I‘ve been away from Litsy for two years and could not believe it had been so long when I just logged in and checked my last post. Reading fell by the wayside as I went through what I suppose is semi-retirement due to health stuff. I have no idea what I‘ve filled my time with, but it hasn‘t been productive in any meaningful way. I‘m okay though. I think.

Bath bomb is from the MinecraftxLush collab. #minecraft #bathbomb #bathing #relaxation

This one took me SO LONG to finish, basically because it was reserved as my bath book. I really enjoyed it though. The author‘s take on the Reynolds scandal was fascinating and would make a lot of things seem to make sense, if it were true. Not sure I‘m quite convinced though.

Been having a tough time recently with one thing and another. Resuming Litsy + bath bomb time to try to ease the strain a little. This bomb is from Lush. It made a delicious pattern as it dissolved 🛁📚🗺️🌎

I just fucking love reading.

I could have spent several weeks in this exhibition. It‘s been completely re-done since I went in 2019. It was excellent then and is absolutely fantastic now. Glad to have this to take home to continue my learning.

Fantastic haul from Imperial War Museum! I could have easily bankrupted myself in the bookshop there.

Procrastinating, instead of putting a load of washing on and opening my laptop to start work. I know I‘m being a dick to future me, but present me is pretty chill tbh. #rubikscube #speedcube #procrastinating #chill

I‘m utterly shattered and my leg is on fire. This week has been a killer. 🦵🔥 📚 🌈

Procrastinating about actually doing some work. Justifying this by browsing Litsy and listening to tagged book. 🫤📚

I‘ve been reading all of the books in this series over the past couple of weeks. I love them just as much as an adult as when I first read them as a teen in the 90‘s. The characters are believable, non-cheesy and interesting. For 30-year old books, they hold up mostly well when seen through 2022‘s lens. This page made me giggle…if you‘ve read this series you will find it funny too 😁

This book is as beautiful as the show and the man who wrote it. The attention to detail is phenomenal.

I love this man so much. He‘s an utter genius.

I have no idea how to feel about this one. Learning about the Family‘s experiences before the Tate-LaBianca murders was interesting. However, it‘s difficult not to take everything with a pinch of salt, as this is Squeaky we‘re talking about, after all. This book tells us very little about the author herself, as she focuses everything on Manson or the other members of the Family. The quotes from Manson were nonsensical. I may read this one again.

Wow. This is…something else.

This bomb is just perfect. It‘s a Lush special and it‘s a BOOK! More importantly, it‘s to support The Black Curriculum, an initiative to get Black History into the English school curriculum, as it‘s woefully absent as things stand. A fantastic organisation that I will definitely be watching and supporting.

Stylish hammock attire 😂🌈 Well, it is the start of Pride month! 🌈 🏳️‍🌈

Had a lovely day listening to tagged book while lying in my hammock under our lilac tree. And I even got to stay in my pyjamas 😂

Spending the morning watching Civil Defence infomercials about impending nuclear attack. A cheery Friday afternoon 🤣

Finishing off with mention of the West Memphis Three brings to earth all of the craziness that comes before. It‘s easy to look on the 80‘s/90‘s Satanic Panic as ridiculous/laughable with hindsight. Ultimately, people suffered, though. Those who were the ‘other‘ were persecuted needlessly. I suppose the only difference between then and now is who the ‘other‘ is.

The only way this protest could be more British is if they all sat down for a cup of tea and a biscuit during it 😂 ☕️ 🍪

This one smelled so great! It‘s the 🍑 emoji bath bomb from Lush. So cool! I‘m determined to finish this Satanic Panic book TODAY as I‘ve been reading it for ages.

Utter batshit 🤣😂🤣

I need this as a print in my house 😂😂😂

Well done Tipper Gore, you absolute tool.

100 books this year (so far!) 🥳🎉🥂👌🏼

I have no idea what this bath bomb is called because it was part of a huge Lush haul that I got recently. It smells weird but looks amazing! Little fried eggs on the surface and a massive amount of pink. I‘m trying, in vain, to relax even though lots of things are going to shit. I‘m going to finish my current read while crafting later and then have an early night (in theory anyway!)

I‘ve been listening to this book, on and off, for about a month and there‘s very little I can say about it that‘s positive. It‘s just disorganised, jumps around all over the place and doesn‘t tell the story as well as it should, considering it‘s ultimately about a murder victim who never received justice. I am loath to DNF it, but it is making me more and more annoyed, the further I listen.

I love anything space-related!

Bomb is Humpty Dumpty from Lush. When he split open, a little fried egg popped out! So cute!

