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July 9, 2022
Throwback Thursday (On Saturday!) #46 – Secrets, Hiding Places and Niches
Having another go at Maggie and Laurens, Throwback Thursday challenge! This week it is Maggie who has set the questions. This week’s prompt is: Secrets, Hiding Places and Niches. Did you keep a diary or a journal? If so, where did you keep it? I kept various diaries over the years, but I was never one to […]
July 8, 2022
#SoCS July 9, 2022 – Make A Note
Linda’s SoCS prompt. Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “make a note.” Do with it what you will. Have fun! This feels like a very apt prompt for me, right now. Some of you will have read my Chai Post a couple of weeks ago, detailing the decline of my memory, as I […]
July 6, 2022
One-Liner Wednesday – Jumping Ship
“What on earth is happening to our government? Ritu Bhathal For Linda’s #1LinerWeds
July 3, 2022
The Blunder by @muttlon #BlogTour @fmcmassociates
Today I am hosting a translated fiction release by Mutt-Lon, The Blunder. The Blurb From a bold voice in African fiction comes a satirical and unputdownable reimagining of an overlooked episode in Cameroon’s colonial past. Cameroon, 1929. As colonial powers fight for influence in Africa, French military surgeon Eugène Jamot is dispatched to Cameroon to […]
Chai And A Chat #193 #ChaiAndAChat
Good morning, everyone! How are you, this fine Monday morning? Oh, and Happy 4th of July to the American Peeps of mine! Right, so I have my cup of chai. You got yours? If we were having chai, I’d tell you that time is whizzing by. we have 3 weeks and two days left with the […]
July 2, 2022
Dele Weds Destiny by @TomiObaro @HodderBooks #BookTour
I do love a good book tour and when I got asked to take part in this particular one, I jumped at it, as I had already read the book concerned as an ARC! Today we look at Dele Weds Destiny, by Tomi Obaro. The story of three once-inseparable college friends in Nigeria who reunite […]
Spidey’s Serene Sunday – Part 382 – Fate Or Hard Work?
“Everything happens when it’s supposed to.” Michelle C. Ustaszeski Thank you, Spidey, for finding a quote that I can discuss, what with different things floating around in my head… again! This time, I wanted to talk about fate. How many of you just leave things to fate? Or do you think it’s just sheer luck […]
Ritu Visits the Bar – SoCS – No Facilities
Please, pop over to Dan’s blog to share a drink with Dan, David, Cheryl and me as we discuss Marriage Unarranged, writing with a busy life, and what different audiences think of my writing…! David here: It’s Saturday. We’re at the bar, but rather than have you listen to Dan, ramble on mindlessly. “Um, it’s […]
July 1, 2022
#SoCS July 2, 2022 – Amble
Linda’s SoCS prompt. Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “—amble.” Add letters to the beginning of “-amble” to make another word or use it as is in your post. Enjoy! Scrambling to write a preamble to this ambling post… Did I really just write that? Can you see how frazzled my brain is, […]
June 2022 Books #AmReading
I cannot believe we have reached the end of June, meaning we are halfway through 2022! Well, I already hit my Goodreads target, lol, and I have a little heap of ARCs I volunteered to read for my publisher, too, as well as the usual NetGalley ARCS… I know. I cannot help myself, but since […]
