Books, books and books
Jul. 4th, 2026 11:31 pmBeen immersing myself in books tonight, while Martin processes his latest bird photos. Finished The Casebook of Stamford Hawksmoor by Bryan Talbot - a fine prequel to his Grandville, with gorgeous sepia-toned comic art, and a Sherlockian mystery, though a bit too complex for neuro illness me to follow with my memory problems. Bought me live-streaming + catchup tickets for 5 events at the Edinburgh Book Festival, though I was incredibly frustrated by what a tiny fraction the livestreamed events were of the total. Going to watch a mix of fiction and non fiction events, including two 16th/17th century panels. And now prodding at a longstanding pile of books, to see what else I can pass on to charity. And finding that if I dig too far down one pile, there's a sudden big tilt in the balance. Oops! Fixed.