I tend to read a lot in January, if only because there isn't much going on in the first- and often coldest- month of the year. In January 2022, I read twenty books. This January, I read twelve things. I'm not bothered by this, as there were a few books I did not finish, a … Continue reading January Summary, February Preview
Sunday Sum-Up: January 29, 2023
I had a busy week at work last week, thanks to a tedious but necessary annual task that always takes several days to complete. We finished it yesterday, but while that's all done next week promises to be a busy one, too. At least Monday and Tuesday will be busy. After that, I think things … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: January 29, 2023
Sunday Sum-Up: January 22, 2023
Quick sum-up this time, as I have a few things going on at the moment. We've had a couple of days of snow this week, though neither day gave us very much-- a couple of inches at most. Enough to be pretty, but not enough to cause real problems. Which I'm fine with. They got … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: January 22, 2023
Sunday Sum-Up: January 15, 2022
It's been a quiet and cozy week around here. I'm still enjoying the vibes provided by the new living room lamp, and I'm finally getting around to finishing up some Netflix shows and watching a few movies I've had in my queue for a long time. So I finished up Wednesday (which was fun, though … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: January 15, 2022
Best Books of 2022
Now that we're nearly halfway through January, I should probably get around to writing my 2022 wrap-ups, huh? So let's get to it. I read 160 books last year. I gave seven new-to-me books five stars, but that doesn't mean they were necessarily new favorites. Sofi Thanhauser's Worn: A People's History of Clothing was incredibly … Continue reading Best Books of 2022
Book Review: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeriesby Heather FawcettFantasy317 pagesPublished January 10, 2023 Emily Wilde, Cambridge professor and steadfast researcher, has no problem traipsing into the remote fields and forests of Europe to conduct her research into the many varieties of faeries that haunt the edges of civilization, but an ordinary conversation with another person is utterly … Continue reading Book Review: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Sunday Sum-Up: January 8, 2023
I did not, on New Year's Eve, make a resolution to be cozier in my little corner of the world, but that seems to be what is happening this winter. So way back in my college years, when I got my first apartment, I bought a floor lamp for my living room. It was nothing … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: January 8, 2023
The Worst Books of 2022
For my own sake, I tend to not finish books I'm not enjoying. Life is too short for bad books, but as I was working on a particular reading challenge (which I'll discuss later on), there were some lousy books that I didn't finish, simply because they were part of said challenge and I didn't … Continue reading The Worst Books of 2022
Holiday Book Haul
Under normal circumstances, I would have gone to Barnes and Noble for the 50% off All Hardbacks sale having already opened my Christmas gifts and knowing which books I'd received. 2022's Christmas season did not provide normal circumstances, however. Between a couple of family illnesses (everyone is recovering nicely, thank you) and the awful weather … Continue reading Holiday Book Haul
Happy New Year!
It's been an interesting past couple of weeks, with plans going awry and being put into place at almost the last minute. And in this liminal space between Christmas and New Year's Day, I've been working hard to finish projects before the stroke of midnight tonight. So I'll be back to properly writing again soon … Continue reading Happy New Year!
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