And time for the annual “can I finish reading all the books I was juggling before NYE?” Starting point yesterday was 5 books, now down to 4!

Funny ‘cos its true 😂 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp3o...

Harry Potter and the Half Boiled Prince #EggAMovie

In case anyone is looking for some motivation to be active in January… www.redjanuary.com

Christmas present books in the left photo, and sales books in the right photo. £40 of Waterstones points, and the remaining money is covered by a well timed share dividend, hurrah! Better get reading 🤣❤️

Props to the Caffè Nero at the bottom of Exeter’s High St, for having a quieter section upstairs with a sign. And when a party of 9 teenagers came in and went straight up without buying anything, the staff were straight on it. And they made a delicious salted caramel hot chocolate!

No. Just no. This was on Christmas Eve in Poundland.

There are some lovely people in the world. Sometimes with all that’s going on it’s easy to forget, but there is good to be found. Merry Christmas. We invited a man into our home at Christmas and he stayed with us for 45 years www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?

Your annual reminder that if you want someone to chat or have a laugh with over the Christmas period there will be lots of folk on the #JoinIn and #DuvetKnowItsChristmas threads. 🎄

Feeling alone at Christmas? Why not join an annual virtual party started by Sarah Millican on X but now here?! I’m doing my best to keep this tradition going. Use #JoinIn on Dec 25 if you need company or just want a chat. Like/Save this feed to see all the #JoinIn posts bsky.app/profile/did:...

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I'm hosting a 2026 Reading Challenge & would love you to join me! The challenge? Read 26 #cozymysteries - 1 for each letter of the alphabet, represented by an author whose last name starts with that letter. For info & tracking templates, check out my blog post! www.bookfrolic.com/reading-chal... 💙📚

What a lovely pre-Christmas present, and my 700th @netgalley.bsky.social approval! @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social

Rest in Peace Sophie Kinsella. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Today’s Kindle daily deal - I loved this book, highly recommend it! www.amazon.co.uk/Paris-Librar...

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

For UK #MidsomerMurders fans Series 24 is finally coming to ITV. Kicking off with.. 29 December at 8.30pm - The Devil's Work 30 December at 8.30pm - Book of the Dead

Just realised I’ve beaten last year’s reading goal by one book, as of 3 December 👍🏻. Still time to get a few more in!

who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there

Thanks for spreading the word 🥰 Lots more science and sci fi pins getting sent out all around the world tonight, meaning lots more donations to help homeless lgbtq people. I donate 100% of the profit. This little collection is off to Ohio. Get your Christmas orders in www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop

From 2-9 December, The Big Give helps raise money for various causes - often it is match funded, meaning your donation is effectively doubled at no cost to you (if your employer also matches your donation then it’s tripled!). You can browse the causes in advance: donate.biggive.org/christmas-ch...

Just did a Waterstones order for the triple points - got 10% off online with my Blue Light card and used book tokens (bought with a 5% Blue Light discount) which saved £13.86, and the triple points I’ll earn are equivalent to £33. That’s about £46 saved of a £110 order!

When you decide to treat yourself to a burger and cocktails after work, and then they say they’re doing cocktail training and would I like a free passion fruit martini? Does a bear shit in the woods? 😂

@neillancaster66.bsky.social just finished the second Max Craigie, after far too long a gap since the first. Silly past me, as it was excellent! Absolutely loved it, kept the pace up all the way through, and great plot. Straight onto book 3!

Anyone been to Limerick, Ireland? Anything you’d recommend visiting there? Pondering a trip…

Two of today’s Kindle Daily Deals, and I totally recommend the @fionacumminsauthor.bsky.social one!

Really looking forward to @hospiceuk.bsky.social carol service on Monday December 1st, 7.30pm St Paul’s church, Knightsbridge Do come and join us for an evening of Festive Fun and support this extraordinary and important charity. www.hospiceuk.org/join-an-even...

Finally managed to collect my signed copy of The Black Wolf, from my local indie bookshop, to go with the preceding book, The Grey Wolf. Such good stories!

Calling all small charities! The Boring Fund is now open for applications. It offers small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups to cover boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc Apply by 30 Nov #Funding

My editor: 'Congrats. This book is timeless.' Me: 'Really?!' My editor: 'Yes. You've missed every deadline we set.' New one - The Burning Grounds - is out next week. Order a signed copy now and I'll stop the jokes. waterstones.com/book/the-bur... #TheBurningGrounds

What’s it like inside your head?

Birthday goodies 🎂🎉 this’ll keep me going for a while! Anyone spot a theme? 😂☠️🔪🔍📚

Happy World Pasta Day to all those who celebrate.

Perhaps the greatest cartoon of all time.

I’m so excited - payday means I have now paid off the last of my mortgage! With no student loan or credit card bill, I am now 100% debt free and own my house outright, just shy of my 44th birthday 🎉❤️.

Mum was spinning the @octopus.energy wheel and got her usual 8 points each time, saying it was never higher. Just before she did her last spin, I said “think positive”, and it landed on 800 points! Gosh the universe was fast there 🤣. Going to buy a lottery ticket later 🤣

That account was/is a huge problem on twitter. When he was called on it & lost a bunch of followers, he whined that it was affecting his income. Block him.

Tell everyone you know - there’s a #FREEELECTRICITY SESSION TOMORROW!!! 📆 9-10pm Fri 24th October (yes, in the evening) ⚡️ Extra power is free ✅ Octoplus members, emails on the way 🤳 Share your pics to show us what you get up to

Watching a reel on Insta, hear the accompanying music is Pump It Up by Black Eyed Peas, and am instantly catapulted back to running country lanes years ago to a mix tape of songs from the Alias TV show, made by the awesome @handymaam.bsky.social ❤️

I loved visiting Portland, such a friendly place when I was there.

Love is… being able to repay your Mum for all her love and help over the years, by remotely navigating her getting home on public transport during the M5 traffic chaos, and meeting her at the train station with chips from the Chinese 😂❤️

I’m sure they didn’t mean to eliminate the woman in this image.

Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.

Happy bookshop day! I popped into my local indie First Draft Books in Bovey Tracey, and picked up 3 @atticalocke.bsky.social books because I’d seen her speak at Harrogate. Bookseller Leslie always has good recommendations, and a wide range of stock for browsing!

🅦🅞🅡🅓🄸🄿🄻🅈 #1024 🌟 Length Score: 100% 💫 Rare long word found! 🚀 Letter Score: 66 🔗 Play Wordiply: www.wordiply.com 🎬 Today's starter: 🄳🅁🄰🄼

😂 @handymaam.bsky.social

South East London Calling! If you’re free on Thursday, 9 Oct, come and join me in Greenwich, London 🏠✨ bit.ly/46T0EXp I’ll be chatting crime writing, thrillers, and new books with Anna Mazzola and Holly Seddon. Can’t think of a better way to spend a Thursday evening 📚💬 #BookEvent #CrimeFiction

Saw someone (not a mutual) posting that fig newtons are a lot of work, and I had to refrain from replying "actually, fig newtons are a lot of force; if they're a lot of work, then they're fig joules"

WE’RE NOT DONE - there’s another #FREEELECTRICITY SESSION TOMORROW!!! 📆 11am-12pm Sun 5th October (that's midday! ☀) ⚡️ Extra power is free ✅ Octoplus members, emails have been sent Share your pics to show us what you get up to 🤳