Currently reading:

  • Chasing the Scream: the first and last days of the war on drugs - Johann Hari

Read:

  • Station Eleven - Emily St John Mandel
  • Jamrach's Menagerie - Carol Birch
  • ENUFF: Eliminate the needless, useless, foolish and frivolous - Kate Carpenter
  • The French Lieutenant's Woman - John Fowles
  • Be Brilliant Every Day - Andy Cope and Andy Whittaker
jan 4 2015 ∞
feb 7 2015 +
  • Elysium
  • American Hustle
  • White House Down
  • Dallas Buyers Club
  • After Earth
  • Riddick
  • The Monuments Men
  • This is the End
  • Little Miss Sunshine
  • World War Z
  • Man of Steel
  • Wolf of Wall Street
  • Dom Hemingway
  • Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Layer Cake
jan 14 2014 ∞
aug 1 2014 +
  • The Rainmmaker
  • French Lieutenants Woman
  • Erin Brokovich
  • Pans Labyrinth
  • Inception
  • Blood Diamond
  • Water
  • My Big Fat Greek Wedding
  • Point Break
  • Man On Fire
  • Mr Brooks
  • Limitless
  • Big Wednesday
  • Young Guns
  • Serenity
  • Proof Of Life
  • Life of Pi
  • Avatar
  • Matrix
  • Rush
  • Inn of the Sixth Happiness
oct 5 2013 ∞
oct 7 2013 +
  • St Johns in general, especially the views from Signal Hill and the walk down to St Johns along the coast
  • Rita at the Bread and Cheese Inn in Bay Bulls
  • The view towards the sea from our room at the Freshwater Inn in Gambo
  • The sun-room at Neddie's Harbour Inn, Neddie's Harbour
  • Cape Spear - the most easterly point in North America
  • Newfoundlanders in general, except maybe the grumpy old trout in the Liquor Express in Rocky Harbour. Although I accept that maybe she was having a bad day :)
  • Captain Wayne's whale-watching trip in Bay Bulls
  • Lighthouse Picnics at Ferryland (even though it was peeing down)
  • Beach combing pretty much anywhere
  • Houses everywhere - the colours, the styl...
sep 1 2013 ∞
sep 1 2013 +
  • merguez burgerz (Guardian supplement)
  • Yellow split peas and greens (Heidi Swanson)
  • Quinoa patties (Heidi Swanson)
  • Ginger cookies (Heidi S)
  • Baked eggs with lentils and goats cheese (Mighty spice express)
  • Grilled aubergine with lamb, mint and feta (MS express)
  • Bosphorus burger (MSE)
  • Gujarati veggie curry (MSE)
aug 28 2013 ∞
aug 28 2013 +
  • Roots - Alex Haley
  • The Hot Zone - Richard Preston
  • Africa's Mountains of the Moon - Guy Yeoman
  • On Foot Through Africa - Ffyona Campbell
  • Blood River - Tim Butcher
  • The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay
  • Tandia - Bryce Courtenay
  • Ebola - William Close
  • Chasing the Devil - Tim Butcher
aug 25 2013 ∞
nov 4 2013 +
  • Chatel, France. I loved it there, winter and summer. autumn and early spring leave a bit to be desired...
  • On top of Signal Hill,St Johns, Newfoundland.
  • Pretty much anywhere except my desk at work :)
  • the top of Golden Cap, on the south-west coastline
  • The Undercliff nature reserve, between Lyme Regis and Axmouth
  • Tavira,Portugal
  • Axmouth Harbour, watching the tide come in through the harbour mouth
aug 5 2013 ∞
nov 19 2013 +
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jan 27 2015 ∞
jan 27 2015 +

Currently

  • The Book of Forgiving - Desmond and Mpho Tutu
  • How to Develop a Brilliant Memory - week by week - Dominic O'Brien

Finished:

