January is over! Happy February everyone! I finished reading 6 books in January, 3 in English, 3 in French. A total of 2188 pages (830 in English, 1358 in French). I recorded 382,652 Actifit steps in January.

Today I finished Le Troisième Homme de Graham Green the French translation of The Third Man by Graham Green it also has the short story Le Premier Désillusion available in English as The Basement Room

Tonight I finished reading Klara And The Sun by Kazou Ishiguru. Really enjoyed this science fiction story. It was kinda sad, heartwarming and freaky at the same time. I've started reading Le Troisième

I finished reading Ennemis (a French translation of Charlie Higson's 2009 book The Enemy.) last night and today started Karla And The Sun by Kazou Ishiguru. I enjoyedEnnemis (it is YA and I probably wouldn't

Walked Minty first thing, then after exercises and breakfast we walked around the market. It is a lot quieter in winter but there are more stalls than there used to be in January. Bought stuff from our

Today I finished the 2025 International Booker Prize winner "Heart Lamp" by Banu Mushtaq (translation from Kannada to English by Deepa Bhasthi). The original stories were written in Kannada,

Stayed up later than I should have done last night to finish Red Sky In Morning by Paul Lynch. This was a fantastic book. I love the poetical way it was written and the story and history was really excellent.

I finished the short book The Murderess by Alexandros Papadiamantis, translated by Peter Levi, the night before last. Really good read, very dark. Yesterday, I started Red Sky In Morning by Paul Lynch.

Last night I finished Au Crépuscule by Jaap Robben. It's the French translation of a Dutch book (original title Schemerleven). It's available in English under the title Afterlight. I really enjoyed it.

Today, I finished Never Let Me Go by Kazou Ishiguro. A fantastic story that slowly gives you more about the not-quite-right world. Some great characters, Leaves you thinking. I'm starting Au Crépuscule

Today I finished The Beekeeper Of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri. A fantastic book, highly recommended. Should be required reading for anyone lacking empathy for people fleeing (usually very reluctantly) their

The book I just finished, Homicide Post Mortem by Oliver Kourilsky wasn't great so looking forward to Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky... Got to love a sci-fi book! Recommended by Jenny Jaybles (check

대항적 연구, 곧 현재 통용되고 있는 패키지 해결책들에 대한 근본적 대안을 찾는 연구는 가난한 나라들이 살 만한 미래로 나아가는 데 결정적으로 필요한 요소다..... 이런 연구가 어려운 것은 분명하다. 연구자는 첫째로 모두의 눈에 명백한 것마저 의심해야 한다. 둘째로는 정책 결정권을 가진 이들에 대해 눈앞의 개인적 이해를 좇지 말라고 설득해야 하며, 경우에