Spent the whole day yesterday reading. Took advantage of the bank holiday — and the fact that I was not up to date with the book I had to read for the book club I'm going to — to try to finish it in a day.

Read a bit on my local coffee shop, the one that has two big dogs that live there and are a joy to be around.

Throatpunch coffee, my favourite local place.

Then I moved to the meadows to read from Pavillion Cafe which has comfy sofas on the green.

Love the meadows.

The book club is at Argonaut Books in Leith, so I moved close to the shop and stopped at a pub in the sun to enjoy a pint and some more of the book before the club.

A peachy beer and more book.

Finally, went to the book club after that. The owner gave us all free iced coffee because he had a surplus of ice at the shop. We had an amazing convo and the next book is gonna be something related to food and cultures. That is the wildcard book club after all, we never know what is coming.

If anyone is curious about what we read for this month, check out this irresistible book:

And its blurb:

Keith Kahn-Harris is a man obsessed with something seemingly trivial - the warning message found inside
Kinder Surprise Eggs:

WARNING, read and keep: Toy not suitable for children under 3 years. Small parts might be swallowed or inhaled.
On a tiny sheet of paper, this message is translated into dozens of languages, prompting Harris to ask: what actually makes 'a language'? With help from the international community of language geeks, he shows us the message in Ancient Sumerian, Zulu, Cornish, Klingon, and many more.

In this love letter to language, he counters the Babel myth, arguing that the messy diversity of language should in fact be a source of collective wonder.

"There is a delicious humour implicit in every page ... [the book] is filled with a sense of wonder, gazing at languages that neither the writer nor reader understands.'
Mark Forsyth, The Spectator

'Astonishingly rich ... Kahn-Harris writes clearly and entertainingly, with a gentle, self-deprecating humour.
The book is also unexpectedly profound.'
Times Literary Supplement

@Peter_C_Dolan thanks for the kind words, I'm not yet at my top form, but I'm much better than what I have been and can already see that at some point, it will all work out.

That book is great. I think you'd love this book club. It is the wildcard book club, basically the conversation during the meeting has no boundaries, it goes where it goes. It starts with the book, but whenever it ends is the spark that is used to chose the next book. Apparently the next one will revolve around take away food and cultures.

@Peter_C_Dolan it is an odd and fascinating book isn't it?