Thanks for the information. I’ve registered with Pembrokeshire as my mother-in-law lives there and have used her address. The only issue is that I’ve had to unregister my Hampshire BorrowBox account and register with the Pembrokeshire one. Hampshire offers magazines while Pembrokeshire doesn’t, which is inconvenient but not an insurmountable problem.
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Hi @SteakAndEggs - you don’t need to unregister your Hampshire BB account, just logout & login when you need to read magazines, or use the website for one & app for the other. (I tested this originally by registering with two different counties as it doesn’t matter where your home address is.)
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I’ve just found this page on the Dysgu Cymraeg site - it holds a number of vocabulary cribsheets for over twenty (non Amdani) novels.
This might be useful to have to hand if reading any of these, to save interrupting your flow too much by repeatedly checking a dictionary - the couple I’ve looked at are organised by key vocab per page:
Books currently include:
Penllechwedd – Rhiannon Thomas
Pridd – Llŷr Titus
Mab y Cychwr – Haf Llewelyn
Dau – Bethan Nantcyll
Drws Anna – Dafydd Apolloni
O! Tyn Y Gorchudd – Angharad Price
Breision – Jon Gower
Nelan a Bo – Angharad Price
Y Morfarch Arian gan Eurgain Haf
A:annisgwyl – Gareth W. Williams
O Ran – Mererid Hopwood
Ceiliog Dandi – Daniel Davies
Llechi – Manon Steffan Ros
Abermandraw – Rhys Iorwerth
Tylwyth – Daf James
Ifor Bach – Eurig Salisbury
Dan ei Adain – John Alwyn Griffiths
Llinynnau – Llinos Iorwerth Dafis
Yr Eumenides – Daniel Davies
Dadeni – Ifan Morgan Jones
Blasu – Manon Steffan Ros
Llyfr Glas Nebo – Manon Steffan Ros
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Thank you @splashwellykid. These look really useful. I have got myself a bit bogged down with Blasu, so this might encourage me to press on.
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@Betterlatethan interestingly, as well as the audiobook for Blasu, Borrowbox has an A Level study guide textbook. Which may help - or get you further bogged down into it! (I have a copy i bought in the nearest Bore Coffi but haven’t got around to looking at it yet.)
*Help Llaw Gydag Astudio: Blasu gan Manon Steffan Ros - Cymraeg Safon Uwch
A guide for A Level Welsh students who are studying the novel Blasu by Manon Steffan Ros. The guide deals with the novel’s background and context, characters, main themes and style, together with comparisons with other novels.*
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Great! Thanks again, @splashwellykid. I don’t know why I stopped Blasu. Normally I really enjoy Manon Steffan Ros’s books. I read “Llyfr Glas Nebo”, “Llechi”, “Dau Wyneb”, “Hunllef” and “Inc” perfectly happily. The last two are (or were) in the Stori Sydyn series and I would recommend them to anyone who wants something reasonably short and not too hard.
I love audiobooks. I am not sure if I want to venture into A Level study material, though no doubt it would do me good.
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Sandra (un dyn ar y tro) - Catrin Lliar Jones
Yes, you read that correct, that Catrin Lliar Jones. I will start off by saying that receiving this book off the author is a massive honour and I feel privileged. I’m still going to give an honest opinion though, you can’t buy me! 
This is not a sequel so don’t think you need to read Catrin’s first novel, Adar o’r Unlliw, first (you can read about that here … The SSiW Welsh Book Club 📖 📚 👓 - #336 by gruntius), but for those of you that have read it , I know you’ll be as excited as I was to get your hands on this … and it didnt disappoint. And if you haven’t read Adar o’r Unlliw yet I would highly recommend it.
We meet Sandra on the first page right after the break up of her 4th marriage, which kind of sums up how the last couple of decades has gone for her. But don’t worry, Shoned soon arrives to give consolation and to lend a shoulder to cry on (if I’m correct I think Shoned is the only common character in both books, and is a very welcome return). We then get taken back to the start of Sandra’s story so we can ride the roller-coaster with her to see how she ended up at such a low point.
A very enjoyable read that flows very nicely. It does get a wee bit intense on times but that’s life right? It’s not all princesses and butterflies out there in the real world! I read it in 3 days which, for a 236 page book, shows how eager I was to keep going back for more. The release date is 25th June so get in touch with your local shop now to make sure you get one. There will also be a launch event on 10th September in Caernarfon, so mark it in your diary.
As with Adar o’r Unlliw, it’s been written for an adult audience so expect the language to be more advanced. Having said that, with the use of a dictionary this book is well worth the effort. Remember, there’s no better way of improving what SSi has started than to read.
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As well as teaching you how to swear 
Sandra’s in both books too, Ger
Any SSiers interested in the launch, do let us know - we’d be very happy to prioritise you for places 
Yes, but a very small character if I remember. Like, just a mention or 2. (Perhaps I’ll have to read it again.)
Put me down for a couple of places at the launch please. Hopefully we won’t have a pandemic to ruin it this time. 
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Annwyl bawb,
Firstly, sorry for not having been present on the forum for such a long time; secondly, thank you so much for your patience and support; it’s greatly appreciated.
I’ve been taking some quiet time away from SSi to look after myself whilst sandwiched between ailing, elderly parents and neurodiverse teens, who’ve been finding life too much of a challenge.
As you now know, I’ve also been quietly writing my second novel.
This one, ‘Sandra, Un Dyn ar y Tro’, has taken me so much longer than ‘Adar o’r Unlliw’. Somehow, despite the popularity of my first novel, I managed, quite effectively, to convince myself that it was a fluke and that I wouldn’t be able to top it. Talk about imposter syndrome…
Then, of course, all the stuff of life happened, including losing Dad in 2024. So the writing became second to everything else.
So, as you can imagine, I am very relieved to have completed it. I’m also extremely grateful to Gwasg y Bwthyn for their patience and continued faith in my ability, to Aran for his encouragement and belief in me, and to Geraint for his enthusiasm and support.
As Geraint has already mentioned, this isn’t a sequel to ‘Adar o’r Unlliw’, and you don’t need to have read it to enjoy the new one.
‘Sandra, Un Dyn ar y Tro’ is a story about an extended member of the family in ‘Adar o’r Unlliw’
Sandra, the main character of the new novel, gets mentioned once in Adar o’r Unlliw, in a ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ moment. But Shoned, a very popular character in Adar o’r Unlliw, does appear in the new novel.
For those of you who are able to read it, please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions. I’d be happy to help if I can.
Diolch again bawb!
Here’s a little taster…
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Here’s what’s available at the moment - some titles have gone and some new ones have been added. Grab yourself a bargain! Any of these for £2 each (plus postage)! 
