12,260 Days Alive
7,131 Steps For the Day
5,883 Books to Read
4 Loads of Laundry Done
1 New Ikea Shelf Built
I am literally going to bed so I don’t have to fight with Mount Laundry any more tonight.
12,260 Days Alive
7,131 Steps For the Day
5,883 Books to Read
4 Loads of Laundry Done
1 New Ikea Shelf Built
I am literally going to bed so I don’t have to fight with Mount Laundry any more tonight.
By: Cat Lawley -check out her website here.

Available on: Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
My review is also available to read on Goodreads!
Overview:
Blurb: After a night out drinking with lackluster coworkers, Mallory awakens half a week later and 25 pounds lighter. A trip to the urgent care puts her in the path of the local Society for the Study of Occult and Paranormal Phenomena. Since she is violently sickened by blood, Mallory becomes a vegan vampire: living on virgin Bloody Marys and vegan nutrient shakes.
Trigger Warnings:
Blood, Death, Drug Use (Illicit), Drug Use (Non-Consensual), Drug Use (Prescription), Food, Murder, Non-Consensual Touching, Violence, Violent Imagery
Body Count: 7
Read the review here!12,255 Days Alive
5,729 Books to Read
52 More Goals to Meet
6 Days Until My Doctor’s Appointment
3 Days Until My Three Day Weekend
2 Days Till Payday
1 Cat Begging for Attention Whilst the Other Is Being a Jerk
I’m not having a great day. Neither physically, mentally, nor emotionally.
Here’s another recipe from our good friend “Good Bread: How to Make It”: simple Bread Sticks! As ever: recipe first, memory lane wandering after!
Since it’s a pet peeve of mine, here’s the recipe for Parker House Rolls that I found in a vintage ladies’ pamphlet called “Good Bread: How to Make It”. I’ll get all anecdotal afterward!
12,254 Days Alive
5,702 Books to Read
3 Loads of Laundry Done
2 Hours Slept
1 Very Grumpy Me
Question of the day: what do you use to help you get through the day after a rotten night’s sleep?
I’m exhausted to the point of pain. But I am also accomplished.
By: Imogen Hermes Gowar

Available on: Amazon, Audible, and Barnes and Noble.
Overview:
Blurb: An elegant tale told in three acts: a twist of fortune changes the lives of many as one Mr. Jonah Hancock comes into possession of the corpse of an honest-to-god baby mermaid. The novelty attracts the attention of the Madame of a so-called nunnery, where ladies are handsomely compensated for their company and far more physical acts. One of Mrs. Chappell’s former star girls is recently returned to the social scene after the untimely demise of her previous patron. Her name is well known amongst the Ton: Mrs. Angelica Neal. She is fickle and flighty; she struggles to readjust to the return to her life before. All is not lost for Angelica as she is reunited with her old friend, and fellow pupil of Mrs. Chappell, Bel Fortescue. But lust, love, loss, and folly drive Angelica from the path of professional mistress and towards the haunted Mr. Hancock. She demands another mermaid from him in return for her affections. But the realities of obtaining said creature are far from what either expected. With her lifestyle in upheaval and friends betraying her, Angelica falls from hedonistic opulence into spirited but ordinary.
Trigger Warnings:
Bullying, Child Abuse, Death (mentioned), Drug Use (Illicit), Emotional Abuse, Food, Infidelity, Mental Abuse, Miscarriage, Non-Consensual Touching, Off Screen Infidelity, Off Screen Sex, Poor Coping Mechanisms, Prostitution, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Systemic Racism, Time Period True Racism, Toxic Masculinity, Unsafe Lifestyle, Unsafe Sex
Body Count: 0
Continue reading “Review: The Mermaid and Mrs. Handcock”12,252 Days Alive
2 Friends Seen
1 Blended Vanilla Chai Latte with Boba Drank
Just a quick note, as I am tired as all hell.
We were able to meet up with both J and Marina today.
Move is… progressing. So many boxes to unpack.
I just read through the last quarter of Imogen Hermes Gowar’s The Mermaid and Mrs. Handcock. Review will be posted as time allows.
I need sleep. G’night Wonderlandians.
12,252 Days Alive
2 Friends Seen
1 Blended Vanilla Chai Latte with Boba Drank
Just a quick note, as I am tired as all hell.
We were able to meet up with both J and Marina today.
Move is… progressing. So many boxes to unpack.
I just read through the last quarter of Imogen Hermes Gowar’s The Mermaid and Mrs. Handcock. Review will be posted as time allows.
I need sleep. G’night Wonderlandians.
By Kerry Greenwood
Available on: Amazon, Audible, and Barnes and Noble.
Overview:
Blurb: When she finds herself rather bored with hum-drum England, the Honorable Miss Phryne Fisher decides to jump ship, a bit literally, to return to her homeland: Australia. Once there, she finds herself a few friends and a new maid. And then she finds a couple of communists, a few new and one old enemy, and nearly gets herself slightly murdered for being just a little curious about the king of cocaine in Melbourne. It’s the first book in a series and one I desperately wish to continue reading.
Trigger Warnings:
Bloodshed, Child Abuse, Death, Drug Use (Illicit), Drug Use (Non-Consensual), Drug Use (Prescription), Gun Violence, Infidelity, Murder, Non-Consensual Sex, Non-Consensual Touching, Off Screen Sex, On Screen Sex, Physical Abuse, Sexism, Sexual Abuse (mentioned), Sexual Assault (mention of), Unsafe Sex, Violence, Violent Imagery, War (Discussion of)
Body Count: 0
Overall Annual Books Planning to be Read:
I have both monthly and annual reading challenges I’m taking part in during 2019. I said my goal was #200Books, but it seems like I’m squeaking ever closer to 210.
This is the list of everything, with links to reviews as they are consumed.
Continue reading “2019 Reading Challenge Master Book Lists!”

By Shirley Jackson
Available on: Amazon, Audible, Barnes and Noble.View all my reviews on Goodreads as they are available.
Trigger Warnings:
Bullying (Mentioned), Death, Drinking (Alcohol), Emotional Abuse, Mental Abuse, Mental Illness, Murder, Poor Coping Mechanisms, Self-Injury, Suicidal Thoughts, Suicide
Body Count: Technically only one during the story itself. But the house has devoured more lives than that.
Continue reading “Review: The Haunting of Hill House”12,249 Days Alive
5,672 Books to Read This Lifetime
207 Books Still to Read This Year
34 Hours Until Moving Day
3 Books Touched Today: One Finished, Another In Progress, Another Still Started
3 Carloads Total Taken Up to the New Place
2 Meetings at Work
1 Review Pending Completion
Question of the day: if you could only read from one genre for the rest of your life, what would you pick? What would you absolutely avoid?
By the Gods, today was a thoroughly busy day!