How is your new year going? Do you make resolutions? If so, how are they going? Or are you taking a different approach and wintering instead?

I was delighted that Jo Brand brought along Big Sky by Kate Atkinson, which I reviewed way back in 2020, and also loved... I just love it when someone picks a book I have also read and makes me think I have a famous friend.

I am coming to you this morning at 5.55am as I can't sleep and decided to pick up my laptop and have a bit of a blog instead. I have been off this week as needed to use up some holiday hours.

At the moment my posting on the blog seems to be a mix between feast and famine. I have 3 books I have read and am waiting to review on here. And I have holiday reading lined up. Yes, you heard that right Holiday reading!

January turned out to be rather a fabulous month. Despite January being roughly 636 days long, I enjoyed celebrating a milestone birthday at the end of the month

We still have lots of Christmas eats going on including my daily porridge blessed with a piece of Terry's Chocolate Orange!

I have missed doing my wrap-ups so much. It's a great way to look back at my reading and also what I've been up to in the month.

The weather here in the UK has been rather wonderful as we have had a mini-heatwave. This has involved lots of sitting in our terrace, drinking orange squash and generally enjoying the sun on one's bones.

I can't believe we are already at Day 10 of 12booksofchristmas. The time is flying. Today's book was recommended by another friend over on Instagram and is the first in a series of books which have become immensely popular.