at the beautiful illustrations over Christmas.
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Happy Friday!
My chosen poem this week is by one of my favourites, William Blake. William Blake (1757-1827) was an English poet, painter and print maker. Sadly he was largely unrecognised during his lifetime but now he is considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age.
Cradle Song
Sleep, sleep, beauty bright,
Dreaming in the joys of night;
Sleep, sleep; in thy sleep
Little sorrows sit and weep.
Sweet babe, in thy face
Soft desires I can trace,
Secret joys and secret smiles,
Little pretty infant wiles.
As thy softest limbs I feel
Smiles as of the morning steal
O'er thy cheek, and o'er thy breast
Where thy little heart doth rest.
O the cunning wiles that creep
In thy little heart asleep!
When thy little heart doth wake,
Then the dreadful night shall break.
William Blake
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