#JustFinished The Bookshop Murders - Jennifer Gladwell Really good Enjoyed this a lot A bit different to my normal reads helped, but great plot & well written. Reads like a stand-alone which is a shame, but well worth seeking out 👍🏻 #BookSky

Now that was a sunrise…

Barn Swallows babies lined up & ready to go. Beechside readying his Tony Soprano “looking wistfully at the sky” impression after they’ve gone🙁

#TheAnswers A poor 2 this week: 6&8 Knew K2 but not the range, said Cuba for baseball, thought metro line logo for 13. File under Dunce

Pinch, Punch, The Season Starts This Month! It’s #TheQuiz

That’s some pair of kecks Kevin…..

#JustFinished MG Cole - Murder Is Skin Deep No2 in the series Having read n1 & been unsure, I now know these aren’t for me. Characters I just couldn’t buy into & the easiest conclusions made just so they could be disproved later. Not sure I can even be arsed taking it to Tesco bookdrop #BookSky

#NowSpinning The Meteors - Teenagers From Outer Space. Saw these supporting The Cramps when I’d never even heard of Psychobilly. Great stuff, so different to anything else I listened to at the time. Wish they played live more often now.

#JustFinished Denzil Meyrick - Jeremiah’s Bell N8 in a fantastic series of well told yarns. Apparently coming to the screen with TheHound as DCI Daley - nope, not in my head he isn’t. Still, can’t recommend these more for any other binge readers who don’t know them - great stuff #BookSky

#NowSpinning The Sound - All Fall Down Saw these support the Bunnymen at Mountford back in the day, but only really understood just how good they were in the last few years. Some great albums

#TheAnswers I always scan the whole quiz before deciding on final answers, so n7 made me go 😣 & ruined any train of thought (is the excuse I’ll be using) Zero here this week

Quiz out of 14 this week. Did a little sick reading n7 so I think we can remove that one

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#TheQuiz I’m a year older than when I did the quiz last week, so that means I’m cleverer & wider doesn’t it? Bring it on…..

#TheQuiz I’m a year older than when I did the quiz last week, so that means I’m cleverer & wider doesn’t it? Bring it on…..

Clearly a busy night The spotty killers remain indifferent to the dawn chorus turning blue again with “THOSE ######### ######### MOLES!” 🤣 #MoleGate

#JustFinished Bought blind on a rec from a book site called Spyburg William Boyd - Gabriel’s Moon Never heard of him before 🙈 60s London, nicely written & perfectly descriptive to really let you into the story. He also meets a gobby left-wing Scouser, but otherwise no other stereotypes🙂 #BookSky

“Bring me the head of Colin the Caterpillar!” It’s my birthday so I demand the best bit🥳

How come we haven’t been awarded the league yet? Booooooo! #BurnhamOut

The Cure’s Robert Smith on Fifa's half time show during the 🇪🇸 v 🇦🇷 final in New Jersey: “Please just fuck off”.

The Cure’s Robert Smith Blasts FIFA’s World Cup Final Half-Time Show: ‘Please Just F— Off’

The Cure's Robert Smith has blasted FIFA's half-time show during the upcoming World Cup final which features Madonna, BTS and Justin Bieber.

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#JustFinished Denzil Mayrick - The Relentless Tide. Back on track now, this is n6 (having read n7 first by mistake) & another good un. The only problem being layed up recovering is how quickly I’m ploughing through them #BookSky

#TheAnswers A chemically assisted 6 this week: 2/4/7/8/10/13

#TheQuiz Brought to you from a hospital bed, hoping my brain cells are now as big as the new knee I have is at present……

They should just post this

New knee for me yesterday after years of limping/instant Tourette’s when it “went”, so currently in a hospital bed. Managed to nod off last night about 1.30….they came in to do blood pressure at 2.00. Managed to nod off again 2.30 ish…fire alarm went off at 3.00. Up with the daylight before 6.00. 🥴

#JustFinished The Last Orphan - Gregg Hurwitz N8 in the Orphan series, & a bit of a different outcome this one. He’s keeping fantastic levels of storytelling consistency here, lots of other series fizzle out by now having used all their ideas & scenarios. Good stuff, again. #BookSky

#JustFinished A Breath On Dying Embers - Denzil Mayrick Great stuff…..until I saw the list at the end & realised this is #7 & I haven’t read #6 yet. Gets right up my nose that…. #BookSky

#TheAnswers A not-kidding-myself 3: 1/4/8 Said Arctic for 3, knew it was an oak for 6 but couldn’t remember its name, knew Cape Fear for 11 but not the character, said all Paraguay games in the WC for 15 Gah! and indeed GAH!!

Shower tick ✅ Cuppa ✅ Factor 50 ✅ Quiz…… #TheQuiz

Early bird & all that….

We’ve got a mole problem. I quite like moles…but not when the molehills start getting out of control. Had a stern word with the boys & Smaug has stepped up to the plate. Smaug 1 Moles 0