Coming back from the other side of my Bipolar Wonderland through medication, creativity, and moxie.
12,215 Days Alive
6,754 Books To Read
14 Days Until I Meet Baby Bubble
4 Books I Need to Remember to Review
3 Frog and Restart Sessions
1 Entire Digorno Pizza Consumed
I officially said my final fair well to carbohydrate consumption in great amounts today. I start the ketogenic diet fully in the morning. Why?
Because I know I can do it. I want to do it. And for fuck’s sake, I am tired of being fat.
***Trigger warning for content: I am going to discuss my being a rape survivor in this entry.***
12,212 Days Alive
6,744 Books to Read
34 Years Worth Of 200 Books a Year
6 Pairs of Glasses
1 Row Redone
1 Migraine Persisting
I’m still short on spoons and have a massive migraine hang over, so this will be brief as well.
12,303 Days Alive
6,619 Books to Read
14 Days Till My Psych Appointment
13 Weeks Since Daddy Died
12 Books Read So Far This Year
6 Days Since I’ve Touched a Book
1 Gifted Pizza
I need to get back into the swing of reading. I’m kind of completely lacking as of late. Just haven’t… even in the midst of mania can’t be bothered.
Continue reading “Dream, Down, Delightful Downpours, and Dear Friends”
12,302 Days Alive
6,602 Books to Read
16 Days Till My Psych Appointment
9 Days Since I Last Slept Through the Night
3 Bars of Royalty Soap Bars That I Want (But can’t justify literally $30 for three bars of soap when I am this broke)
1 Living Room Vacuumed
1/2 Basket of Clothing Put Away
I am mentally and emotionally burned out. I keep going because I have goals set and I literally don’t know what else to do. But I feel like I’m on autopilot.
12,297 Days Alive
6,587 Books to Read
10 Books Read and Reviewed So Far
5 Chairs and a Dining Room Table Procured
4 Shawls Planned Out
3 Roses Found
2 and a Half Hour Meeting
1 Hat Restarted
I finished another book today! One of the Craving For Cozies books I had planned to read as part of my 2019 Reading Challenge! And had a very, very long meeting at work. And with some outside assistance, we bought our kitchen table!
Available on: Amazon, Audible, and Barnes and Noble.
Overview:
Blurb: Karin, Jayce, and Lenore are dealing with a lot right now. Jayce has a corpse in her coffee shop. Karin has the hots for a total stranger. And Lenore sees death on the wind. There’s a lot going on that is happening unseen, and magic is thick in the air for this starter to the Witches of Doyle series.
Trigger Warnings:
Animal Death, Blood, Death, Drug Use (Non-Consensual), Drug Use (Prescription), Food, Gun Violence, Murder, Violence, Violent Imagery, Witchcraft
Body Count: 3
Continue reading “Review: Bound, The Witches of Doyle Book 1”
12,296 Days Alive
153 Days since Diagnosis of Bipolar 1
13 Major Life Events
I started this blog on Tuesday, 25th September 2018. It hasn’t been all that long. Well. Maybe it has? 153 days since my diagnosis. That is five months; that is twenty-two weeks as of today. It breaks down to 3670 some-odd hours, 220,350 minutes or so, or about 12,219,700 seconds. Again, give or take.
Read more…
12,294 Days Alive Still
6,574 Books to Read
87 Wikipedia Articles Read
8 Episodes of Paranormal Survivor Watched
3 Hour Nap
Since I didn’t get but an hour of sleep this morning, I wasn’t as productive as I wanted to be.
12,294 Days Alive
6,569 Books to Read
82 Days Since Daddy Died
5 Episodes, So Far, of Marie Kondo
2 Pairs of Glasses Worn Today
1 Round Trip to Savannah, Georgia
Today was such an interesting day. We drove up with Tink to Savannah to help her get her car. And now I’m sleepless.
By: Carolyn L. Dean
Available on: Amazon, Audible, and Barnes and Noble.
Overview:
Blurb: The start of the Ravenwood Cove Mystery series kicks off with Amanda inheriting a derelict bed and breakfast only to find a dead man in the back garden.
There’s a fight with the frigid mayor, a cop with a very nice behind, and a chicken that just won’t shut up. I’ll leave it to you to read the rest.
Trigger Warnings:
Blood, Bullying, Drug Use (Non-Consensual, Poison), Food, Gun Violence, Murder, Sexism, Toxic Masculinity, Violence, Violent Imagery
Body Count: 2
***Spoiler***: the cat and the chicken live.
Continue reading “Review: Bed, Breakfast, and Bones”
12,291 Days Alive
6,563 Books to Read
12 Hour Day
11 Books Read So Far In 2019
2 Reviews Written
2 Bouquets Made
1 Book Finished
1 Coworker Bid Farewell
Holy. Hell. Today was mega long.
Continue reading “Thoroughly Swamped Thursday”
By James Edward Austen-Leigh
Available on: Amazon
Overview: A wobbly but loving memoir written by Jane Austen’s family after her demise.
Trigger Warnings:
Purple Prose, Racism, Time Period Accurate Racism, Slight Toxic Masculinity
Body Count: None.
Continue reading “Review: A Memoir of Jane Austen”
Since I’m book addled, I’m updating on this particular challenge put on by MonganMoments.com’s, the Diversify Your Reading Challenge!
The Diversify Challenge has a category a month for a total of twelve books over the year:
As ever, I will be striving to review every book that I read. I’ll post to my Goodreads profile as to my progress and the reviews themselves.
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