It's been a difficult few months for me, and for my family. They are in England and I am up in Scotland so I have spent a lot of time travelling backwards and forwards due to ill health in the family, and sadly subsequent death. Twice over. So as well as dealing with grief and sadness, there have also, and still are, many practical things to sort out. All of that, as I'm sure you can understand, has taken me away from not only my computer, but much of my usual day to day life. I am still 'in it' for the next few weeks, but then I will have some time to process everything, and recover. I have big plans for this year which I haven't had the chance to start working on properly yet, but aim to do so in the coming weeks and months.
One of the things I plan to do is reinvigorate this blog, and post to it much more frequently. I have not been doing many blog tours recently, mainly due to that explained above, and that will continue, at least for now. There will be some, of course, including one tomorrow, but not too many. That doesn't mean there will be no reviews though. I have been reading steadily from my own collection - I have a wall of over stuffed bookshelves and over 400 books (I think) on my Kindle, and I am trying to get through some of those. I'm trying to #beatthebacklog! I have made notes and there will be reviews in due course.
As well as being an avid reader I also love to crochet, and inspired by instagram.com/alexandra.mmartin, I am making a book blanket for this year, with a granny square for each book I read this year, based on the colours of the book cover. Don't worry if you don't know what a granny square is, I'll be sharing some of them along the way, as well as my finished blanket (although it will be early next year when it's all put together).
So, this post is both an apology for my recent absences and a promise to do better. Thank you so much for sticking with me, and here's to better days.
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