Every time I think I’ve caught myself up and got into a rhythm, life laughs at me. I actually got my ADHD diagnosis yesterday which helps me understand a little why this happens, and I can start to try and figure out things out once we find a medication schedule …
Cassie Some drive-by mini reviews
It’s been a while since I’ve done any mini-reviews (and, y’know, actually finished reading any books to write a review of) so here’s a little round-up of what I’ve been reading recently. I’ve DNFed two books in the last week: The first one was Kelly Ambers – Her First Collar: …
Book Review: How To Be A Healthy & Happy Submissive by Kate Kinsey
Title: How To Be A Happy & Healthy Submissive Author: Kate Kinsey Dates read: 17/04/22 – 18/09/22 Rating 4/5 Publisher: Nevermore Press Number of pages: 192 Fiction or non-fiction: non-fiction Subject or genre: BDSM, sexuality Book blurb: Beyond Fifty Shades of Grey, there’s an entire kinky world of BDSM, full …
A Quick Catch Up
So, the news in brief and some reading roundups are The not-COVID I had at the beginning of the month? Yeah, it turned out to actually be COVID. Li and I were both pretty sick for about 10 days, and completely exhausted for about another week. I still get fatigued …
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. …
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 …
Drive-by Mini-Reviews, the second
I keep telling myself I’m going to get better at writing proper reviews as and when I finish a book but… it’s not going very well. I’m still not completely confident at writing them, if I’m being honest, but I can already tell I’m improving when I look at the …
Classic Literature, Mythological Creatures and What I’m Reading Wednesday
So, yesterday’s Top Ten On Tuesday asked 21st Century Books I Think Will Become Classics and honestly, I don’t have an answer to this, mostly because the kinds of books I read aren’t ones that would be considered for that status. It did, however, inspire quite the conversation between me …
Drive-by Mini-Reviews
The only issue with reading multiple books at the same time, is that every now and again you manage to finish a whole collection of them all at the same time, which is what’s happened to me over the last few days. And, naturally, I was busy with school and …
Book Review: How To Sleep Tight Through The Night by Tzivia Gover & Lesléa Newman
Title: How To Sleep Tight Through The Night Author: Tzivia Gover & Lesléa Newman Dates read: 15/02/22 Rating 4/5 Publisher: Storey Publishing Number of pages: 64 Fiction or non-fiction: non-fiction Subject or genre: health Book blurb: Whether it’s bedtime or the wee hours of the night, this sweetly illustrated nighttime …