***[January 2025] I’m in the process of extracting myself from Facebook, so if I used to be friends with you on there and now I’m not, that’s why. I haven’t fallen out with you!***

Here's a list of stuff I like (for Secret Santas, exchanges and whatnot):
Books:
wishlist books, popular science, whodunnits with a sense of humour. I read in English, German, Swedish and (occasionally and very very slowly) French.
Snacks:
chocolate with nuts in (NOT white chocolate, Cadburys or American-style chocolate) or just nuts (I love nuts)
Tea:
spiced or unspiced black tea; mint, turmeric, ginger, cinnamon and/or fruit infusions
Other:
gloves in bright colours (size small), scarves, soap, stripy socks (UK size 6), wildflower seeds (if you're sending from the UK)

Here's a list of stuff I DON'T like:
alcohol, coconut, coffee, green tea, liquorice, romance novels, sport, true crime, any book described as "harrowing".

Reading now:
Brewer's Rogues, Villains and Eccentrics by William Donaldson

Books read in 2025:

1. Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady by Florence King (AVAILABLE)
2. The Porpoise by Mark Haddon (AVAILABLE)
3. Living Is a Problem by Doug Johnstone (e-book)
4. The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It’s Broken by The Secret Barrister (taken to meetup)
5. Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy (library book)
6. A Body in the Bath House by Lindsey Davis (RESERVED for my mum)
7. Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape by Cal Flyn (borrowed from LyzzyBee)
8. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein (RESERVED for wyldetwo)
9. The Lost Cause by Cory Doctorow (library book)
10. Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery by Henry Marsh (AVAILABLE)
11. Going to the Dogs by Pierre Lemaitre (library book)
12. Lord Jim at Home by Dinah Brooke (AVAILABLE)
13. The Camomile: An Invention by Catherine Carswell (library book)
14. All About Me! by Mel Brooks (RESERVED for my mum)
15. I’m a Fan by Sheena Patel (library book)

Books read in 2024:

1. Die Geschwister / Siblings by Brigitte Reimann (DE e-book / EN AVAILABLE)
2. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (taken to meetup)
3. The Wheel of Doll by Jonathan Ames (library book)
4. Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen (library book)
5. Emotional Ignorance: Lost and Found in the Science of Emotion by Dean Burnett (library book)
6. Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson (AVAILABLE)
7. Free: Adventures on the Margins of a Wasteful Society by Katherine Hibbert (sent to daffodil-2)
8. Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors by Aravind Jayan (library book)
9. The Tale of the Duelling Neurosurgeons by Sam Kean (library book)
10. Reconstruction by Mick Herron (PC for now)
11. Bournville by Jonathan Coe (library book)
12. James Acaster’s Guide to Quitting Social Media by James Acaster (library book)
13. Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout (library book)
14. Funny Ha Ha: 80 of the Funniest Stories Ever Written, Selected and Introduced by Paul Merton (taken to charity shop)
15. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong (library book)
16. Reasons to be Cheerful by Nina Stibbe (library book)
17. Poor Cow by Nell Dunn (library book)
18. Windswept and Interesting: My Autobiography by Billy Connolly (given to my mum)
19. Old Filth by Jane Gardam (taken to meetup)
20. Der Besuch der alten Dame by Friedrich Dürrenmatt (DE, borrowed from daughter)
21. Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton (library book)
22. Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener (library book)
23. Nobody Walks by Mick Herron (library book)
24. A Weekend with Claude by Beryl Bainbridge (library book)
25. Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante (given to MegMac)
26. Hokey Pokey by Kate Mascarenhas (library book)
27. Strong Female Character by Fern Brady (given to my daughter)
28. The Book You Want Everyone You Love To Read by Philippa Perry (e-book)
29. The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (taken to meetup)
30. Man at the Helm by Nina Stibbe (library book)
31. Blacklands by Belinda Bauer (taken to meetup)
32. The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman (borrowed from my mum)
33. Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey (taken to meetup)
34. I, Claudius by Robert Graves (library book)
35. In Search of Berlin: The Story of a Reinvented City by John Kampfner (library book)
36. Dust Falls on Eugene Schlumburger / Toddler on the Run by Shena Mackay (given to Heaven-Ali)
37. Two For The Lions by Lindsey Davis (given to my mum)
38. Sidesplitter: How To Be from Two Worlds at Once by Phil Wang (AVAILABLE)
39. The Book of Forgotten Authors by Christopher Fowler (AVAILABLE)
40. Brian by Jeremy Cooper (AVAILABLE)
41. De polyglotta älskarna by Lina Wolff (SV, borrowed from a friend)
42. One Virgin Too Many by Lindsey Davis (given to my mum)
43. Mr Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan (AVAILABLE)
44. The Secret Hours by Mick Herron (library book)
45. The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and its People by Stuart Maconie (library book)
46. The Beaver Theory by Antti Tuomainen (library book)
47. Once Upon a Crime by Fergus Craig (AVAILABLE)
48. Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman (AVAILABLE)
49. Grejen med verb by Sara Lövestam (SV, AVAILABLE)
50. The Importance of Being Interested by Robin Ince (to give to daughter)
51. Die Verwandlung by Franz Kafka (DE, borrowed from daughter)
52. Marzahn Mon Amour by Katja Oskamp (DE AVAILABLE, EN given to Heaven-Ali)
53. Over My Dead Body by Maz Evans (AVAILABLE)
54. Beserker: An Autobiography by Adrian Edmondson (given to my mum)
55. The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer (AVAILABLE X 2)
56. Ode to a Banker by Lindsey Davis (given to my mum)
57. Not the End of the World by Christopher Brookmyre (AVAILABLE)
58. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (AVAILABLE)
59. Conspiracy: A History of Bollocks Theories, and How Not to Fall for Them by Tom Phillips and Jonn Elledge (AVAILABLE)

Books read in 2023: 62

Books read in 2022: 83

Books read in 2021: 66

Books read in 2020: 68

Books read in 2019: 103

Books read in 2018: 53

Books read in 2017: 72 (no target)

Books read in 2016: 61 (out of a target of 65)

Books read in 2015: 65 (no target)

Books read in 2014: 73 (no target)

Books read in 2013: 60 (no target)

Books read in 2012: 100 (out of a target of 89)

Books read in 2011: 88 (no target)

Books read in 2010: 83 (out of a target of 100)