  • The Last Asylum: a Memoir of Madness in our Times - Barbara Taylor
  • When Mr Dog Bites - Brian Conaghan
  • The Bone Clocks - David Mitchell (twice!)
  • Weaveworld - Clive Barker
  • We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves - Karen Joy Fowler
  • The Robber of Memories - Michael Jacobs
  • The Great and Secret Show - Clive Barker
  • The Wreckage by Michael Crummy
  • Theatre of Fish by John Gimlette
  • Galore by Michael Crummy
  • Galilee by Clive Barker
jan 14 2014 ∞
jan 4 2015 +
  • Jabberwocky - Lewis Carroll
  • The Highwayman - Alfred Noyes
  • Silver - Walter de la Mare
  • Tarantella - Hilaire Belloc
  • Escape at Bedtime - Robert Louis Stevenson
  • The Night Mail - W H Auden
  • The Pied Piper of Hamlyn - Robert Browning
  • The Donkey - G K Chesterton
  • The Owl and the Pussycat - Edward Lear
  • Cargoes - John Masefield
  • Pied Beauty - Gerard Manley Hopkins
  • Five Eyes - Walter de la Mare
  • Duck's Ditty - Kenneth Grahame
  • Colonel Fazackerley - Charles Causley
  • Africa's Plea
  • Love Is - Adrian Henri
oct 9 2013 ∞
oct 9 2013 +
  • Milo (17/10/2012 - 03/12/2012), moved to Budleigh Salterton, Devon
  • Alfie (30/01/2013 - 10/05/2013), moved to Wells, Somerset
  • Imogen (16/07/2013 - 11/10/2013), moved to Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset
  • Kizzy (14/01/2014 - 25/02/2014), moved to Bristol to complete her training. Eventually matched to someone in Saltash (i.e. Nowhere near Bristol)
  • Ellie (25/02/2014 - 28/05/2014), fully qualified Guide Dog staying with us for a short time while undertaking some refresher training / reevaluation. Retired in April 2014, moved to Porlock in May 2014.
sep 25 2013 ∞
may 28 2014 +
  • Have a lie-in with my hubby and the dog, and a nice cup of coffee
  • Read the Sunday papers
  • Go for a nice walk
  • Something tasty for tea - maybe roast dinner, maybe something else
aug 28 2013 ∞
aug 28 2013 +

This list is in no particular order, and does not take into account the books in the South American and African lists, and the Sex, Drugs etc. list.

