That's just Wrong and Bad.
06.03.2026 14:15
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That's just Wrong and Bad.
I am so done with this weather. ☔
Yep, just a new tyre (+ the extra cost of getting mobile service), so that's something. This is what I get for regularly driving in England's worst county for potholes. 🤷
Mobile tyre guy is here, the longer it takes, the better my chances of not needing a new wheel. 🤞
Another tyre fallen victim to potholes, at least I managed to stop off at a garage and put enough air in the tyre to get home. Hopefully I've not cracked the wheel like last time (different one). 💸
Manchester has certainly grown since last time I was there...😜
Going off Tumblr, Me and Thee looks fairly entertaining?
Yes, it's living up to the positive recs for it. I don't know who buys the non-fiction for the local county libraries but they always seem to have loads I'm interested in.
Just starting Katabasis by RF Kuang and also reading The Mongol Storm by Nicholas Morton (non-fiction)
Quitting Twitter is the way.
Nazis bought the platform to rig the game.
Don't play it.
I usually have a look at the maps on Traffic England to get an idea of how things are going before I set out on longer journeys: www.trafficengland.com
Chasing up payment for something I did last year and the response was 'oh, the cheque must have got lost in the post'. Cheque? What century are we in? 😲
Before we run out of 2025, here are my fiction books of this year (in no particular order):
The Everlasting - Alix E Harrow
The Iron Garden Sutra - AD Sui
Audition for the Fox - Martin Cahill
The Incandescent - Emily Tesh
The River Has Roots - Amal el Mohtar
It makes a change for me to watch something first, can't wait to see what you make of this... 🤣
Just starting an ARC of A Forest, Darkly by AG Slatter
Favourite read of 2025 - The Everlasting by Alix E Harrow
At some point before the end of the year, I'll try and do a top 5 books and top 5 dramas (k- and c-) of 2025, as usual. Meanwhile, here's a rec outlier: the phenomenal Listers, about two brothers driving around the US after they get into competitive birdwatching. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-w...
I'm partway through an ARC of The Iron Garden Sutra by A.D. Sui and just starting A Hymn to Dionysus by Natasha Pulley.
Been having a bit of a clear out, today's prize discovery was a half-eaten jar of homemade peach chutney dated 2014 lurking at the back of the pantry. 😂
Halfway through The Everlasting by Alix E Harrow (excellent so far, hope it sticks the landing) and also reading Cage of Souls by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
Just starting an ARC of The Geomagician by Jennifer Mandula. I'm also reading Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix and The Escape by Pippa York and David Walsh (non-fiction)
Just picked my copy up from the library today and can't wait to read it. Congratulations on the award!
Decided I'd better get on and watch s2, just in case...
I just forget about stuff. So unless it pops up somewhere and reminds me (like new episodes of Chosen Home on Netflix at the moment), I might end up recording a series on the BBC that I want to watch then not get round to it for days/weeks, for example.
Pre-many wars, dearie. 😉
That one's on my TBR list, looking forward to it (love bats 🦇)
Recently started an ARC of The Mercy of Gods by James SA Corey and The Savage Isle by Michael Arnold (historical fiction) and just starting Wooing the Witch Queen by Stephanie Burgis.
I watched one recently where if you drank every time someone spat up blood, you'd really do a number on your liver...
As I plan my holidays for next year, I've been entertaining myself with various travel subs on Reddit. Poeple post itineraries, like the one with a day trip from London to Haworth (minimum 4 hours each way) where they want to visit the Parsonage and also walk on the moors *before lunch*. 🤣
Nothing says local power cut like the chirping of dozens of burglar alarms nearby. 😏
