1 January 2026

Happy New Year!

Lucy – the photo our logo is taken from

Today is the ninth anniversary of the our starting the Reading Project. Last year was a particularly difficult year to get things done, so I’m hoping this year will be easier and I personally get a few more books read and reviews published. Today is also the birthday of Lucy, the Reading Project dog. She turns seven today. Just over a year ago, at the end of 2024, I changed the website logo. We had been using a generic icon that was free to use from the internet since we started.

I decided to change it and make it more ours, so I used the photo of Lucy, right, taken in our hall, and I modified it to make the logo that now appears across the site.

Victoria has a cat called Pickles who has occasionally been mentioned in reviews and blogs. She doesn’t know when his birthday is. He is a rescue cat. She got him about ten years ago in winter when he was 6 months old, so she has decided have Pickles share his birthday with Lucy. So Lucy is turning seven today and now Pickles officially turns ten. I’m sure they’ll get together later and blow candles. (Not!)

Also, I’ve just completed yet another update of all the reviews on the site to improve and standardise them. I’ve now included popup information about reviewers with a reviewer image when you run your mouse over the reviewer name in the title box. You can try it out. There are just a couple more to complete for former reviewers which I hope to finish in the next few days.

Hoping for the best 2026 for everyone, which of course includes reading some great books!

- bikerbuddy