📚 If a second hand bookshop has sci-fi and fantasy recommendations like this, as well as a Terry Pratchett timeline and categorisation, I’m going to be an instant fan. Just spent a lot of time browsing the very reasonably priced books in Arty Bees Books, Wellington, NZ.

A long shot of an aisle of bookshelves, lots and lots of books.A timeline and categorisation of all the Terry Pratchett Discworld books.A list of fantasy novel recommendations: I want to read a fantasy novel. Where should I start? Like Lord of the Rings but with plot and characters. Magician by Raymond Feist Keep it light. The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks Not that light. Guardians of the West by David Eddings I like the "classic" fantasy feeling Battleaxe bySara Douglas Maybe a little more contemporary Magician's Guild by Trudi Canavan More "heroic" Legend by David Gemmell More "gritty" The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie Not that much Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson Oh I like the "World building" Game of Thrones by George R R Martin Without the icky bits Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson Is there anything in world that is better than that! Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss And now? Nothing. All else will pale by comparison. Try something different like the Pern novels by Anne McCaffrey.A list of book recommendations: So you want a naval battle in space! Like Hornblower in Space? David Weber - Honor Harrington Or Patrick O'Brian in Space? David Drake - Lt. Leary More Intrigue? Lois McMaster Bujold - Miles Vorkosigan More Dressage? (yes Horse ballet and space battles) Elizabeth Moon -- Heris Serranno More Action! Jake Campbell - Lost Fleet Even More Action! Mike Shepherd - Kris Longknife

📚 Discovered a second hand bookshop. I miss decent, big, second hand bookshops where you can browse for ages.

Have had eight solid hours of sleep while I’ve been away on holidays. I really need to get an auto feeder for the cat to stop the 5am wake up and feed me demands.

🍻 Continuing to sample the local craft beers. I think it’s obligatory to try the local brews when travelling. Great playlist in this bar too.

🌞 Out exploring on a gorgeous sunny day in Wellington, NZ.

🚶 Time to put my feet up. The walk back to the hotel after dinner has me at 19,734 steps for the day and I just can’t be bothered doing the last few to hit 20k.

🤠 Have made a trip to the hat factory and may have accidentally purchased a few.

🏨 Back at the hotel after a pretty full day. Walked 17,054 steps, wandered all around Te Papa, museum of New Zealand, and checked out some little bars.

Walked out of one bar and straight into the Hanging Ditch next door for a New York sour.

A bar with bottles of spirits hanging by cables from the ceiling rather than on a shelf behind the bar. The bar is wooden and wooden bar stools sit in front of it.A cocktail in a whisky style glass on a wooden table. The bottom is clear and the top half is a red colour. The top is white foam and two short black straws are in the glass.

Golding’s Free Dive bar in Wellington has a Star Wars theme going on.

Inside a bar, a Star Wars stormtrooper armour suspended across the ceiling, a row of stormtrooper figurines on a beam high up, a model millennium falcon on the wall.Inside a bar, lots of colours, lots of stickers on the side of the bar and posts, a neon BEER sign on the back wall. Some small flags hanging, old skis suspended above the bar.