December: The Last Game of 2025
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Comments (89)The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett (an old favorite from junior high)...See MoreDecember: what we're reading this last month of 2024
Comments (38)A very light read was It Must Have Been the Mistletoe by Judy Astley about a large family group taking over an old house on the coast of Cornwall for Christmas. Rather too many characters who got through dozens of bottles of wine and spend too much time sobbing or hugging each other. Of course it all turns out fine in the end . . . and it snowed . . . something it almost never does that far South West. Kathy, there seem to be a lot of 'flu about in the UK. I'm sure a glass of hot toddy will put paid to your cold and help you sleep. A Happy New year to us few remaining here at RP. May 2025 bring some more readers and lots of new books for us to enjoy!...See MoreWhat to Wear: December 2025
Comments (343)Sue I also thought you were holding a puppy 😁 That’s a really nice jacket! Last daytime outfit for 2025; this was for last minute shoppjng for tomorrow’s brunch, and cooking the rest of the day. We are celebrating DH’s 67th birthday tomorrow while the two DS’s are home. I stead of the traditional Southern fare we are having honey baked ham, parmesan and garlic biscuits, mixed fresh berries with a honey lime drizzle, apple baked french toast and for dessert, pumpkin cheesecake and blueberry crumble, I made everything today except the ham— with no water! We have a blockage awaiting the plumber and I have stacks of unwashed pots and pans and mixing bowls, every spatula I own and every measuring cup and spoons, all sitting on the counter awaiting water. My guess is that they will find a small toy when they check the cleanout valve outside 🙁 We’re picking up my mother up in an hour and a half for dinner and dancing. The club calls it celebrating NewYear’s Eve on London time— they decorate with union jacks and red English telephone booths, lol. Champagne at 7 pm before dinner. Dancing until 10. We old folk are happy to conclude festivities by then!...See MoreDecember: Our Last Reads of 2025
Comments (58)Donnamira, I'm looking forward to see what you think of Advent. It has become a tradition in Iceland to read this novella, both live at venues and in installations on national radio, during Advent, and for many people it has become a cherished part of the lead-up to Christmas. I read it for the first time last year around this time, and again on Christmas Day this year. I also enjoyed The Vogue Factor by Kirstie Clements. The author was the chief editor for Vogue Australia until she was sacked from the magazine in 2013, and worked in fashion journalism for most of her life before that (and some after). The book blends together a peep under the skirts of fashion journalism as well as covering Clements' career and some of the famous people she met and worked with. It's a perfect, frothy palate cleanser after reading heavier stuff, and would make a good beach or airport read. I embarked on a reread of Gerald Durrell's books at the beginning of December and finished The Whispering Land earlier in the month, the story of an animal-collecting and nature documentary-making expedition to Argentina. Yesterday I finished The Overloaded Ark, the story of his first (or one of his first) animal-collecting expedition to British Cameroon, and have started on The Bafut Beagles, about another of his expeditions to Africa. His books are always delightful to read and his descriptions of animals, people and nature are wonderful and often funny. In true Christmas tradition, I found myself some ghost stories to listen to on Audible: Chilling Ghost Stories by M. R. James, E.M. Benson and Charles Dickens. Quite enjoyable and nice to listen to something that delivers just a frisson of chilling spookiness rather than buckets of blood and guts....See More
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