2021 has been far better for reading than 2020 was! Audible has helped a lot as listening to audiobooks whilst crafting has been my thing this year. Lots of true crime and mystery on the cards! I‘m really enjoying this routine I‘ve settled into.

I‘d 100% forgotten that Lush‘s Twilight bomb does this and it looks super cool! 😍

A quick bath before crafting...thank the Lord it‘s now the weekend! This is part of the little greenhouse kit I‘ve recently completed. I love making all of those different types of flowers!

I would LOVE to meet Brian Clark. He sounds like an absolutely humble and inspirational hero, a gent and an all-round great guy. The story of him and Stanley, his ‘blood brother‘ is heartwarming 💕

I had my second Covid vacc earlier this week and have been feeling terrible ever since. I mean “crying for my Mum” terrible. I‘m starting to feel slightly better now, thankfully. Hoping a bath bomb will make thinks all good again. This one is a Lush Valentine‘s Day special. It had lots of little hearts inside, which I used previously. It smells like Love Hearts 💕 🍬 🍭 🛁 🛀

This book hasn‘t been at all how I expected it to be, however I got into it after the first few chapters and it has turned out to be really interesting. I‘m ambivalent about the whole event, as the class took part in everything of their own free will and were excited to see what happened next, but their friends and families must have been heartbroken.

This little beast is 9 years old today. He‘s keeping me company while I craft and listen to Alexa read my book 📖 🐈‍⬛ 💕

The last image I posted is one story that always sticks with me, from all of the things I‘ve watched/read/heard about 9/11. This is another.

Linda Lopez was in the South Tower when the North was hit. She evacuated, taking her shoes off to flee the building. Linda walked home with bleeding feet. To me, this image takes the collective to the individual. A visceral reminder of the human experience of the day.

I‘ve listened to this one in almost one session. I‘ve been to the 9/11 memorial twice, have watched many, many documentaries and read countless books about the day. Hearing the chronology of the day told by the actual voices of firefighters, businesspeople, observers, survivors, politicians and the president is just something else.

Helmet pictured was work by Mickey Kross, firefighter who “tried to climb into it” during the collapse.

Now that it‘s Easter Break, I felt that just a bath bomb wouldn‘t quite cut it, so this is a combo of Tropic Relax Me bubble bath, a Body Shop grapefruit bath bomb and Lush‘s Love Boat. The combination smells awesome and I feel like I could go straight to sleep right here. Chance of motivation after this: 0 🛁 🛀 🛌 🚢 🧼 🧽 💣 🌈

I feel like I‘ve been listening to this chapter since 1988. I‘m sure it‘ll all come together eventually, but the deep tangent this is going on is tedious as hell. It‘s like the author has a word count they need to hit, so they need to go into e v e r y d e t a i l . . .

I could have lived the rest of my life without knowing what “Joey” had for breakfast and what was embroidered on Cathy‘s Fedco uniform 🙄🙄🙄

I‘m enjoying audiobooks sooo much at the moment! True crime is awesome!

Struggling with MS leg today, so I‘m taking it easy by listening to this on Audible while crafting. Quite happy to do this, to be honest. 🦵🔥 ✂️ 📖 🎧

I‘ve been smashing through audio books on Kindle and it makes me have a little moment of happiness to see just how many I‘ve listened to/read since January. 50 down, 50+ to go!

I‘ve had a really bad week so have done very little this weekend, which I feel has helped my mental health a great deal.
Here‘s my Nana‘s cat, Boris. He‘s so pretty! Look at that little pursed mouth 👄 🐱 🐈 🐈‍⬛ #CatsOfLitsy

This weekend has been one of supreme unproductiveness. I‘ve quite enjoyed it though, and it‘s done me the world of good, considering how much of a challenge the past week has been. I‘ve done lots of craft and colouring in, whilst listening to Audible, which has been nice. Somewhat recharged for the week ahead now 🔋 📚 🛁 👂 🎧 ✂️ 💤

Why are so many women interested in True Crime?

“It‘s women taking back control” -YASSSS.

Who‘d have thought Murderabilia was a thing? Unexpected, but not really a surprise 🤔

I‘m sure this is an accidental cheat as I‘ve just listened to six podcast episodes, which has surely bumped up the number! I‘ll take it though 😅😂🎧📚

I‘ve only listened to an hour or so of this one, but the constant misgendering is annoying me already. I hope this changes as Brandon‘s life story unfolds. This probably wouldn‘t have been a well known issue at the time, however 2021 says it hasn‘t aged too well in this respect.

These memes are old, but they crack me up 😂

I‘m finding this really interesting so far! A fascinating insight into Manson‘s character and his actions.