12,659 Days Alive
5 Goals Achieved So Far
1 Tired Self
I may have overdone it a little this weekend. Stayed up too late, didn’t hydrate enough, but I regret absolutely nothing.
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Tag: Reading as a Coping Mechanism
Tired and Tires
12,654 Days Alive
1 Flat Tire
1/3rd the Way Through Little Women
I am exhausted today. Somehow, I picked up not one but two rocks in my driver’s side rear tire. I have no clue how.
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12,653 Days Alive
I’m in a mood today. Tired and out of sorts with a touch of a sour stomach and a runny nose.
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Available on: Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
Overview:
Blurb: Katie Harper is turning twenty one and hopes, on this birthday, she will finally come into the powers she has been working towards for years. Most of the Harper women are known for being “wise women”, each having their own abilities. For Katie, her power suddenly appears in the wake of a death at her workplace. Now, she can see and talk to ghosts! Secrets abound with her new-found powers and danger from unexpected sources.
Trigger Warnings:
Death, Food, Gore, Murder
Body Count: 3, technically?
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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.”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.
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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.
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