A selection of quotes and pictures to represent May’s reading: commonplace book noun a book into which notable extracts from other works are copied for personal use. ~ A certain freedom of action was required in any relationship, even if caring deeply for a person you love also brought a type of freedom in itself. 24 Hours in Shogun’s Japan by Mark Hudson (2026) ~ Aren’t memories like cats, either impossible to put out, or resistant to all attempts to call them to you? Murder at the Spirit Lounge by Jess Kidd (2026) ~ As one Polish architect put it to me, “Daylight is free. If something is free, people kind of neglect the importance of it.” The Inner Clock by Lynne Peeples (2024) ~ Anne of Cleves, by Hans Holbein the Younger ‘I’d rather die,’ Bridget said. On occasion she could be as melodramatic as Rose. ‘I will only marry a man if he has a good library.’ The Fourth Queen by Nicola Cornick (2026) ~ Don’t tell me that’s of no importance. You’d be mistaken. You’d be like those rich…
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