12,984 Days Alive
So, Fen bought us Korean BBQ for dinner tonight. I tried kimchi. I wasn’t a fan. But I loved the bulgogi beef they had.
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Tag: Reading
Review: The Mermaid’s Daughter
By: Ann Claycomb
Available on: Amazon, Audible, and Barnes and Noble.
Overview:
Blurb: Kathleen is a soprano singer. She’s also cursed with a strange affliction all the doctors in the world and quite figure out. It feels like every step she takes is on broken glass and sometimes, it feels like her tongue has been cut out. Kathleen and her girlfriend Harry, who is a mezzo, try to deal with the downward spiral of Kathleen’s affliction, with help from Kathleen’s father Robin, his wife Tae, and an honest to gods selkie.
Tags and Trigger Warnings:
Bastardization of Mythology, Blood, Death, Drug Use (Prescription), Drug Use (Illicit), Eating Disorder, Food, Ghosts, Gore, Homophobic Language, Horror, Infidelity, Magic, Magical Realism, Mental Illness, Mermaids, Miscarriage, Murder (Discussed), Mythology, Off Screen Infidelity, Off Screen Sex, On Screen Sex, Poor Coping Mechanisms, Pregnancy, Purple Prose, Romance, Self-Injury, Sexual Assault (mentioned), Suicidal Thoughts, Suicide, Supernatural Fiction, Violence, Violent Imagery, Witches, Women’s Fiction
Body Count: multiple across generations
Continue reading “Review: The Mermaid’s Daughter”The -ish and Analog Reading Challenges : 2021
12,983 Days Alive
64 Books to Read (52+12)
3 Episodes of River Monsters Watched
2 Reading Challenges
1 Double Dose of Caffeine Pills
I often make the joke that I am more “ish” than I am Jewish. It’s literally true, at least according to Ancestry.com’s results.
Anyway, how does that relate to a reading challenge? I’ll explain: one of my goals for 2021 is to read fifty two books this year. That breaks down to one a week…ish. I have a tendency to read in fits. So, it’s the -ish Challenge. A book a week-ish.
Continue reading “The -ish and Analog Reading Challenges : 2021”Of Mermaids and Melancholy
12,982 Days Alive
2 Plates of Nachos
1 Finished Book
There’s always something a little jarring about finishing reading a book. Detaching one’s self from the fictional world and stepping back into the “real” world.
Continue reading “Of Mermaids and Melancholy”Of Sherlock and Stress
12,981 Days Alive
3 Cookie Dough Flautas Eaten
1 Episode of BBC’s Sherlock Watched
Today was… overwhelming. Work was again super stressful. It’s only Tuesday but man am I looking forward to the weekend. Tomorrow will be a better day, I’m sure of it.
Continue reading “Of Sherlock and Stress”Of Curry and Crocheting
12,980 Days Alive
27% Through The Mermaid’s Daughter
2 Servings of Vegetarian “Chikin” Curry
1 Interesting Monday
I worked more on Grandma Gator’s blanket today. Not much as I was and still am fried from work. I made dinner tonight, though. We had a curry made with vegetarian chicken from Morningstar Farms. It was good.
Continue reading “Of Curry and Crocheting”Of Biff and (More) Board Games
12,979 Days Alive
1,000 Posts on PostmarkWonderland!!!
501 Day Streak on Duolingo
25th Birthday of Phoenix, my Little Brother
23% Done with The Mermaid’s Daughter by Ann Claycomb
2 Rounds of Quirky Circuits Played
1 Positive Outlook for Work Tomorrow
I’m damned determined for this week to be better than last. So shall it be. It’s going to be an awesome week and I’m going to rock it out.
Continue reading “Of Biff and (More) Board Games”Of Vodka and Violence
12,975 Days Alive
2 Days Till Payday
1 Shot of Peach Vodka
There is great disturbances in the United States right now. Some white terrorists stormed the Capital Building earlier today and ransacked the place. They were not treated as the BLM protestors were. At all. And I am shaking in rage at the unfairness of it all.
So I’m going to focus on what I can control.
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12,974 Days Alive
Spock has been a little snuggly as of the last few days. Not sick, but I think the cold weather has him sticking close for the body heat.
Continue reading “Of Coke Floats and Cat Snuggles”Review: The Language of Spells
By: Sarah Painter
Available on: Amazon, Audible, and Barnes and Noble.
Overview:
Blurb: Gwen Harper has a (literal) magical knack for finding things. She returns to Pendleford after many years away in the wake of her great aunt Iris’ death having inherited a house from said deceased relative. But not all welcome her back with open arms, and that includes her ex, Cameron. Magic and mystery and a little bit of mischief are all in the cards.
Tags and Trigger Warnings:
Blood, Bullying, Child Abuse, Death, Drug Use (Illicit), Elder Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Food, Infidelity, Magic, Magical Realism, Metaphysical Fiction, Murder, Poor Coping Mechanisms, Pregnancy, Romance, Suicide, Supernatural Fiction, Theft, Underage Drinking, Underage Drug Use, Violence, Violent Imagery, Women’s Fiction, Women’s Psychological Fiction
Body Count: 3, but one starts off dead.
Continue reading “Review: The Language of Spells”Of Nachos and Necessities
12,973 Days Alive
4 Belated Yule Gifts from DW
2 Pancakes Eaten
1 Doctor Appointment and Panic Attack
1/2 Order of Nachos
Today has been A Day for me. I had a panic attack today. As well as I had my doctor’s appointment with Peter this morning; so I am absolutely fried.
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12,972 Days Alive
5 Days Till Payday
1 Massive Lunch
So I had a chance to see Ian and Megan again today. Megan needed to return some shoes so we did that and then went to an all-you-can-eat sushi place that was really good.
Continue reading “Of Cheesecake and Crocheting”Of Decades and Dedication
12,969 Days Alive
I’ve amended my goals for 2021, well, added to them, technically. But now it’s twenty one personal goals!
Continue reading “Of Decades and Dedication”