Blog ≫ 2020 ≫ Day out in Canterbury
We took a day out in Canterbury yesterday after taking thing two to school. Thing one takes himself off to school of course, and it's going very well. Clare shopped in the morning, looking for clothes, while she left me with a list of makeup and toiletries she needed. I took this opportunity to do a little christmas shopping too, see how ahead of the game I am! Also I sat in Caffe Nero and had a vegan sausage roll and a coffee and read a book. I've gone back to the George Orwell1 only because the Robert Galbraith I am still reading2 is a whopping hardback that I didn't want to carry around. Then we met up and had a delicious lunch in Veg Box Cafe. Nice to be able to eat here, it's a bit too grown up and healthy to go to with the boys. It was more expensive than last time we went I'm sure, and it's expanded into the next unit. Delicious though. Also found time for a pint in The Foundry. Actually Clare had a flight of thirds, so more than a pint, and I had a half of golden ale, though I then swapped it for one of the thirds she was less keen on. Then back to pick up thing two from school, and time for a couple more pints for me before tea. Feeling a bit disloyal as I did not go to the Inn Doors, but rather the Potting Shed instead. I've really enjoyed the beer in there a bit more recently. I was the only customer in when I got there at 4pm (love going to the pub when other people are working, what a treat, got to make the most of it) but then it was full to the point of turning people away by the time I left at 6.30. Home for a dinner of the "gumbo" type thing I made in the slow cooker and it was good too, then we all watched The Great British Bake Off Extra Slice.
Going round Jim's now, he's got a skip and we're clearing a load of rubbish and rubble. Clare has cleverly avoided this by going to London for the day.
Listing this on freecycle in a bit, next step to tidying the study!
Forgot I had not updated my furlough reading list. Should I keep this up even though I'm not furloughed now? I will until I go back to work.
| Author | Book | Thoughts |
|---|---|---|
| Ian Rankin | Westwind2 | Dated thriller, shame. |
| Ian Rankin | Doors Open2 | Really good crime caper in Edinburgh but with no Rebus. |
| Suzanne Collins | The Hunger Games2 | Borrowed from the children, very good. |
| Suzanne Collins | Catching Fire2 | Hunger Games part 2, read this even quicker, a bit darker. |
| Suzanne Collins | Mockingjay2 | Hunger Games part 3, joyless and grim. Very 2020... |
| Karen McManus | One Of Us Is Lying3 | Another one liberated from the children's bookshelf. A Breakfast Club whodunnit, dying to be a film, not at all suitable for a ten year old... |
| Robin Paige | Death at Glamis Castle4 | Edwardian era mystery written by Americans. I read one of these before. Quite atmospheric, though a little twee. Sort of romance / crime. Written in accents, with plenty of "of the time" attitudes. |
| Jed Rubenfield | The Interpretation of Murder5 | A charity shop find, one you always see, have had it kicking around a long time. Historical crime fiction again set in New York 1909, featuring Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. Great, but complicated and fairly unlikely! |
| Muriel Spark | Loitering With Intent6 | Branching out a little this time, it's not even a crime. |
| Julie Wassmer | Murder on the Pilgrims Way7 | Going back to the familiar now. Fairly gentle and local crime. Forgot I had this one from when we met the author in Waterstones. Mostly predictable and cosy but I did not get the actual end murderer correct. |
| Reginald Hill | Blood Sympathy8 | Even more familiar, have read this before, but keen to revisit this crime series. Very enjoyable. |
| Robert Webb | Come Again9 | Time travel action rom-com, unfortunately not very good, feels like two unrelated stories in one with no resolution. |
| Reginald Hill | Born Guilty10 | Joe Sixsmith again, hoping I enjoy all of this series as much as the first one. Dated and a little complicated but lots of fun. |
| William Golding | Lord Of The Flies11 | Like I'm doing GCSE English! I had not read this before but we had it in the house. |
| George Orwell | The Road To Wigan Pier1 | Might be a bit bleak but again I already had this one in the house as part of a George Orwell box set. I took a break from this to read my new books. |
| Bill Bryson | Shakespeare12 | Something else we had in, a short read but brilliant. We know almost nothing about Shakespeare. |
| Kate Atkinson | Case Histories13 | Birthday present, have seen these Jackson Brodie stories on TV and liked it a lot. This story is awesome but horribly sad in parts. I think sometimes murder can be sad though. |
| Kate Atkinson | One Good Turn14 | Another birthday one, Jackson Brodie book two, set in Edinburgh. Loving it so far. |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes2 | Read before, but reading again with thing one. |
| Hilary Mantel | The Mirror And The Light2 | Book three of the Wolf Hall trilogy, another birthday present. |
| Richard Osman | The Thursday Murder Club2 | Have paused Wolf Hall to read this one, couldn't wait. Liking it a lot already. |
| Robert Galbraith | Troubled Blood2 | Another Cormoran Strike2, couldn't wait to start it so have paused Hilary Mantel yet again. This is very good. |
Still 138 broken links today. Expecting this to drop a lot next time I'm going to focus only on the broken links first. It's good for SEO. Most of the images just want removing, though some I've been able to recover.
| Country | cases | deaths |
|---|---|---|
| USA | 7833920 | 217738 |
| Brazil | 5029539 | 149034 |
| India | 6903812 | 106521 |
| Mexico | 799188 | 82726 |
| UK | 561815 | 42592 |
| Italy | 338398 | 36083 |
| Peru | 838614 | 33098 |
| Spain | 884381 | 32688 |
| France | 671638 | 32521 |
| Iran | 488236 | 27888 |
Coronavirus weekly death graph for USA + Brazil + India + Mexico + UK + Italy
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