After a stretch of no sun in Northern Ireland for six days in a row, according to this article in the Newsletter, we finally had a lovely springlike day on Saturday. I started off the day with a bit of me-time in the morning. These are my birthday books from last month that I finally got started on. My hubby bought me Butter バター and one of my besties bought me Polar Horrors. The gorgeous fleecy throw, Just one more chapter, was from another bestie, which is now my favourite wrap-around reading blanket for reading-time comfort.
Sunshine really makes a difference to the spirit. Getting even a few minutes on my face (I only wear sunscreen in Northern Ireland during the hottest few weeks in June, and only if I can’t get shade) really helps my energy levels, and vitamin D must be something to do with that. At home, I like to read in a sunny corner by the window wrapped up in my fleecy throw on the rocking chair. In spring and summer, my favourite seasons, I read in the garden or round at the park on a picnic blanket.
Speaking of picnics, recently I was thinking that a picnic basket might be a good idea for keeping my current paperback reads in. I have an expandable bookstand on my coffee table, and I have so many books in my tbr that they are now piling on top. This is something I hate doing as it bends the other books, but I don’t want to start a stack on the floor as it would not only look messy, but risk getting coffee spilled on it. The solution, I think, might be a picnic basket. I could carry my picnic basket around the house and grab a few extra minutes reading while cooking instead of being on my phone, for example.
Hmm. Picnic basket for current reads, yay or nay? Would love to hear thoughts from any other bibliophiles out there – or another solution, if you have one!
Leilanie Stewart 