Category: Wednesday Blogging Challenge

  Oh, well that’s easy. British. Dark. Dry. Irreverent. Sarcastic. Often involves swearing. Usually considered offensive. Any questions?   That really is all I need to say on the matter. Any other dark humour people out there? Do you find the sort of thing you wouldn’t feel comfortable sharing at work to be the most READ MORE

  I don’t like doing this, because I love books, I respect the effort an author puts into it, I even like books that don’t have perfect endings or have bits I don’t think worked as well as they could have. So I’m only including two, and I’m doing it under protest. They’re not bad READ MORE

  There are so, so many books I feel this way about. Some of them have happy endings, some of them have tragic endings, some of them have inspiring ones. But so many books have left me feeling completely satisfied when I turned the last page. Here are a few that really stand out to READ MORE

  I love reading a good mystery. I love watching a good mystery. Basically, I just love a good mystery. I love the suspense, I love the mental exercise of trying to keep track of all the breadcrumbs and guess the ending before I get there (I inherited this from my mum who used to READ MORE

  There are so many books I could choose for this prompt. I wish books like The Fire Next Time and Natives were more popular because I think they’re so important and such a wonderful way to understand experiences that we may not all have (particularly those of us who are white). They are also READ MORE

  This is an interesting prompt, because I think there are lots of things that we, as a society, would benefit from discussing more. There are the obvious things – social issues like poverty, racism, sexism, homophobia. I think that openly sharing stories would help create more empathy. But it has limited effect, because there READ MORE

  I can’t really think of any funny advice I’ve received in the sense of it making me laugh. But I have received some odd or just plain misleading advice over the years. The main one is that old chestnut, “just be yourself.” Well, which self? You mean choose one and just be that all READ MORE

  Well, I don’t really believe in ghosts. I don’t think. Like I believe in creepy feelings and a sense of “something bad happened here” or “something bad could happen here.” So I guess you could say I believe in vibes. But actual ghosts? I don’t think so? But, if we take that out of READ MORE

  HA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh man, this is hilarious. I’m pretty much the least sporty person you’ve met in your life. A sport for me is vacuuming the house or weeding. I don’t do sports, partly because I have a back injury that means I can’t do things that will have me falling about willy nilly, READ MORE

  There are a few obvious answers to this. If you just met me and didn’t know me or read my blog, you might not know that I have several highly complicated and debilitating medical issues. None of them are visible. You might not know that I am neurodivergent or that I’ve had mental health READ MORE

  Ugh, I hate shopping. I used to like it when I was younger, but now it’s just hell. Partly because I’m still cautious about COVID and it seems like an unnecessary risk. Partly because I’m less tolerant of public spaces and people. But mostly it’s just horrible. Especially clothes shopping, which hasn’t been fun READ MORE

  Interesting prompt. I haven’t really thought about this much for a while. I think I have mixed feelings on it. I hate the new Twitter thing, it’s not as good, harder to find stuff I want to engage with, and the new logo freaks me out a little. I like Instagram to look at, READ MORE

  There are lots that I think would be beneficial – bringing back handicrafts like knitting and crocheting (though I know they’re gaining popularity); learning to cook nutritious, healthy food; gardening and growing food. All would be great and edifying. But honestly? My first thought when I saw this was: common sense. I know, I READ MORE

  I don’t have a single proper example for this – I have a lot of very vivid memories from my childhood, but they are completely random. I don’t remember any major misunderstandings that I was then shocked to find out the truth about. But I do suspect that I tended to misunderstand a lot. READ MORE

  This is a really interesting question. It’s hard, because I don’t think there have been that many in the books I’ve re-read in the past few years, mostly I have the same view on the characters as I always have. I think the only shift I have noticed is which characters I identify with. READ MORE

  This is not a very difficult prompt, because I have read some books in the past few years that hit my tear glands hard. Three of them are non-fiction, but there’s one lone novel in the mix as well:                 I feel like most of you have READ MORE

  I’m not a huge art gallery and museum person, so most of the ones I’ve visited I’ve either been dragged to by my parents or I’ve visited because of a particular artist, or I like the building. The best building I’ve been to is the British Museum – I love the curved glass roof READ MORE

  How do I feel about staycations? I freaking love them. I hate packing. I have never loved traveling since becoming an adult and no longer being able to curl myself into an airplane chair. Now I have a back injury, anxiety and allergic asthma that is triggered by everything from strong cologne and perfume READ MORE