Coming back from the other side of my Bipolar Wonderland through medication, creativity, and moxie.
15,101 Days Alive
13 Ebooks Checked Out from the Library
7 Physical Books Checked Out from the Public Library
2 Audiobooks Currently Checked Out
1 Video Game Played Today
I restarted Animal Crossing: New Horizons today. I literally couldn’t remember the last time I actually played on my switch lite that I’ve had two or three years now. Depression sucks.
Continue reading “Of Subtle Arts and Switch Lite”
Hello again, my lovely friends!
It has been quite a while since my last update on this reading challenge. The first… eight to nine months of this year were ass-kicking levels of depression. But I am slowly coming back and back o my books! So, tell me what you’re reading and if I should add it to my TBR?
Now, y’all know by now that I am nearly addicted to reading. I am an utter bibliophile and reading challenges, specifically this reading lunacy, is just up my alley.
Here’s a quick breakdown of the 13 Moons Reading Challenge for you, if you missed my first few posts about it:
Continue reading “13 Moons Reading Challenge, Update #4”
Hello again, my friends!
Now, y’all know by now that I am nearly addicted to reading. I am an utter bibliophile and reading challenges, specifically this reading lunacy is just up my alley.
Here’s a quick breakdown of the 13 Moons Reading Challenge for you, if you missed my first posts about it:
Continue reading “13 Moons Reading Challenge, Update #3”
I love to read. It has been a fantastic, well-honed coping mechanism for the last several decades. It is no secret in my social and familial circles that I am an utter bibliophile. So a reading challenge is just up my alley.
Here’s a quick breakdown of the 13 Moons Reading Challenge for you, if you missed my first post!
Continue reading “13 Moons Reading Challenge, Update #2”
I love to read. It has been a fantastic, well-honed coping mechanism for the last three and a half decades plus for me. thankfully, I did eventually wrench out from the works of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and Edgar Allan Poe.
So what is the 13 Moons Reading Challenge? Read on, dear friends!
Continue reading “13 Moons Reading Challenge, Update #1”
14,804 Days Alive
40th Anniversary of Labyrinth Being Released in Theaters
5 Quarts of Water Had Today
2 Books Chosen for the 13 Moons Reading Challenge
So. Tomorrow after work, Rose and I will be going to see the 1986 puppet-riddled masterpiece of cinema that is Labyrinth. Fun fact: it premiered in the UK a day before I turned one year old. Still love it, though.
Continue reading “Of Moon-Days and Movie Theaters”
14,803 Days Alive
56 Days Until I’ve Been Alive for 15,000 Days
0 Books Chosen for the 13 Moons Reading Challenge
Well, I know this is going to be late to post because I am currently hiding in a dark room with the “ice hat” on. (Edit: called it! I slept till 1030 Wednesday morning.) I also call the thing our “hawk hat”. Whatever you call it, it is helping. Between the TheraIce frozen hat thingie, my usual cocktail of migraine meds, a full-sugar Coca-Cola (for the first time I don’t even know how long), a zero-sugar Gatorade, and a bit of drive-thru food, I hope I can get over this quickly.
I had to leave work early because of my stupid, pain-riddled body. Ugh. Just the lovely, ever-continuing adventures of the malfunctioning meatbag, I guess. I’m going to try and get some rest after I drink more water.
Take your meds, folks.
I want to read a LOT more in 2026. Why? Because I do.
Look, I get my escapism from the flaming dumpster that is the current reality in a few ways. The most prominent is absolutely the consumption of media, be it the written word, music, making or enjoying art, podcasts, and visual media (aka the television). I am chronically ill. Currently, I am carefully juggling three part-time jobs, schooling full-time as well, am writing both a queer, magical realism fiction novel and a nonfiction treatise regarding homelessness. Admittedly, I have an absolutely terrible sleep schedule and often need to meditate, breathe through waves of pain, and/or read for a few minutes to an hour waiting for medication to kick in well enough for me to sleep. Also, I just genuinely enjoy reading.
So what is the 13 Moons Reading Challenge? Read on, dear friends!
Continue reading “2026 Reading Challenge #1: The 13 Moons Reading Challenge”
