Dear friends. The Boden Christmas catalogue came through the letterbox and I was immediately smitten by the Mae "novelty cardigan". It has festive feels, but isn't too over-the-top.
I snapped it up because items like this at Boden sell out very quickly. I wore it to a gathering at RHS Wisley, around the time of my birthday.
Dear friends. I've done rather well with non-fiction this year. I signed up to read 10 books in Shelleyrae's Book'd Out 2026 challenge, and I've now read 27.
Shelleyrae had listed some categories she wanted to see featured. Unfortunately I didn't do quite so well here. Nonetheless I've had a good mix of genres.
The books I enjoyed the most are in the top row of the graphic above.
If any of my US or Antipodean friends are puzzled about my "non-fiction" , UK English describes "non-fiction" as hyphenated, and I'm a stickler.
October was a busy month with lots of fun activities: two art gallery visits, a significant birthday (not mine), a cathedral visit, and more. Plus what we've been enjoying on TV.
I'm excited to share these new arrivals because it's been a bit of a fallow reading period. NetGalley hasn't been tempting me and I've had to resort to Mr Mutton's books in our shared Amazon library.
I'll share a brief snippet of blurb and when the books will be published. The first 3 all come out in 2027.
Then we'll take a quick look at the books I have read recently, which will be reviewed later this month.
