More books

Zoe had a 9 a.m. start today, so there was no need to get up early. After some rejuvenating coffees, I wandered around to join the girls on their walk to school. It was threatening rain, but the threat didn't materialise until much later in the morning.

After dropping Ellie at the classroom door, I set off for my morning walk. My audiobook was chatting away in my ears, and I was totally engrossed in the story. This was yet another story that takes place in Venice. I have read so many that I feel as if I know the place and could find my way around. The phone rang. It was Zoe. The school had rung and asked if Ellie, in her role as School Councillor, could join a small party to plant daffodils in the nearby park. If so, she would need some boots. So it was that I had to stop off at home to grab Zoe's door key and ferret out Ellie's boots and take them to school.

Finally back home, I grabbed some breakfast. Di had a dental appointment in Chichester and pottered off to the big city. I stayed behind and continued working on my book inventory. It took several more hours, but I think it is now pretty complete. It records over 650 books that I have read over the last couple of decades. The vast bulk of these were in the last 3 or 4 years (139 so far this year). As I went through the list, I had flashbacks for most of the books, but there were a few that rang no bells whatsoever.