26 for 2026

DundeeDoll

Thanks for posting books so far @Dakota_Rose here's mine - 17 so far - I'll post a different 'list so far' each day

Apples never fall
Bel Canto
Close to death
Death of a red heroine
Enduring love
Five quarters of an orange
G
Heart the lover
Invisible women
James
K
Logical families
Mrs Beaton's Murder Agency
N
Old God's Time
P
Q
Red rust road
S
Tea on Sunday
U
Vita and the birds
Winter Garden
XO
Y
Z

thechubbyunicorn

Week 27 update…

Took myself off to Inverness for a few days this week and worked towards 8 goals!

6. Post 2026 photos to Instagram - 98

7. Buy 26 gift cards for Christmas spending - Sainsbury’s

12. Listen to 26 audiobooks - The Correspondent by Virginia Evans 

15. Walk along 26 different beaches - Dores / Findhorn 

16. Save £2026 - £136.73

17. Walk 2026 miles - 27.9miles

21. Try 26 new restaurants / cafes - The Auctioneer, Inverness / Caledonian Canal Centre Cafe, Fort Augustus / Dougies Chip Shop, Inverness / Bad Girl Bakery, Inverness 

22. Tick 26 things off my bucket list - Hunt for Nessie 

25. Explore 26 villages / towns / cities I’ve never been to - Inverness, Fort Augustus

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DundeeDoll

Lovely Inverness update @thechubbyunicorn - I'd headed off for the Ukulele concert at the band stand but the circus is in town and noisy and very close so they were packing up when I got there. They're back August 6th so I'll try again for my 'U' for 'Tips and Treats'. On the way back I passed the Lemmings statues so have added that to my A-Z Dundee street art

apple
Book
Compass
Dart
eggs
glasses
Hat
jigsaw
keys
Lemmings
Musical Instrument
Needle
oor wullie
penguins
Queens
Razor
Squirrel
Tools
Viewing glass
Watch
x-ray
Yo-yo

DundeeDoll

Just back from a super weekend in Edinburgh (so that's a place name beginning with E). Went to Gallery One of Modern Art and have now managed to see the work of 25. Just X to go…

A	Edward Armitage
B	Wilhelmina Barns-Graham
C	Paul Cezanne
D	Edgar Degas
E	Joan Eardley
F	Louis Farasyn
G	William Gear
H	Katie Horsman
I	Shigegoshi Ichino
J	Johan Jongkind
K	Sandi Kiehlmann
L	Ros Little
M	Adolphe Monticelli
N	Ashley Nicholsy
O	Jean-Baptiste Oudry
P	Samuel Peploe
Q	Ernest Quest
R	Auguste Rodin
S	Alfred Sisley
T	Edith Tudor-Hart
U	Béla Uitz
V	Bertil Vallein
W	Jessica Worrall
X
Y	Flora Yukhnovich
Z	Ossip Zadkine

thechubbyunicorn

Week 28 update…This week has flew by and I feel like I've done nothing exciting. I really need to sit down and get somethings planned. Only managed to work toward 7 goals this week.

1. Watch 26 movies I’ve never seen before - Voicemails for Isabelle 

6. Post 2026 photos to Instagram - 35 / 1457

7. Buy 26 gift cards for Christmas spending - Sainsbury’s

15. Walk along 26 different beaches - Luss 

16. Save £2026 - £13.35 / £1,164.44

17. Walk 2026 miles - 23.9 / 807.3 

26. Send 26 cards / gifts to others - shopping for friend who’s just had a baby

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DundeeDoll

As I sit down to watch Evolution thought I'd post how far I've got on my A-Z of TV programmes - if you're UK and terrestrial only do feel free to make suggestions for the ones I've still to go :-)

AI confidential
Bad Education
Can you keep a secret
Digging for Britain
Evolution
First Dates
G
H
I
J
K
L
Mrs Brown's Boys
Night manager
Outrageous
Pilgramage
QI
R
Small prophets
Top of the pops
U
V
Wild London
X
Y
Zagazoo

DundeeDoll

Was listening to New Order today - here's my list of pop groups so far - my rule is one album (on youtube)

Suggestions for my remaining nine? (they can't start with A or The)

Alan Parsons Project
Beatles
Coldplay
Dire Straits
Eurythmics
Fleetwood Mac
Genesis
Haircut 100
Ian Dury and the Blockheads
Jethro tull
Kraftwerk
Level 42
Madness
New Order
O
Pink Floyd
Queen
R
S
T
UB 40
V
W
X
Y
Z

Dakota_Rose

I’ve started my summer break and have finished my most recent book. I’m hoping to have the time and energy to enjoy a few more now too!

The Falls is my first Ian Rankin and I really enjoyed it. I will keep my eye out for some more of his titles on my travels over the summer. It was a very realistic detective novel and I enjoyed the grittiness without over-dramatisation of the story. It was very believable but had you hooked especially towards the final chapters. I was just aware there was a lot of background to the characters I had missed by starting on a later novel. I’d score it 8.5/10.

26 books for 2026

1.You Are Here (easy read) 9/10

2. The Seven Murders of Evelyn Hardcastle (time-travelling murder mystery) 9.5/10

3. Love Untold (ending made a middling read worthwhile) 8/10

4. Way Back (engaging easy read with a farm theme and a few typos) 8.5/10

5. The Cuckoo’s Calling (first of the Strike detective novels) 8.5/10

6. Yellowface (‘too awful to look away’ page-turner) 10/10

7. A Thousand Splendid Suns (emotive, heavy but worthwhile read) 10/10

8. Before the coffee gets cold (Japanese coffee-shop time-travelling scenarios) 8/10

9. Us Three (screenplay-style friendship story) 9/10

10. The Twyford Code (a puzzle within a puzzle) 9/10

11. The Shock of the Fall (first person narrative with flashbacks - includes childhood trauma told sensitively and with humour woven throughout) 8/10

12. Guilty (lots of shock factor details, but predictable storyline) 7.5/10

13. The Falls (Scottish detective novel) 8.5/10

thechubbyunicorn

Week 29 update…

2. Complete 26 different crafts - lyrics frame

3. 26 different physical activities - cycling 

6. Post 2026 photos to Instagram - 80

7. Buy 26 gift cards for Christmas spending - Asda

8. Watch 26 documentaries - Noah Kahan: Out of Body

12. Listen to 26 audiobooks - The Wedding People by Alison Espach 

15. Walk along 26 different beaches - Millport Beach / Kames Bay, Millport 

16. Save £2026 - £9.06

17. Walk 2026 miles - 32.7

19. Complete 26 walks from the book ‘Lanarkshire Walks’ - Summerlee and the Monkland Canal

23. Save 26 of each coin / note (£1 to £20) - 2x£10, 1x£20

26. Send 26 cards / gifts to others - Card for the inlaws on DH’s anniversary

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Ms_Potato_Head

Hugs to you for your DH's anniversary @thechubbyunicorn 💫

The only progress I have made since my last update is to read 2 books. Both completely different but both 10/10:

7/26 - The Game of Life and How to Play it, Florence Scovel Shinn

8/26 - The Colour, Rose Tremain

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