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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Absolutely loving the Shetland weather, and it smells incredible here - floral and salty

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Early morning Shetland behind those clouds

Landscape emerging from cloud cover and the sea

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Leaving Aberdeen, heading for Shetland. Fine night for it

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Holy Trinity church in Rothwell Northamptonshire - one of only two ossuaries left in the country as far as I can see. Strange and moving place to visit

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

One more day and then a weekend of trying to stay cool and reading. I have a stack of proofs and arcs to look forward too with the latest T Kingfisher at the top of the pile

A paperback advance review copy for T Kingfishers Hemlock and Silver

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

I don't know what's going on out there but I'm staying in here... Terrifying

Someone dressed as a turkey (best guess) terrorising a shopping centre

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

It's niche interest, but books like this are so important, and so are the small local publishers making them happen. The Shetland Times is up for sale, I hope it finds a buyer and continues it's sterling work.

Picture of a book called the coastal place names of Papa Stour

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

The book that I bought in Edinburgh? @edentravels.bsky.social Green Mountains. Made Waterstones get it out of their delivery, made myself hungry reading it on the train back. It looks wonderful so far

The cook book and travelogue Green Mountains held aloft with pride!

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

God, I'm going to miss my Christmas tree and all it's stupid decorations. Staying up until 12th night

A cockerel tree decoration on a tree that's slightly past it's freshest moment

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Having a lot more fun reading this than I expected, it's funny and smart and not too serious

A picture of a book called The Scandalous confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch is held up against a Christmas tree

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

I was given Lego for Christmas - less stressful than a jigsaw though essentially the same thing right?

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

In the season of late starts and finishes at work so I'm taking a few minutes to enjoy my tree before I head in

A slightly wonky Christmas tree, lit and decorated with a collection of glass baubles in the corner of a room between a battered old sofa and comfortable arm chair

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Candlelit coffee and watching the sunrise. A good start to a new week and day off after the madness of the last weekend in retail

Two candles in glass storm lanterns on a table in a dimly lit room. Table also has piles of books and a pot of knitting needles

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Red sky in the morning - black Friday is going to be a pain in the arse

Sunrise of orange red clouds between city office buildings and leafless trees

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Coffee is gone, weather appropriate reading put down, time to leave for work. The lack of snow days is a real downside to both adult life and city centre living

Almost empty mug of coffee and a paperback of the snow ghost and other stories resting in a sofa cushion

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Very nice little stack of review copies waiting for new at work today - not sure* where to start they all look great With Marjorie Bowen, obviously

A pile of 4 paperback books at a cafe table

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Fun day poking around antique shops. Found a pint mug I'm very happy with and a carving fork we needed. Kettles on.

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

Using the extra hour today to make quince jelly, it's certainly taking its time to reach setting point - smells lovely though

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

I love the day the clocks go back - closest you'll get to feeling like a kid again with a whole lovely day stretched ahead and all the time to enjoy it

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 17/08/2024

imagining this as a weirdly awkward dinner party

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 17/08/2024

Missing Shetland. Making up for it by sitting over a late lunch in my favourite Borders bookshop (main street trading company) in the way back to Leicester. It's undoubtedly time to move north for good

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 15/08/2024

Sad to be leaving Shetland tomorrow - it's been idyllic (apart from the lightning storm with horizontal rain)

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 11/08/2024

I love the changeability of Shetland weather. Today has been glorious, tomorrow is meant to be both very windy and very wet which is playing hell with my plan to go and see gannets - but I don't care, because today was today

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 06/08/2024

Shetland always feels a long way from Leicester (and it is however you cut it) but today looking at this view after reading the news... The heather is in full bloom around me so the air smells like honey and is alive with bees. How do we fix this?

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 23/05/2024

Reading this arc and definitely crying a bit into my coffee. It's come on a day when I'm particularly grateful for Jamie's writing and understanding

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 25/03/2024

Book post. I loved Susan Stokes-Chapman's first book and this one looks very promising as a follow up

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 20/03/2024

This book 😍. Funny, clever, and lyrical

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 03/02/2024

Weekend reading - self indulgent and not entirely serious

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 25/01/2024

Does someone get paid to do saltire con trails over Edinburgh? Nice bit of Burns night atmosphere

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 15/01/2024

What a difference a sunny day off makes after a week working in a basement

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 07/01/2024

It feels like an age since I've had time and energy and someone to cook for altogether. Had all 3 today, made Marian Armitages bacalao from Food Made In Shetland and it was glorious. Perfect winter salt fish stew

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 01/01/2024

desperatereader.blogspot.com/2024/01/happ... New Year's Day baking

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 01/01/2024

Taken the tree down - always a bit sad to box up all the decorations

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 25/12/2023

Christmas pudding has been set alight and consumed, I'm full of cold so going back to bed - possibly drunk on pudding. It's not all bad

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 23/12/2023

Work gave me Jane Austin Socks for my birthday last week. Love new socks, love Jane, breaking them out today

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

Getting Christmas ready, heavily inspired by Anja Dunk's Advent

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 12/12/2023

The book post this month has been fabulous - and look how shiny these are from British library publishing

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 10/12/2023

I bought myself a mug from Sussex lustreware. November was rough on all fronts so a bit of self validation felt in order. It is an immensely cheering object

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 08/12/2023

If you're over a certain age you can't see a larch without thinking of Monty Python - which sort of ruins the moment

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

Everything is a bit up and down at the moment but I've spent a soothing morning at home knitting and making Gentse mastel from @regulaysewijn.bsky.social Dark Rye and Honey Cake. There are much worse ways to deal with things.

Kitchen table with an open cookbook, a candlestick, and a glossy brown cinnamon bun cut open on a wooden board

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 10/11/2023

I don't consider this an improvement

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 07/11/2023

Got myself a copy of The Living Stone today. Fell in love with the first story, need to learn more about Sabine Baring-Gould immediately

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Hayley Anderton @desperatereader.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

Pounced on it when I unpacked it at work yesterday. Coincidentally matches my current knitting project and I'm torn between which to give my attention to right this moment.

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