@@myreadinglife8816 Every day I am happy about my spice rack! It’s the little things in life. 🌻

Joanne, thanks so much for your lovely message. I feel warm all over. And thank you for reminding me about Beautyland; I enjoyed 2 am at the Cat’s Pyjamas and knew she had another book out but it had slipped my mind. Now it’s back front and centre on my TBR. 😘🤗

Thanks Maya. I debated whether or not to increase the speed of needlework video and in the end I doubled it, which is still slow enough to see all the movements.

@@lindysmagpiereads you are amazing! When my house was renovated about five years ago we put in a Lazy Susan where we put our spices, but I always had spice jars since I was really young. I don’t have 60 spices though.😀

@@MarilynMayaMendoza A lazy Susan is a good idea for access to spices. This new spice rack came with sheets of labels for 500 (!!) different spices. I checked off 71 and then had to winnow my list because there are only 60 jars. 😆

Hi Angelia and thanks for your comments. 🥰 Clear is definitely a gem!

I imagine there are many people who would find having so many spices unfathomable, but for me it’s a joy. 😁

I already love the spice rack. I don’t know why I called it a spice cabinet in the video. 🙃

@@ReadBecca Thanks Rebecca! If you read God Human Animal Machine, I am curious to know your thoughts. 🤗

Hi Tanya! I’m glad to hear you are enjoying winter sunshine. 😊

@@lindysmagpiereads It was 5 degrees Celsius and now warming to a lovely day. I love to sit with my first tea of the day and tune in.

@@tanyam6197 It makes me smile to hear that. Thank you. 💕

Clear grows in my estimation the more I think about it. Remarkable for such a spare novel. Thanks for telling me about your friend’s enjoyment of Brooms. It’s nice to hear that the word is spreading!

I was surprised by the ending of Clear, and surprise is a good thing for me. I’m going to include a spoiler, so anyone who doesn’t want to see it, stop here! . . . . . At first I thought it was too quick for Mary to have gone through the range of emotions she did before suggesting a solution. It seemed too neat. Too pat. But then I remembered her compassionate comments earlier on about eviction of the island resident and taking into account her close friendship with another woman when she was younger-it adds up to a realistic possibility for the ending chosen by the author. I also think that Ivor could no longer abide living in isolation, even if he had been allowed to, so it was good that he became part of a new family.

Shawn talked about it a while back on his channel and he was blown away too. It’s got a special something, different from other graphic memoirs that I have read.

@@lindysmagpiereads yes I remember Shawn talking about it. The problem is that it is quite expensive and is not available at my library.

@@59cubanita I am making a sad face on your behalf. I hope it becomes available in the future.