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Finished this wonderfully punny audiobook while stretching my legs the other evening. I‘m sure the print would have lots of extra something, with Riddell‘s drawings, but it stood up great as audio-only. It has cakes, vampires, painters, celebrity chefs and marmalade sandwiches - what more do you want really? Nigella Sugarspoon will forever be Nigella Sugarspoon in my mind now 🧁. Hope the library has the others! 🦇🎪🎂🎨🤺🌝🐻

#weeklyforecast

It‘s a 3-deadline week coming up, so the chances are I won‘t be reading too much 🥺. I‘d like to finish Moonlight over Mayfair in print, and this wonderfully silly audio - best appreciated if you have at least a passing knowledge of British TV cooking programmes 🎂 Anything extra will be a bonus!

I fell asleep to this last night (which is why it takes me so long to get through audiobooks!).

It begins, not with an actual #SwordFight , but with umbrella-fencing amongst the chimneypots of Ghastly-Gorm Hall, (which is kind of close??!) Didn‘t quite make is far as #EntryToTheGreatHall, but I‘m sure it‘s coming!

#soaringscores

#24in48 @24in48 #stack

Since my kiddo will join me for part of the readathon there's a German middle grade book among the stack.

Also, I intend to finish an eARC and there might be Eleanor Oliphant on audio.

#raisingreaders

I'm not allowed to read to her. She's reading for me. 😁

Kingsley reading a very large book of instructions! Yay for Chris Riddell illustrations! #charactersreading

You probably know Chris Riddell as the illustrator of books like The Graveyard Book and the Lie Tree but he's also an author in his own right. The Goth Girl books are a delight, chock-full of literary references and brilliant puns. Join Ada, the Attic Club and a host of oddly familiar chefs as they prepare for the Great Ghastly Gorm Bake Off. But is there something more sinister going on? Perhaps mysterious, monocled Lord Sydney Whimsy can help...

Hahaha! This book has me giggling like a loon! Chris Riddell is a genius 🤣🤣🤣

Nigellina Sugarspoon and Gordon Ramsgate are joining Ada and Lord Goth for the Great Gastly Gorm Bake Off