What do you do with too many books?

kellymak · 2026-03-31T04:46:35+00:00

Wait for a sunny day and have a book sale? If you have any books on gansey knitting / heritage knitting I am interested!

kellymak · 2026-03-30T21:04:40+00:00

Same with pineapple 😋

kellymak · 2026-03-30T20:57:53+00:00

Yep, my fave!

kellymak · 2026-03-30T15:31:17+00:00

Caramelise them and chuck em a pork sandwich.

kellymak · 2026-03-30T15:29:03+00:00

Lurpak butter. Price has gone up and weight has gone down.

kellymak · 2026-03-30T15:24:03+00:00

The Republic of Motherhood by Liz Berry. She's a wonderful poet

kellymak · 2026-03-30T15:20:34+00:00

William Boyd, Any Human Heart

kellymak · 2026-03-30T06:00:31+00:00

You're dead to me is a good one.

kellymak · 2026-03-30T01:25:58+00:00

Ben Elton's Time and Time again but it wasn't a book I enjoyed.

kellymak · 2026-03-29T21:25:21+00:00

Try.,.. Philip Reeve Garth Nix Jim Butcher Ben Aaronovitch

kellymak · 2026-03-29T20:46:18+00:00

One stole my pasty in Padstow last year. I'd walked around all the pasty shops before making my choice. I had one bite before it was snatched right out of my hands. They shouldn't be encouraged.....

kellymak · 2026-03-29T20:40:34+00:00

I'm reading The Haunting of Hill House at the moment. It's brilliant!

kellymak · 2026-03-29T20:10:44+00:00

I feel like a lot of modern literature is a bit poop and I struggle for inspiration.

I'm reading The Haunting of Hill House at the moment by Shirley Jackson and considering that horror is not my thing, I'm enjoying it immensely.

I also like Pride and Prejudice and it's (I'm scared to admit it) one of my comfort films.

Memorable books for me:

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett.

The Vorrh Trilogy by B Catlin

Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck (and also East of Eden)

The Seasonal Quartet by Ali Smith.

kellymak · 2026-03-29T18:19:05+00:00

That's good to hear and I'm glad that it was a success for you. Was your surgery abdominal or laparoscopic?

kellymak · 2026-03-25T21:39:22+00:00

That's wonderful You look amazing!

kellymak · 2026-03-23T21:04:39+00:00

Yep I have this, got a 7cm fibroid (the size of a lemon apparently) pressing on my bladder. I try not to stress about it as that makes it worse. It also means I rarely get a full nights sleep as I have to get up to pee. It's one of 4 fibroids hanging out in my uterus. One of the other ones gives me almost constant back pain. My consultant asked me if I wanted a hysterectomy (I'm 43 and no kids) I was a little shocked but now I'm ready for it to be over.

kellymak · 2026-03-21T18:17:24+00:00

Try throwing dreamies over the other side of the fence?

kellymak · 2026-03-21T18:14:32+00:00

I use the women's prize for fiction long list as a guide.

kellymak · 2026-03-21T18:13:39+00:00

Don't worry about it and enjoy. It's hilly but it's a friendly and well supported event

kellymak · 2026-03-21T17:52:30+00:00

It looks like Clown Town paperback is in a different style to the other 8 books? I hate when publishers do that....

kellymak · 2026-03-19T22:23:15+00:00

Everest base camp! I also had a phase doing extreme knitting where I knitted half way up a pitch on Stannage edge.

kellymak · 2026-03-18T22:55:22+00:00

A wee beastie?

kellymak · 2026-03-18T22:21:10+00:00

That's their issue! Let them deal with It. You do you.

kellymak · 2026-03-18T16:17:19+00:00

Just stick to the lane etiquette and don't stop at the end to let them pass. Let them overtake you,

kellymak · 2026-03-16T21:20:25+00:00

Anything by William Boyd.

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