I will now go on a blog hiatus until the New Year, as I spend the next two weeks preparing wintry treats, wandering around Christmas markets, playing board games and watching old films, skating and skiing, hiking on snow-filled country lanes and coming home to a crackling fire to roast chestnuts… In my dreams!
More realistically: watching the children play video games, watching inane Christmas specials, slaving over food no one else wants to eat, trying to persuade kids to change out of their pyjamas… Whichever scenario comes true, time-consuming tasks one and all, so Part 2 of the Silenced Writers may have to wait until 2016.
‘There are years that ask questions and years that answer’ said Zora Neale Hurston. 2014 asked many profound questions of me, while 2015 was a year of waiting far too long for answers. So I won’t be sorry to see the end of it. Third time lucky, right?
A very merry Christmas to you all, a heartfelt thought to all of you who may not be feeling too cheerful at this time of year, and may 2016 bring you good health, much joy and lots of excellent (and extreme) reading!
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Sounds like you’ll be spending the holidays in much the same way others of your generation are–realistically. Hope you enjoy that food you have created and find some time to relax. I have to giggle–I used to bake so much for Christmas Eve, when we would have people in and read the likes of that chapter in Wind in the Willows and the whole of the Tailor of Gloucester, that I would fall asleep, so tired…No doubt to snore, mouth a-gape, ruining any illusion of the special moment.
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas and I hope that 2016 is a better year for you. See you on the other side
Wishing you all the best over the festive season, Marina. Take care of yourself. J x
Merry Christmas, MarinaSofia, and here’s hoping 2016 is a good one! 😀
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours, Marina Sofía
I hope you manage one from your first paragraph, Marina. Thanks for your many enjoyable posts over the year – Friday Fun is always a particular treat. x
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, Marina! 🙂 Make sure to rest and take plenty care of yourself! 😉
Happy Christmas MariaSofia and thank you for all your posts this year. It is always a treat to drop by your blog and check out with eclectic mix of books you have been reading. All the best for 2015 🙂
I’m no fan of this time of year. Indulge yourself wherever and whenever possible. See you on the other side, ready for the pleasure of looking at a fresh page of life!
Have a wonderful Christmas, Marina Sofia. Thanks for all you’ve done to make 2015 a great blogging year, and I wish you and your family a joyful, happy holiday. Please don’t forget to take some time for yourself.
Here’s hoping the festive break turns out to be at least tolerable, and that you get the chance to relax and enjoy yourself. And here’s hoping, too, that 2016 turns out to be a great year for you.
And many thanks for all the great book reviews you’ve posted through the year. It’s always a great pleasure to read your posts.
Wishing you a Happy Christmas and all the very best for 2016!!
As someone with Aspergers this time of year is very difficult because it destroys all the routines that keep me stable. I am going to hunker down for the next fortnight too and get ready for the New Year when I can restore some order. Have as good a Christmas as you can.
You too – and goodness, I can only half-guess and begin to imagine what it must be like. See you on the other side, as they say!
Have a wonderful Christmas Marina Sofia – see you in 2016! 🙂
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, Marina! I’ve enjoyed ‘meeting’ you this year and reading your posts! You almost had me believing your opening paragraph 🙂
May you find some peace in the chaos, my dear. Enjoy.
A very merry Christmas to you and cheers to “extreme reading” 😀
Merry Christmas, my friend! Here is wishing a mountain of fun to you and your loved ones!
Enjoy the holidays, and your break, Marina – catch up soon 🙂
Have a lovely Christmas and New Year 🙂
Merry Christmas. (Nothing for 2016 yet. You know that in France we don’t say Happy New Year before the date )
Enjoy your holidays 🙂
Thanks for all the good books you have brought our way in 2015. I hope the New Year brings you all you wish for. Onward!
Frohe Weihnachten, liebe Marine, fuer Dich und Deine Familie, und einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr. May 2016 be happy and joyful and bring you everything you want. XXX 😀
Merry Christmas! Enjoy the holidays with your family. I hope 2016 brings you all kinds of wonderful 🙂
A very Merry Christmas to you, Marina Sofia! And, it’s important to hang on to our dreams, so I’m wishing part of the first scenario to come true for you. Also, a blessed New Year with much joy. Thank you for blogging with me!
Stay warm in heart MarinaSofia, and i hope kindness and appreciation also come your way, and your stove-top endeavours at least get a thank-you from those whose plates you are filling
My best yo you, Marina Sofia, and may 2016 be a better year for us Both! xo
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family, MarinaSofia! I hope 2016 is full of great (crime fiction) books and lots of new authors to discover. Also, thank you for your constant support and your fellow-blogger love xxx
P.S I see you’re reading Dolores Redondo’s The Invisible Guardian: I am starting it tonight and I got to meet her last June. I’d love to compare notes once we’ve both read it 😀
Hope you have a great 2016, with lots of good books too 🙂