Books I've Read 2020

I'm going to update this with the books I read this year - just because I fancy a record!

Around the World in 80 Days - Michael Palin
Sanctus - Simon Toyne (Book 1 of a trilogy)
Pole to Pole - Michael Palin
The Key - Simon Toyne (Book 2 of the trilogy)
The Five - Hallie Rubenhold
Everything I Know About Love - Dolly Alderton
The Tower - Simon Toyne (Book 3 of the trilogy)
How to Stop Time - Matt Haig
Messy - Tim Harford (part way through)
Homecomings - Marcia Willett
Everybody died, so I got a dog - Emily Dean
Full Circle - Michael Palin
A Spark of Light - Jodi Picoult
Kill Your Friends - John Niven
Crossing Point - Michael Connelly
He Said / She Said - Erin Kelly
Ghost - James Swallow
One Cornish Summer - Liz Fenwick
Harbour Street - Ann Cleeves
Old Baggage - Lissa Evans
Fevre Dream - George R. R. Martin

A Very British Murder - Lucy Worsley

Dancing in the Dark - Maureen Lee

Campaign Widows - Aimee Agresti

The Woods - Harlan Coben

Broken Greek - Pete Paphides

Life's What You Make It - Phillip Schofield

Project 333 - Courtney Carver (part way through)

Enter Wild - Carlos Whittaker (part way through)

The Snow Geese - William Fiennes (part way through)

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 70 - 01/06/20

• Lockdown nails
• Re-arranging (again)
• A(nother) lockdown treat (Warriner Leather Works)

70 days - that's TEN whole weeks!

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 69 - 31/05/20

• Naughty treats
• Comfy old shoes
• Garden time

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 68 - 30/05/20

• The arrival of my #buyastrangerabook books
• Flowers on the tomato plant
• Takeaway chicken and wedges from Izzys Lounge

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 67 - 29/05/20

• More urban exploring
• A new top
• Cheese scones

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 66 - 28/05/20

• The sun and shadows on my planter
• DIYing a fix for the broken sash window
• Reduced pizza (38p) tarted up with carrot top pesto, some ham and some extra cheese

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 65 - 27/05/20

• Making the bed before carrying on with the day
• Shorts weather
• Sweet potato stew - a new recipe

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 64 - 26/05/20

• Shadow stripes on skirt stripes
• Turning right for a change
• Re-usable ice cubes

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 63 - 25/05/20

• Homemade Costa Coffee Rocky Road Bites
• Bar Keepers Friend
• Strawberries and cream

NINE weeks!

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 62 - 24/05/20

• Teeny tiny Lobelia flowers
• Blackbird having a bath in the pond
• Rest of the washing from yesterday all dry, ironed (where absolutely necessary) and put away

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 61 - 23/05/20

• Bed stripped, washed, line dried and re-made
• Old photos
• Cherry Coke

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 60 - 22/05/20

• Slobbing
• Dry shampoo
• Roast veggies

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 59 - 21/05/20

• Happy post
• The sound of the bees on the wisteria
• Finally getting my terrarium planted up - thanks J

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 58 - 20/05/20

• Bike swap
• Shadows on the curtain
• The wisteria

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 57 - 19/05/20

• This bowl - engraved by my Grandad and about 35 years old, still in regular use
• A good book
• Takeaway fish and chips from The Ship & Pelican (adapting to the lockdown)

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 56 - 18/05/20

• Socially distant picnicking
• Unexpected eBay sales
• Being chosen

56 days, that's EIGHT weeks!

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 55 - 17/05/20

• Being told your halo is getting bigger!
• Listening to my music library on shuffle
• A gorgeous posey from the garden from my landlady

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 54 - 16/05/20

• Easter egg
• Bees on the wisteria
• Glasses (the helping me see better kind!)

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 53 - 15/05/20

• Revisiting old projects
• Leaving something outside with a 'free' note on it and it not being there when I went to check
• Not binge watching the last few episodes of Lost but making it last! (Just got the two part final to go now!)

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 52 - 14/05/20

• Picking up a book at the little free library on my walk
• Doing the macrame project that T sent me at the start of lock down
• Getting post from my Wifey with a hand drawn Unicorn just for me

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 51 - 13/05/20

• Scoring a book from the Big Green Bookshops #buysstrangerabook
• A long, hot bubble bath
• The rules of time travel and how LOST messes with them (and my head!)

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 50 - 12/05/20

• Carrot top pesto pasta
• Reclining sofa seats
• Roses in the garden

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 49 - 11/05/20

• Home made carrot top pesto
• This response from Matt Lucas ref the PMs announcement last night
• Taking my glass to the recycling bins at last!

PS SEVEN weeks!

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 48 - 10/05/20

• Banana bread, this time with Maraschino cherries
• Sunday deliveries
• Not finding my undies strewn around the garden (it's been pretty windy here in Exeter today!)

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 47 - 09/05/20

• A little stand to show off my posh pens
• Custard delivery courtesy of the neighbours online delivery slot
• A little orange treat (silk scrunchie) that I've been wearing all day

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 46 - 08/05/20

• Puzzling
• Peanut butter cookies
• Freshly made bed

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 45 - 07/05/20

• Re-arranging (bedroom this time)
• Batch cooking yesterday so tonights dinner was easy
• Bookkeeping by phone

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 44 - 06/05/20

• Digging this out of the garage, cleaning it up and going for a ride
• Feeling like I'd actually achieved something after the above
• Smiles in the post - thanks H (how me is this card though!)

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 43 - 05/05/20

• Replacement remote control arrival (I was given a DVD player - thanks N - but no remote which made menu navigation tricky!)
• Ticking things off the shopping list
• Not getting completely drenched on the exercise/shopping outing!

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 42 - 04/05/20

• Friends making me smile - and yes T of course you can come and visit when this is all over
• A proper shopping list for planned meals
• Flowers - not on the list but they felt essential today!!

PS - Six weeks - 6 f*£$?!g weeks!

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 41 - 03/05/20

• Actually watching the bonus features (Bloopers 😆)
• Remembering there was bread in the freezer
• The smell of clean towels

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 40 - 02/5/20

• The wisteria is soooo close
• Lazing
• Home made pasty straight out of the oven delivered hot by my landlady

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 39 - 01/05/20

MAY!!!

• Laying in bed listening to the rain
• Making people smile
• Clear floors

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 38 - 30/04/20

• Sweet potato brownies
• Pay day!
• A beautiful double rainbow

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 37 - 29/04/20

• Ignoring the mess
• Duvet days
• Getting lost in, well... 

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 36 - 28/04/20

• Puss cats in masks
• Posh peanut butter delivery from Pip & Nut
• Moving things around

 

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 35 - 27/04/20

• Unexpected visitors bringing chocolate (socially distanced of course) - thanks T
• A new banana bread recipe that will definitely be made again
• Packing up a little something to make someone smile

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 34 - 26/04/20

• A good book
• A still edible crown prince squash from last autumn
• Gardening

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 33 - 25/04/20

• A new plant - re-potted, fed and watered
• Home made chicken risotto, not something I'd tried before
• Hitting the flour jackpot thanks to messages from strangers and an independent shop!

Lockdown Love Notes - Day 32 - 24/04/20

• Lunch inspiration from T
• A box of Riverford goodness
• A plant delivery from Bernaville via D (sweet peas, tomatoes and lobelia)