Happy Publication Day to Natalie J Case whose latest book Thanátou (The Blood Witch Saga Book 1) is out today. Thána Archer thinks she knows what her life is about. A mid-level manager at a manufacturing company, Thána is good at what she does. She doesn’t believe in magic, witches …
Weird Real Life Events and What I’m Reading Wednesday
Li and I are still both sacked out sick on the couch, watching nature documentaries on iplayer and napping. She’s sorting out embroidery thread, I’m tidying up my new website and reading – although I’m not entirely sure how much brain I have for doing it! This week’s Weekly Wednesday …
I Ate’nt Dead
You know what’s really funny? I’ve been meaning to write a post for about a week or so where I say ‘I’m not dead, just distracted’ because…. well because after submitting my essay on the Sanctuary Of Zeus, I fell down the rabbithole of playing Stardew Valley and barely picked …
The Sanctuary of Zeus, Bookish Characters, Extraterrestrials, and WWW Wednesday
I have finished doing the research for my end of semester assignment. I currently know far more about the history of the Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia, and the metopes and pediments of the Temple Of Zeus than anyone could possibly want to know. I am now filing the information …
Book Review: Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig
Title: Notes on a Nervous Planet Author: Matt Haig Dates read: 01/05/22 – 07/05/22 Rating 4.5/5 Publisher: Canongate Number of pages: 310 Fiction or non-fiction: non-fiction Subject or genre: health, mental health, philosophy, psychology Book blurb: The world is messing with our minds. Rates of stress and anxiety are rising. …
Book Blogger Hop: Book Tours
The Book Blogger Hop was originally created by Jennifer from Crazy-For-Books in March 2010 and ended on December 31, 2012. With Jennifer’s permission, Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer relaunched the meme on February 15, 2013. Each week the hop will start on a Friday and end on Thursday. There …
Benedict Cumberbatch, Fictional Mothers & WWW Wednesday
I finished reading This Is Not A Book About Benedict Cumberbatch last night and it left me feeling quite disappointed. I was really looking forward to reading this, the subtitle of the book professed it was about ‘the joy of loving something – anything – like your life depends on …
One-Word Reviews for the Last Ten Books I Read
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to …
Reading Intentions
For the last couple of years, I’ve been in a serious reading slump – combined with the guilt, I suppose, that every time I picked up a book to read for fun, there was a little voice in my head saying I should be studying (I’m doing part-time distance learning, …
April Wrap Up
April has been incredibly stressful, I’m not going to lie. My mental health hasn’t been great but I’m powering through and y’know, I’m still alive and kicking so there’s that. I’ve started therapy which is much more work than I thought it was going to be and we’re already working …