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Hey there!

How are you today? I hope you're having a great October so far. 😊

Last week started with a long weekend (yay!) and the beginning of daylight savings (cool!). That makes me happy because I love the longer summer days. And the weather is already pretty warm, so it looks like we might be skipping spring to race straight into summer.

What did you get up to?

I spent most of my time reading and spring cleaning. Yeah, re-organising is a never-ending task but I'm in the zone and even went back to re-organi...

MY HUSBAND by Maud Ventura

My Husband by Maud Ventura
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Since finishing Annie Bot and Victorian Psycho last week, Goodreads kept suggesting this book. So I decided to get stuck into it because I already had it on my Paperwhite. Then last week, I found the paperback in a local Street Library!

It was meant to be, and I actually started reading the paperback during the day and switched to my Paperwhite at night! 😅

Anyway, time to talk about the story.

She might be beautiful (goes to a lot of trouble), has ...

STONE HEART by Katee Robert

Stone Heart by Katee Robert
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The other day I bought a bunch of Dark Olympus books for my Paperwhite, and then found this novella for free, so I decided to give it a go.

In Olympus, nothing gets past the most powerful. So when Athena orders Medusa to kill Calypso, the mistress Odysseus wants gone, she does as she's told. After all, Medusa owes Athena. But this assignment feels different from the beginning, and when she catches sight of the mistress, Medusa finds herself ques...

VICTORIAN PSYCHO by Virginia Feito

Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Last night I went through my Kobo Libra Colour and as soon as I spotted this book, I started reading.

Winifred Notty is a governess who goes to Ensor House to take care of two obnoxious children. Mr. Pounds loves her company, but Mrs. Pounds doesn't like her at all. But Winifred has a plan she needs to stick to. That doesn't mean she can't indulge her darkness...

OMFG.

This book is freaking insane! The story is wild. Totally wicked. And I l...

Last day of September...

Can you believe another month is almost over? Yikes.
So, how are you? What have you been up to? Anything interesting?
This week's update is a little later than usual because I got caught up writing and revising two short stories that I wrote late last week/during the weekend. I didn't expect both stories to come as fast as they did, but during my afternoon walks when I'm thinking about my ideas, I tend to work through the story and before I know it, I'm ready to write. I often have to pull my phon...

ANNIE BOT by Sierra Greer

Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I've had my eye on this book for a while and decided to get stuck into it.

Annie Bot is owned by Doug, and is designed to please and satisfy his every whim. But he's not exactly kind, and projects a lot of his insecurities on her. Since she has the capability to learn and reason, Annie finds herself becoming more human every day. And that means rebelling against her reason for existing...

I REALLY enjoyed this book!

I was hooked from the beginning. ...

THE LONG WALK by Stephen King

The Long Walk by Richard Bachman

I've been meaning to read this book for years, and since the movie is coming out I thought it was time to get stuck into it.

Here's my synopsis: One hundred boys. Lots of shit talking. A very long walk. Lots of senseless killings. Inconsiderate assholes watching from the sidelines. A very, very long walk. More boring shit talking. More senseless killing. The End.

Seriously. I feel like I wasted my time reading this book because nothing but what I mentioned above h...

Drafts & Sorting

Hey! How's it going?
I hope you all managed to have a good week. I know it's hard at the moment because this timeline is all sorts of shitty, and terrible things happen every single day, but like I said last week, we need to find joy in the things we love.
So, what did I get up to? I spent most of the week sorting through my stationery. Yep. That might not sound like a big deal, but I have too many notebooks, sticky notes, pens, etc. that desperately needed to be sorted.
We have a big trunk and it ...

Spring is in the air...

How are you today? I hope you all managed to have a nice week.
I know it's hard to stay positive when the world feels so freaking upside down at the moment, but you really have to find your happy place because if you don't, everything can get too overwhelming. Taking care of yourself and your mental health has never been more important. This timeline is infuriating and I hope everything rights itself soon.🤞
Anyway, let's talk about the better stuff. This week, I finished another short story. Yay.
T...

DRIVE YOUR PLOW OVER THE BONES OF THE DEAD by Olga Tokarczuk

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I was really looking forward to reading this book because it's sold as a mystery fairy tale featuring an older narrator that treads the line between sanity and madness.

Plus I like the title.

Janina lives in an isolated village in Poland. She enjoys studying astrology and translating William Blake. She's also a teacher and takes care of the empty houses near hers during the winter. But when one of her neighbours d...