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
TOP TEN TUESDAY | TEN THINGS I LOVE ABOUT TWO BOOKS
This a tricky one… I don’t know if I can list ten things I love about one specific book! I’m going to try, but might have to hop between a few if I run out of ideas. Here goes! Ten Steps to Nanette by Hannah Gadsby Obviously, the first one is going to READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Another week of sickness! As per usual, a simple cold has now turned into a lung infection thanks to the joys of asthma. But I’m up and about, have a little more energy, and can (almost) taste things, so we’ll call that improvement, shall we? Books were slow this week because every time I READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | HIDDEN NATURE – ALYS FOWLER
Anyone who has been familiar with Alys Fowler for any length of time knows her most as a gardener. She was a presenter on Gardener’s World, and had her own mini-series called The Edible Garden in which she used a combination of polyculture and foraging to grow and find most of the fruit and vegetables READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | DO I ENJOY SHOPPING? SPOILER: NO.
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
TOP TEN TUESDAY | REBELS IN LITERATURE
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is a throwback freebie, so I combed the list of past topics on the original blog, The Broke and the Bookish, and found an intriguing option – Rebels in Literature. This seemed like a great post to write, so here I go! Atticus Finch from To Kill a READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
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
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE FORTNIGHT IN SEPTEMBER – R.C. SHERRIFF
I love discovering quiet books that have completely escaped my notice for years, but that suddenly become reading experiences that irrevocably change my internal literary landscape. This is one such book. It was published in 1931, and written by a WWI survivor who had come to fame when he wrote a play, Journey’s End, based READ MORE
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
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | BETWEEN THE STOPS – SANDI TOKSVIG
Sandi Toksvig is a legend. She has lived an amazingly interesting life, she is hilarious, smart, knowledgeable and has a voice I could listen to for days. (I have, actually.) She is not only a writer, but a comedian, a former presenter of The Great British Bake Off, and took over as host of notorious 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
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
It seems that I’m sort of back into reading, though slowly and mostly jumping from one book to another without settling firmly on most of them! I’m including the ones that did stick or that I think will be most likely to hold my attention. In other news I’ve planted my beans in the READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | PAGEBOY – ELLIOT PAGE
I, like many people, have been following Elliot Page’s career for years. He has a wonderful ability as an actor to evoke emotion in the viewer. I’ve loved films from Juno to Whip It to Hard Candy, but I’ve always felt an edge to his work. Not quite cynicism, but definitely a feeling of some 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