12,880 Days Alive
I’m so glad it’s finally Friday. This week has been a horror show for me. Knocked flat with a migraine and there was that change at work as well.
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Category: Reading
Of Moonlight and Meowing
12,879 Days Alive
400 Day Streak on Duolingo
Spock is being exceptionally vocal tonight. He’s chirruping and meowing and purring up a storm. He’s been a real cuddle bug since I got home from work. Maybe he knows I’m not feeling one hundred percent better yet?
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12,861 Days Alive
110 Days Left in 2020
95 Books Left to Read-Maybe
54 Non-Golden Trio Reading Challenge Books to Read
16 Books Read So Far
I believe I’m going to have to amend my reading goal. JK Rowling has come out of the woodwork as an absolute TERF and I’m phenomenally disappointed in her for her inhumanity.
Continue reading “Of Books and Belief”Silliness on a Sunday
12,840 Days Alive
361 Day Streak on Duolingo
3 Episodes of A Touch of Cloth
1 New Smoothie Tried
I spent the day with Reffie today. She gifted me a wonderful bag of chocolate as well as the pleasure of her company today.
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12,821 Days Alive
1 Book Read
It’s the third night of the full moon and all I want to do is go sleep outside for some reason. Like when I was younger.
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12,810 Days Alive
2 Cheese Sticks Eaten
1 Load of Laundry Done
They finally fixed the dryer! Woo hoo! I guess I’m a little spoiled by the in-units, but it’s a necessity with the fact that I only wear a literal half of my wardrobe.
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12,806 Days Alive
Today was one of those days where I blinked and it was noon.
Continue reading “Manic Monday and a New Moon”Finally Friday
12,796 Days Alive
Edit: it works better when I remember to hit “publish”.
I am so glad it’s Friday. It seemed like everything that could go wrong did this week.
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12,795 Days Alive
$170 Spent
1 Vet Visit
I had to take off early for Spock’s veterinary visit this afternoon.
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12,793 Days Alive
2 Movies Watched
1 Cupcake Eaten
I’m for bed here shortly, so this will be brief.
Continue readingFriday-Flavored Thursday
12,798 Days Alive
3 Day Weekend
1 Mild Headache
Wooo! I made it through this short week by the skin of my teeth and with overtime at work. I am so grateful for my job and my coworkers.
Continue reading “Friday-Flavored Thursday”#WitchyWednesday: Week 12
Happy Wednesday!
I’ll be doing four prompts a week, on Wednesdays, tagged #WitchyWednesday on Twitter. I’m happy to clarify anything and respond to any questions or comments. Feel free to contact me as well! As for the prompts, they’re originally from a Tumblr post by user Baduhennasraven.
Continue reading “#WitchyWednesday: Week 12”Review: Fortune’s Fool, A Tale of the Five Hundred Kingdoms (Book 3)
By: Mercedes Lackey
Available on: Amazon, Audible, and Barnes and Noble.
Overview:
Blurb: This is the third book in the Five Hundred Kingdoms series; while it can be read as a stand-alone, it does make more sense if you have read The Fairy Godmother with certain characters that make an appearance. Katya, a daughter of the Sea King, is a spy for her father. She is sent ashore and meets a kitsune who she aids in defeating a demon. While on another mission, Katya meets the Seventh Son of the King of Led Belarus, another kingdom of the Five Hundred Kingdoms.
However, this kingdom has no Fairy Godmother, just the magic of Sasha, the Fortunate Fool and Seventh Son. Katya and Sasha fall in love, quite quickly, and end up separated when Katya is kidnapped by an evil Jinn. Katya and Sasha have separate adventures, including run-ins with Baba Yaga herself and the Queen of the Copper Mountain, as they strive to get back to one another.
Katya isn’t the only one that has been kidnapped. Because of The Tradition forcing his hand, the Jinn has been taking women of magical abilities away and keeping them to drain of their powers. One of the Swan Sisters has been stolen away by the Jinn, another captive is an actual ghost who is earth-bound. A snow maiden and shapeshifter have also been taken.
As ever with a Five Hundred Kingdoms, they also help many others along the way. All in all, a nice, happily ever after sort of story, with magical beings and multiple folk tale characters abounding.
Trigger Warnings:
Bastardization of Mythology, Blood, Bullying, Death, Disabled Character (sort of), Food, Murder, Off Screen Sex, Poor Coping Mechanisms, Purple Prose, Sex, Toxic Masculinity (mentioned in passing), Unsafe Sex, Violence, Violent Imagery, War
Body Count: 2, technically? Does it count if they’re already dead?
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