  • Old Filth - Jane Gardam
  • The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman
  • The French Lieutenants Woman - John Fowles
  • Birds, Beasts and Relatives - Gerald Durrell
  • And the Ass Saw the Angel - Nick Cave
  • The Serpent and the Rainbow - Wade Davis
  • Weaveworld - Clive Barker
  • Under the Dome - Stephen King
  • High Rise - J G Ballard
  • Concrete Island - J G Ballard
  • Rubbernecker - Belinda Bauer
  • The Universe versus Alex Woods - Gavin Extence
  • The Death of Bunny Munro - Nick Cave
aug 25 2013 ∞
oct 12 2013 +
  • One Hundred Years of solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • At Play in the Fields of The Lord - Peter Mathiessen
  • Cocaine - Dominic Streafeild
  • Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter - Mario Vargas Llosa
  • SeƱor Vivo and the Coca Lord - Louis de Bernieres
  • A Neotropical Companion - John Krichner
  • Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice - Mark Plotkin
  • Conquest of the Incas - John Hemmings
  • One River - Wade Davis
  • House of the Spirits - Isabel Allende
  • The Miraculous Fever Tree - Fiamacco de Roca
  • Love in a Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • Like Water for Chocolate - Laura Esquival
aug 25 2013 ∞
aug 28 2013 +
  • Repainted the spare room
  • Built new Ikea bedroom furniture in spare room
  • Art classes on Wednesday afternoons
  • Perfecting my bread making techniques (poolish method)
  • Taught myself to crochet, left-handed
  • Doodling and sketching
  • Grouting the kitchen tiles
  • Finishing the edging on the kitchen tiles
  • Painting the dining room doors
  • Painting the skirting board and door frames in the kitchen
  • Prepping the downstairs loo walls for doing a collage
  • Putting up the shelves in the kitchen
jan 30 2014 ∞
feb 6 2014 +
  • Happy by Pharrell Williams
  • Coming Home by the Kaiser Chiefs
  • Mountains by Biffy Clyro
  • Pompeii - Bastille
  • Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People
  • Dog Days are Over - Florence and the Machine
  • Little Lion Man - Mumford and Son
  • Many of Horror - Biffy Clyro
  • Rearrange - Miles Kane
  • Hawkmoon 269 - U2
  • From despair to where - Manic Street Preachers
  • Question - Moody Blues
  • Train in Vain - The Clash
  • Trampoline - Julian Cope
  • What's My Scene - Hoodoo Gurus
  • La Tristesse Durere - Manic Street Preachers
  • No Easy Way - Gillan
  • Long Gone - Gillan
oct 5 2013 ∞
jun 8 2014 +
  • Short and Sweet - Dan Lepard
  • Leon - Allegra McEvedy
  • Super Natural Every Day - Heidi Swanson
  • Mighty Spice Express - John Gregory-Smith
  • The Good Housekeeping Step by Step Colour Cookbook - a faithful old standby
  • Real Fast Food - Nigel Slater
  • Neris and India's Idiot-Proof Diet Cookbook
  • Economy Gastronomy - Allegra McEvedy
  • Diet for Food Lovers - Jennifer McIrvine
  • Riverford Farm Cookbook
aug 28 2013 ∞
apr 26 2014 +
  • The Smoke
  • Game of Thrones
  • the Jump
  • Sleepy Hollow
  • Hell on Wheels
  • The Following
  • Chicago Fire
  • Breaking Bad
  • Sons of Anarchy
  • Falling Skies
  • Republic of Doyle (Newfoundland!)
  • Friday Night Lights
  • Bugs, Bites and Parasites
  • Smash
  • Under the Dome - not as good as the book though...
  • Suits
  • True Blood
  • Burn Notice
  • Southlands
  • Lillyhammer
aug 28 2013 ∞
aug 1 2014 +
  • Theatre of Fish: Travels through Newfoundland and Labrador - John Gimlette
  • Cod - Mark Kurlansky
  • The Shipping News - Annie Proulx
  • Frommer's Guide to Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Newfoundland and Labrador Book of Everything: Everything You Wanted to Know About Newfoundland And Labrador and Were Going To Ask Anyway - Martha Walls
  • Galore - Michael Crummey
aug 25 2013 ∞
sep 25 2013 +
  • Wonderland Avenue - Danny Sugarmann
  • And I Don't Want to Live This Life - Nancy Spungen
  • Will There Really be a Morning? - Frances Farmer
  • Junky - William Burroughs
  • Marching Powder - Rusty Young
  • McMafia - Misha Glenny
  • The Profession of Violence - John Pearson
  • Journey into Madness - Gordon Thomas
  • Rush - Kim Wozencraft
  • Go Ask Alice - Anonymous
  • H - Autobiography of a Child Prostitute Heroin Addict - Christiane F
  • I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can - Barbara Gordon
  • Schindler's Ark - Joseph Keneally
  • Without Conscience: Charles Manson in his own words - Charles Manson
  • The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
aug 25 2013 ∞
aug 28 2013 +
  • my homemade multigrain and honey bread
  • Coq Au Vin
  • Roast rib of beef (rare) with horseradish sauce
  • Valpolicella Ripasso (or Amarone if I am very flush)
  • Fursty Ferret beer
  • mashed potatoes with lots of butter
  • Gratin Dauphinoise
  • Marks and Spencer's chocolate biscuits
  • avocados, especially with warm bacon vinaigrette
  • puy lentils
  • Leon breakfast pots ( especially the full breakfast one)
  • sliced avocado with vinaigrette served on toast and Marmite (well buttered toast is essential)
  • Strawberries and clotted cream
  • Poached eggs on wholemeal toast
  • Strawberries and melon with yogurt and gr...
aug 5 2013 ∞
jan 30 2014 +