• face
  • 9 to 5 cleanser
  • angels on bare skin
  • full of grace
  • skin's shangri-la
• body
  • fairy dust
  • sleepy moisturiser
  • snow fairy body spray
  • twilight sparkle jar
• shower and bath
  • avobath
  • brightside
  • snow fairy shower gel
  • sleepy shower gel

• a big cup of tea
• or a caramel latte from Costa
• an episode or two (or five) of Friends
• a long, hot shower
• painting my nails
• a good cry
• a nap

• Danish
• French*
• Portuguese
• Russian
• Spanish
• Swedish*

• books I own and need to read *
• books on hold *
• kindle library *
• manifestos *
• my Agatha Christie collection *
• Russian books on my to read list *
• signed books I own *
• wishlist *

• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Jane Austen
• Mikhail Bulgakov
• Agatha Christie
• Matt Haig

alternate title: call me grandma

• I like sitting out in my garden, reading and watching the birds
• I've started buying a lot of bird food
• I own a lot of plants
• big, cosy cardigans are my thing
• I hate loud music, it disturbs my quiet time
• I am somewhat out of touch with current popular culture
• I love shopping in charity shops, for books and mugs mainly
• I naturally wake up early and I go to bed early
• I also love naps
• I sometimes forget that I have a cup of tea to drink until it's gone cold
• I have conversations with my pets
• I carry snacks around and sometimes flasks of tea
• the members of my favourite bands are all...

• 11:11 wishes
• being awake before everyone else
• cups of tea that fix everything
• day moons
• déjà vu
• full, bright moons
• the Harry Potter film scores
• kind gestures from strangers
• lavender
• long, melancholic summer evenings
• piano music
• seeing beautiful art in person
• soft morning light
• starry nights

I try not to subscribe to the whole, 'new year, new me,' concept, but a new year can't help but feel like a bit of a fresh start.

• keep track of my life in my diary
• spend less, save more
• take more walks
• try a new recipe every 1-2 weeks
• go swimming again

• always having breakfast
• drinking tea
• duolingo
• eating fruit every day
• giving my body the food it asks for
  • see: Eat Up by Ruby Tandoh
• reading
• skincare
  • moisturising body scrubs
  • tea tree face washes, chamomile moisturiser
• tidying my room
• using 'Sleepy' from Lush when I go to bed

• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
• A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
• Dracula by Bram Stoker
• The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
• The Humans by Matt Haig
• The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
• Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith
• The Princess Bride by William Goldman
• Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
• The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

• I take my coffee strong and very milky.
• I take my tea strong and with a splash of milk.
• I love dunking biscuits in my tea/coffee.
• I cannot choose between dogs and cats.
• I save greetings cards and cinema, theatre and train tickets.
• I cannot stop buying books.
• I never fold the pages of my books.
• I used to have pet rats named Antigone 'Tiggy' and Calypso 'Cally.' I miss them terribly.
• my accent is a mix of Yorkshire and London.
• I was a featured user on listography years ago.
• I hate the taste of coconut, but love the smell.
• I love listening to classical music, but can name hardly any pieces.

essentially my upcoming reads, in vague order.

• Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie
• Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
• White Girls by Hilton Als
• The Penguin History of Modern Russia by Robert Service
• The Last Family in England by Matt Haig
• Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
• Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë

• the father, mother and daughter on boxing day (we talked about QI, water bottles, and phone cases)
• another vicar who I had a similarly pleasant conversation with as the second
• the 80 year old bodybuilder from my previous job
• the guy who looked like Jaime Lannister
• the lady who kept calling me 'treasure'
• the sweet little old lady who kept us late, but I didn't mind
• one of my high school English teachers
• that one actor I like (he's terribly awkward)
• another vicar who I had a long conversation with about church, she was absolutely lovely and reassured me that not knowing all the correct terminology doesn't really matter
• the vicar who was the only person there when I sneezed and grinned as he said, "bl...

• born 19/06/1996
• northern English
• in a relationship
• vegetarian
• literature graduate
• bookseller

• Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body by Sara Pascoe
• Eat Up! by Ruby Tandoh
• How to be Champion by Sarah Millican
• Is It Just Me? by Miranda Hart
• The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well by Meik Wiking
• A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled by Ruby Wax
• Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig
• Sane New World: Taming the Mind by Ruby Wax
• Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge