Dearh comes to Marlow – Robert Thorogood
2023 – Book 2
Random Thoughts
2023 – Let’s Read!
I’m starting a new reading list for a new year… hopefully, I’ll find some great new authors alongside my favourites. SO, LET’S READ!
Book 1
Murder Before Evensong – The Reverend Richard Coles
Bonus Book 32
The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark – Jill Tomlinson
My favourite childhood story. A simple tale that never failed to make me smile and set my imagination alight with each scenario. I read to our children too, and even more than a decade on, I can say ‘I do not like it’ and they will both always reply ‘AT ALL!’.
Book 31
An Unfortunate Christmas Murder – Hannah Hendy
Book 30
The Trust – M H Eccleston
Song for the month
December 2022
Win Or Lose, Sink Or Swim
One Thing Is Certain We’ll Never Give In
Side By Side, Hand In Hand
We All Stand Together
Play The Game, Fight The Fight
But What’s The Point On A Beautiful Night?
Arm In Arm, Hand In Hand
We All Stand Together
Keeping Us Warm In The Night
La La La La
Walk In The Night
You’ll Get It Right
Win Or Lose, Sink Or Swim
One Thing Is Certain We’ll Never Give In
Side By Side, Hand In Hand
We All Stand Together
We All Stand Together – Paul McCartney & The Frog Chorus
December = Paul McCartney and the Frog Chorus… I have loved this song ever since I was a child, and I always will…and YES, it IS a Christmas song!
Too many delightful things about this song to mention. Instead, I just recommend that everyone watches the video and allows themselves to be swept away in the joy 😊
Song for the Month
November 2022
You didn’t think that I’d come back
I’d come back swinging
You try to break me but you see what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Stronger – Kelly Clarkson
I’m so lucky to live by the sea, and this particular afternoon I was off work and took the pooch for a sandy stroll… the sea was glorious with waves rolling and white horses galloping to the shore…the pooch had the zoomies, and I admit I too was filled with renewed optimism after some rough weeks. What doesn’t kill you does indeed make you stronger!
Book 25, 26, 27, 28 & 29
Book 25
The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan
Book 26
The Last Library by Freya Sampson
Book 27
The Judges List by John Grisham
Book 28
Death and Croissants by Ian Moore
Book 29
Christmas at The Island Hotel by Jenny Colgan
Book 21, 22, 23 & 24
4 very different reads…
Book 21
Dream Town by David Baldacci
Book 22
The Truth by Sir Terry Pratchett
Book 23
The Bullet that Missed by Richard Osman
Book 24
Murder at The Theatre Royale by Ava Moncrieff
Song for the month
October 2022
But I, I gotta keep trying
Gotta keep my head held high
There’s always gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I’m gonna have to lose
Ain’t about how fast I get there
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb…
The Climb – Miley Cyrus
The road to recovery is a tough one…am gradually making inroads though, a week on the crosstrainer for low impact and then today my first 5km run…slower than a snail through treacle up a tree…but that doesn’t matter, what matters is that I did it!
I need a goal to keep me on track, so have signed up to the Amsterdam marathon…jeepers! Best keep on enjoying the journey back hey?!
Carrie On Happy 