The illness my kid had a couple of weeks back that I thought I had dodged has hit me full force this week. But we still managed to get out for some fun activities and a yummy patio lunch on Canada Day, and my garden has still been getting watered. My kid is bored, READ MORE
Category: Link-Up
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | MY THOUGHTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
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
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS WITH MY FAVOURITE COLOUR ON THE COVER
I don’t have one particular favourite colour, I like lots that please me in some way or other – but even more than that, I appreciate colour combinations that work really well. So here are some books that, when I look at them, I just feel an appreciation for the way the colours are READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
I finished a couple of books this week and overall spent a bit more time reading than I’ve had time to do lately! My kid and I set up an outdoor reading area, so we have been enjoying taking our books outside and spending the odd twenty minutes or so reading together while enjoying READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | A SKILL I WISH MORE PEOPLE HAD (AND WHY)
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
TOP TEN TUESDAY | MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS COMING OUT IN THE SECOND HALF OF 2024
This is always an exciting post – it’s great to look forward over the next six months and find out which new releases are just around the corner! I discovered a few I had no idea were coming out so soon (or at all) and I am now extremely impatient! So without any further READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | THINGS I MISUNDERSTOOD AS A KID
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
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS ON MY SUMMER 2024 TBR
Yet another of the endless opportunities to make a TBR that I have like 0.1% chance of reading a single book from! But hey, that’s part of the fun right? The anticipation? Let’s see what I’m most anticipatory about today! READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
I haven’t finished any books this week, but I didn’t do a post last week so I do have one from last week to include! I’m still working on a few books, not sure which will actually get finished. My garden is starting to grow, though, so I think the lack of reading time READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | CHARACTERS I SEE DIFFERENTLY NOW THAN I USED TO
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
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKISH WISHES
There are always so many books I want, that this kind of post is laughably easy. These days I’m trying not to buy many books – no more than one a month in physical format. But there are always some I’d love to have, and others I’d be fine with in any format. These READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | BOOKS THAT ARE TEARJERKERS
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
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I HAD VERY STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT
Oh, well this is going to be interesting. I am a very emotional reader. I have a hard time reading books that don’t have a strong emotional component. I’m going to look through and try to pick the ones I remember being some of the strongest, so we’ll see what I come up with! READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
I finally have that feeling back. You know the one, when you’re reading a book and it takes over a part of your brain such that when you’re not reading, part of you remains in the world of it, with its characters, and anxious to return to the story. It’s a relief when this READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES I’VE VISITED
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
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I WAS SUPER EXCITED TO GET MY HANDS ON… BUT STILL HAVEN’T READ
This is a dangerous post for us bookworms. I’m sure every single one of you reading this is having a mild panic attack because a) you know you have waaaaaaaaay too many responses to this, and b) you do not want to admit to the whole world just how long that list is. But READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Well, I did finish a book last week, but I’m back to only a little bit of reading this week. But I’ve had a great week of gardening, watching things grow, seeing new seeds sprout and enjoying the bees busily collecting nectar from our rhododendrons and the kale I let flower so they’d have READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | HOW I FEEL ABOUT STAYCATIONS
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