Books, Browns and Brights

We love books and reading. We live in a 2 bedroom flat, without much extra space, but we have this in our sitting room:

And this:

And this:

In the spare bedroom we have this:

And in the hallway, this:

And in the kitchen, this:

Since my last major bipolar episode (from which I am slowly recovering), I have found concentrating on reading very difficult. 
Normally I would like a good psychopath and forensic detective. I am reading very different novels at the moment.


I finished this over the weekend and it is laugh out loud on every page!

The book is a series of emails between 2 sisters; one lives in 
London and the other has just moved to Canada. I would highly recommend it if you want to feel happy (and feel more secure with your own parenting skills!)


I started a Jodi Picoult last night. I have read this before, but with the memory loss associated with bipolar, it is like having a brand new book. I will never have to buy another novel again, just embark on an endless round of re-reading all the books in the house.

I have a confession to make. I dog ear pages. It drives Fin mad...

I have a cute Twinsknit pattern for a knitted bookmark. Maybe I shall do that over the post blanket Christmas hols, and make NOT dog earring a New Year Resolution!


In addition to doing some reading, I have finally got around to working on the brown and brights blanket.

I started off with a jumble like this:

Which has been translated into a rather satisfying stack of completed squares:

So the next few days will see ends woven in (a strangely enjoyable job), the squares crocheted together and a border put on. The grand reveal should be by the weekend.