12,648 Days Alive
8 Books Read in 2020 So Far
I finished reading The Secrets of Ghosts today. I’m a little behind in my reading goals, but it’s only February. I’ll catch up.
Continue reading “8 Down, 103 to go.”8 Down, 103 to go.
Tag: Reading as a Coping Mechanism
Power Out, Power Clean
12,647 Days Alive
Man, today was a trip. The power went out at work just after lunch and stayed out so we got to go home early. And then, the cleaning bug bit.
Continue reading “Power Out, Power Clean”Films and Festivities
12,645 Days Alive
1 Busy Weekend!
I am going to complete my second goal of the year this weekend with cousin Kay!
Continue reading “Films and Festivities”Review: A Study in Charlotte
Available on: Amazon, Audible, and Barnes and Noble.
Overview:
Blurb: Teenager James Watson, direct decedent of that Dr. John H. Watson, ends up in the same boarding school as Charlotte Holmes. She also happens to be the latest generation, but of Sherlock Holmes’ family line. They are nothing to each other, yet, they still end up tangled together in a murder investigation that is far more complex, and life-threatening, than it first appears as not one but three of the old Holmes and Watson adventure are mocked while lives are threatened.
Trigger Warnings:
Blood, Bullying, Death, Drug Use (Illicit), Drug Use (Non-Consensual), Drug Use (Prescription), Food, Gambling (underage), Gun Violence, Mental Illness, Murder, Non-Consensual Sex, Non-Consensual Touching, Off Screen Sex, Physical Abuse, Poor Coping Mechanisms, Purple Prose, Rape (mentioned, off-screen), Self-Injury, Sexism, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Toxic Masculinity, Unsafe Lifestyle, Unsafe Sex, Violence, Violent Imagery
Body Count: 2
Continue reading “Review: A Study in Charlotte”Review: Yellowstone Heart Song (Yellowstone Romance Book 1)
Available on: Amazon, Audible, and Barnes and Noble.
Overview:
Blurb: Amiee Donovan is a nurse and avid hiker that finds herself 200 years in the past, thanks to the magical interference of one Mr. Osborne. Thankfully, not long after a rather angry bear helps Amiee take a header off a small cliff in Old Yellowstone, Daniel and his brother happen upon her. And then Amiee’s adventure truly begins!
Trigger Warnings:
Ableism, Bastardization of Culture, Bastardization of Mythology, Blood, Death, Drug Use (Non-Consensual), Drug Use (Prescription), Food, Gun Violence, Infidelity, Murder, Non-Consensual Sex (attempted) Non-Consensual Touching, Off Screen Infidelity, Off Screen Sex, Plot Holes the Size of a Canadian Province, Racism, Sexism, Sexual Assault (mentioned), Sexual Situations, Systemic Racism, Time Period Accurate Racism, Toxic Masculinity, Unsafe Lifestyle, Unsafe Sex, Violence, Violent Imagery
Body Count: 3
Continue reading “Review: Yellowstone Heart Song (Yellowstone Romance Book 1)”Review: I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
By: Malala Yousafzai
Available on: Amazon, Audible, and Barnes and Noble.
Overview:
Malala Yousafzai is known the world over as being the youngest winner of the Noble Peace Prize. Someone attempted to assassinate her because she stood up for the right of her people, male and female alike, to be educated. She survived and is a strong voice against those who would rather see the ignorant remain the majority.
Trigger Warnings:
Animal Death, Anti Semitism, Blood, Childbirth (mentioned), Death, Food, Gore, Gun Violence, Islamophobia (mentioned), Murder, Police Brutality, Pregnancy (mentioned), Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Systemic Racism, Terrorism, Toxic Masculinity, Violence, Violent Imagery, War
Review: A Berry Deadly Welcome
By A. R. Winters
Available on: Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
Overview:
Blurb: Kylie Berry moves to Camden Falls, Kentucky to get away from her no-good, dirty, rotten, cheater of an ex-husband. She’s offered a job at her cousin’s cafe and jumps at the chance. Unfortunately for her, she now owns the cafe and a reputation for being a harlot thanks to her ex-husband’s harridan aunt Dorothy. Things don’t get any better when her admittedly terrible cooking apparently kills her new cook! Life in the tiny town of Camden Falls looks to be trying to take Kylie out at the knees before she can even fully stand up.
Trigger Warnings:
Bullying, Death, Drug Use (Non-Consensual), Emotional Abuse, Food, Gun Violence, Infidelity, Murder, Off Screen Infidelity, Poor Coping Mechanisms, Violence
Body Count: 1
Continue reading “Review: A Berry Deadly Welcome”2020: The Year of Naps and Laughter
12,605 Days Alive
1 Hat Made
1 Very Long Nap
I don’t normally do a word of the year sort of thing. But if I had to pick one, it would be “laughter”.
Continue reading “2020: The Year of Naps and Laughter”#200 Books in 2019: Accomplished List
I did not meet my goal. I’m more than a little disappointed.
Continue reading “#200 Books in 2019: Accomplished List”The 2020 Golden Trio Reading Challenge
I can’t sleep! So. Have a reading challenge!
Have you heard of the Golden Trio Reading Challenge?
I attempted this year, being the current year of 2019, but wasn’t quite successful. Read all about it below!
Continue reading “The 2020 Golden Trio Reading Challenge”2020 Reading List
I have a total of 111 books on my to-be read list for 2020.
It sounds like a lot, doesn’t it?
Continue reading “2020 Reading List”Join the Analog Book Challenge for 2020! #TheABC2020
Join the Analog Book Challenge for 2020!
What it is:
Read twelve non-digital books in a year. No set or particular ones, just twelve wonderful books.
Where it is:
Anywhere you like to read, within the bounds of propriety and legality. (No reading while driving, please!)
When it is:
Whenever you have time to read! Hopefully, about a book each month.
Why it is:
Because why not?! Reading is a wonderful thing.
Continue reading “Join the Analog Book Challenge for 2020! #TheABC2020”The Last Full Moon of 2019
12,585 Days Alive
“When the Moon rides at her peak, then you heart’s desire seek,” says a line from the Wiccan Rede. I don’t want for much right now. Except maybe one or two non-material things that no amount of money can buy.
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