Fancy a gothic little murder mystery? ✅Spooky Castle ✅Hidden passages ✅Secret Garden ✅Crypt! geni.us/1239-al-aut-am #CozyMystery #CozyCrime #KindleUnlimited #MurderMystery

When you get a cat and hope they save you from spiders. But the cat is FatBrian who is oblivious.

The Murder at Worlds End - Ross Montgomery. It’s 1910 and Steven Pike, newly released from Borstal, arrives in Cornwall for a second chance. Except the Viscount is consumed by fear of Halleys Comet, and Pike is tasked with the care of Decima, an 80 year old f-bomb dropping loose cannon. #booksky ⚡️📚💙

Octobers reads. There are also a load of books I’ve started but not yet finished. Quite a few re-reads this month as my brain has been in a bad bad place and needed the comfort of familiarity 📚💙⚡️ #booksky

Lasagne update: messy but tasty! No flames occurred!

Talk to me about lasagne, people. I have many questions. Have you ever made your own?

Happy #Caturday from FatBrian who has just spotted birds nesting in the guttering and is now singing to the corner of my bedroom ceiling.

So my GP made a referral to a specialist in 2022. I chased it in 2024. Chased today and they can’t find the original referral, only the 2024 request, so I have at least another 2-3 years to wait. I don’t know what to do anymore.

I’m not coping with today. Time to go snuggle with FatBrian.

Feeling sorry for myself today. Bad spell with #Ménière’s disease, and today have had a grommet put in my ear under local anaesthetic to see if it helps. The registrar dropped the first grommet on the floor, the second down the sink, the third fell into my ear canal and had to be suctioned out.

Birdwatching with The Fat One.

My book club just made an error and asked us to nominate books for us to read…. I don’t think they expected me to send an entire catalogue 👀👀👀👀

The perfect murder mystery for spooky season 👻🕸️ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃 "Intelligent & humorous... perfect" geni.us/ALittleBird. ⚡📚💙

#BookReview: Ring the Bells by C.K. McDonnell @transworldbooks.bsky.social @cobaltdinosaur @cobaltaxolotl.bsky.social #RingtheBells #GuestReview #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles damppebbles.com/2025/10/09/b... From @damppebbles.bsky.social

This paperback is out today! How far would you go for what you believe?

Happy publication day to @caimhmc.bsky.social - Ring The Bells is out today. One of my favourite new series, this instalment sits comfortably next to Pratchett’s Hogfather. Riotous humour, action, and an emotional punch that made me cry. #booksky 💙📚

The Proof of the Pudding by @rachaelgray.bsky.social Review: Dr Laurel Nightingale and friends find themselves trapped in spooky Elderwick Hall, cut off during a storm. And bodies begin to mount up. Beautifully written, a joy to read, impossible to put down. 💙📚⚡️ www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...

👻In September I asked #BookBloggers / #BloggingCommunity for their favourite book to read during #Spooktober! Today I am sharing all those #Recommendations! Come find your next spooky/cozy/scary read!🎃 #Blogging #Halloween #Horror #Books #BookSky📚💙 twirlingbookprincess.com/2025/10/spoo...

Weird bird in the tree this morning…

Gosh, I do love hockey season! And this was pre-season. www.reddit.com/r/hockey/s/t...

A brand new old-fashioned murder mystery 🔎 It's five days to Christmas, thirteen guests are trapped in Elderwick Hall... and one of them is a killer 🎄🎉☃️❄️🌟🎁🦌🔔🍪🍊🌨️🎄 Get your FREE copy online from Barnes & Noble, Kobo, or Smashwords: books2read.com/u/mdv7qw ⚡📚💙

Three years ago today, FatBrian was given less than 10 days to live as he was extremely sick. It was a race against time if we could turn him round, they didn’t think he’d last until the test results came in. But turn around he did. He still has 10 days to live, he just hasn’t decided which 10.

Right. I’m off to Elderwick. If you like your murder mysteries on the cosy side, this series is wonderful, and beautifully written. Pack snacks and visit the village! @rachaelgray.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚⚡️

Happiest of publication days to @rachaelgray.bsky.social!

Neighbourhood watch #FatBrian

This week, I’ve mostly been reading orange books and getting annoyed that the “i” in RiCHARD OSMAN is the only letter not captitalised. Causes my brain to pronounce it strangely.

I’ve ordered a lap desk for sitting in bed and writing. I may be officially old.

Listening to an audiobook where the narrator keeps mispronouncing “tinnitus”. Instead of the usual “tin-eye-tus” mispronunciation, they’ve gone with “titty-ness”. And now I’m worried that’s going to stick in my head and make things awkward with ENT in the future…

Good luck to everyone that entered - I’ve read some incredible books whilst judging!

“Rowlf is old and arthritic - he may not feel up for going for a walk this morning” Rowlf: “get the lead, serf - we’re off”

It’s actually in my calendar to do nothing this day but stay in my pyjamas and read this.

I have remembered to take my ADHD meds today for the first time in 4 months.

PARKOUR!

A fun cosy mystery, with one snagged that made my autistic brain very annoyed. If I wasn’t so close to the end, I may have DNFed 👀 #booksky 💙📚⚡️

Still searching for HenrikLundqvist. Still finding deer.

Add in Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather - and these two books stand so well with it - and it’s the perfect festive trilogy.

I can’t wait!!!

Happy New @janicehallett.bsky.social Novel Day to all who celebrate! Can’t wait to get stuck in! 💙📚⚡️ #BookSky

I once got distracted writing a card at work and wrote “Get Well Done”. I did not sign my name.

After months of stress, grief, autistic meltdowns and general life-collapse, I’m slowly returning to my normal. 31 books read this month, another 5 half-finished. #booksky 💙📚

None of this would have been possible without the donations to our GoFundMe. Initially set up to get Hank home, we are able to reunite other wanderers too. All the money goes on the cameras, portable WiFi, battery packs, mobile data that allows us to see instantly who is there.

So. Let me tell you a story about a cat, formerly known as Mr J, now known as TwatCat. We have identified this boy from specific markings / bald patches. He’s been missing from home for 6 weeks. I found him on my trail cam whilst searching for my own missing cat.

MISSING HENRIKLUNDQVIST: Yellow is where we’ve placed trail cameras over the last three months. Pink is where Hank was spotted this morning. He’s f*c king with us. It’s a battle of wits now.

This cat has been missing for 6 weeks. This is his response to my attempt to trap him and send him home. We try again tonight.

UncleEric, my geriatric Norwegian Forest Cat, now demands an “inside” lunch and and “outside” lunch, and because he’s old, we cater to his every whim.

Today’s reading - Strange Pictures by Uketsu 📚💙⚡️ #BookSky

Summer mode v winter mode. FatBrian is ✨dramatic✨

Happy Caturday from FatBrian(SummerMode)

Nearly 4 months after HankLumdqvist went missing, we’ve just had more sightings! 🙌🙌

So, I just finished reading an ARC of @caimhmc.bsky.social next Stranger Times novel, Ring The Bells and… wow. Going to take a while to process. Hilarious, action packed, with an emotional gut punch - the best adventure yet for our intrepid reporters.