WATCH/READ/BUY/DO.

Watch: Strictly Come Dancing.

Yey! It's back. Dancing, sequins and lots of fake tan.

Read: Falling Cloudberries, Tessa Kiros.

One of my favourite books to look through for inspiration. I love how the recipes are mixed in with old family photos. I love how the paper smells. I love the food photography. Most of all I love the recipes and how they all have their own story. The filo with poached pears and rose petals, pistachio praline and vanilla ice cream looks and sounds particularly good.

Buy: Love, love, love these geometric soaps from Anthropologie.

I can't seem to find a working link for these at the moment, it was working fine this morning. I'll come back and add one as soon as I can. And in case you want to diy it I found this awesome tutorial over on Mr Printables for diy glycerine soap gem stones.

Do: Changing up my desktop background again with another gorgeous one from Design Love Fest.

THREE THINGS I LOVE: COMFORT FOOD.

There's been a distinct autumn chill in the air this week. Leaves are beginning to turn brown and the nights are drawing in. Of course as the weather gets cooler it means all I can think about is gooey, sticky, delicious comfort food.

Here's the three things I love, comfort food edition.

1. Warm up with this spicy ancho turkey chili from Pinch of Yum.

2. The Artful Desperado shows us his take on 'Huevos Ahogados' (drowned eggs) with these spicy roasted anaheim pepper tomato poached eggs.

3. I'm a sucker for anything that uses maple syrup so of course I was going to fall in love with these crispy corn potato cakes with kickin' maple-butter from JJ Begonia. They look so good.

What about you? What comfort foods are you craving?

99 PAGE TEST.

'Open the book to page 99 and the quality of the whole book will be revealed to you'

Ford Maddox Ford.

I was flicking through a magazine the other day when I came across this quote in an article talking about the 99 page test. Do you know it? The idea is that instead of judging a book by it's cover you read page 99 instead and answer the following questions, does it grip you? And do you want to turn the page?

In the past I've books chosen for their covers (The Gargoyle), the blurb (The 19th Wife), first sentence (Pride and Prejudice), a favourite author (Linda Castillo) or because I loved the tv adaptation (Parade's End) but I've never tried the 99 page test before. I think the problem is I hate reading ahead, it feels like cheating. I've never been a fan of the first line, last line approach and definitely not reading the whole last page.

It did get me thinking about the books I already own though, would they pass the 99 page test? The Swan Thieves (above) has been on my to-read list for at least a year. I chose it for two reasons, I loved the author's previous book (The Historian) and it's lovely matte black fabric cover with gold embossed title. I'm happy to say it also passes the 99 page test and I'll be moving it to the top of the list.

'The next line was crossed out, scratched out viciously, and the rest of the page was blank. I listened in the direction of the kitchen. Through the closed door, I could hear Robert's former wife moving something - a stool dragged across the linoleum, perhaps a cupboard door being opened and shut.'

Yep, sounds good to me.

How about you? How do you choose your books?

PRETTY PASTEL CLOUD DESKTOP BACKGROUNDS.

Here's some pretty desktop backgrounds from Design Love Fest to brighten up your Monday and your computer. You can download them here.

The bottom left is my favourite, what's yours?