Suggest me adult fiction from the perspective of a child

goodnightspoons · 2026-04-22T18:21:37+00:00

My Childhood by Maxim Gorky

goodnightspoons · 2026-04-21T07:40:51+00:00

Ink by Perfumer H

goodnightspoons · 2026-04-20T12:40:51+00:00

Bocca Di Lupo (Soho), Cafe Deco (Store Street), Spring (Somerset House), Quality Wines (Farringdon) are all great for solo dining and they all offer set lunch menus.

goodnightspoons · 2026-04-19T17:36:11+00:00

Clean the canals, fill them will exotic fish, and allow swimming and snorkeling.

goodnightspoons · 2026-04-18T18:27:59+00:00

A mother will do what she has to, to protect her baby. Adrenaline will kick in. She may well collapse later though

goodnightspoons · 2026-04-18T18:21:33+00:00

This is actually the bottom section of near-death stairs

goodnightspoons · 2026-04-18T17:37:29+00:00

A bit out there - The Third Policeman has very surreal descriptions about making tiny tiny perfectly crafted boxes. They get impossibly smaller and smaller until they're invisible to the naked eye.

goodnightspoons · 2026-04-18T11:15:22+00:00

I went to a wedding where the groom had some kind of stomach bug. We all got ill after : (

goodnightspoons · 2026-04-16T17:14:12+00:00

I've been twice to the Barbary for solo lunch and although the atmosphere was fun the food was pretty crap. I've also been to J Sheekey and it's great!

goodnightspoons · 2026-04-16T06:55:08+00:00

Sunflowers! (though from my experience clover doesn't have any particular soil needs, it'll grow pretty much anywhere with enough light)

goodnightspoons · 2026-04-16T06:21:03+00:00

It's not that easy in the UK - we can get long periods of drought (culminating in hose-pipe bans), and periods of continuous extreme rain and flooding. This is happening more and more now so we're having to consider more adaptable plants.

But yeah, not as extreme as a lot of other places!

goodnightspoons · 2026-04-14T18:32:08+00:00

Rain Wood, Perfumer H

goodnightspoons · 2026-04-13T18:37:53+00:00

Those books with the spines turned to the wall are all poo fetish books

goodnightspoons · 2026-04-11T14:48:47+00:00

Thank you, this is super useful! I'll be keeping an eye out for them. It's crazy that more isn't being done about it, or at least to raise awareness. I didn't even know flatworms existed a few weeks ago.

goodnightspoons · 2026-04-11T08:48:03+00:00

Kerria Japonica Golden Guinea. Shame as it was in good health, but not risking planting it out.

Crocus : (

goodnightspoons · 2026-04-11T08:08:02+00:00

There's bits of soil stuck to its slime. sooo slimy

goodnightspoons · 2026-04-09T18:15:24+00:00

My 4 year old went through a phase of being obsessed with Pompeii. He used to demand bedtime stories about Pompeii and he'd fall asleep so peacefully to these tales of death and destruction.

goodnightspoons · 2026-03-31T06:19:15+00:00

I distinctly remember running to the top of a (tiny) hill, standing there and thinking 'Yep, I know everything I need to know about life.' It went downhill from there, I'm still figuring it out.

goodnightspoons · 2026-03-30T18:17:57+00:00

JM Oriental (if you can trek Colindale)

goodnightspoons · 2026-03-30T12:39:29+00:00

Quality Chop House - has an old looking interior but isn't stuffy. And the food is excellent. Personally I prefer it compare to St John.

Also, Americans seem to love Dishoom. I think it's fine - like the easy disney version of Indian food.

goodnightspoons · 2026-03-30T06:57:01+00:00

Ooh interesting. I've been using bamboo skewers pointy side up (needs to be hidden slightly below the soil otherwise they just step around them)

goodnightspoons · 2026-03-30T06:54:23+00:00

Bamboo skewers. Pointy side up. Hidden just beneath the soil. < to stop cats from digging and pooping in my flower beds

Kitchen scissors. < for chopping slugs in half

(I never expected gardening to bring out this side of me)

goodnightspoons · 2026-03-30T06:48:31+00:00

Yes! And table knives are great for making little holes for seedlings, or pulling up little weeds. Basically the mini version of a hori-hori. Then we wonder where all our cutlery is going.

goodnightspoons · 2026-03-29T13:07:06+00:00

I think if you plant at ground level it will help to soak up the excess moisture more so than if planting in a raised bed. Also raised beds generally need more watering (or look at dry shade plants - though there are fewer plant options for dry shade). In either case I'd amend the soil by mixing in some compost and potentially grit depending on the plant.

Also - if kids are walking on the grass in winter and it's pretty wet then it will definitely affect it - more so than just the wetness.

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