Victoria Zigler's Blog: Zigler News, page 2

Catchint Up On What I #AmReading

I’ve done a lot of reading, between audiobooks and a friend whois reading to me.  So, here’s what I’vebeen reading.

 

NOTE: this is in reverse order, because that’s how they showup on Goodreads, and I can’t be bothered to rearrange them.

 

 

A Case of Cat and Mouse by Sofie Kelly

A Night's Tail by Sofie Kelly

Of Noble Family by Mary Robinette Kowal

The Shadow of What Was Lost by James  Islington

The Cats Came Back by Sofie Kelly

A Tale of Two Kitties by Sofie Kelly

Paws and Effect by Sofie Kelly

Faux Paw by Sofie Kelly

Critical Role by Madeleine Roux

A Midwinter's Tail by Sofie Kelly

Valour and Vanity by Ma    ry Robinette Kowal

Without a Summer by Mary Robinette Kowal

Glamour in Glass by Mary Robinette Kowal

Final Catcall by Sofie Kelly

Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal

Cat Trick by Sofie Kelly

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

 

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I long since passed my Goodreads 2024 reading goal.

 

My original goal was for 12 books.  When I could see I was going to pass that I changed it to 18.

 

I'm not changing it again, despite having read about 27 books so far this year with more than half the year left.

 

I just want to let everything else I read be a bonus.

A Birthday And A Bloggerversary

 

Yesterday (May 2nd) was Kelly’s birthday.

 

So, belated happy birthday to him.

 

That makes today my bloggerversary.

 

It’s my 18th bloggerversary, and thefirst thing I posted, back when I started my blog in 2006, was a belated birthdaypost for Kelly.

 

So, happy bloggerversary to me.

Of #CriticalRole Plushies

I’ve mentioned Critical Role a few times.

 

Well, one of the characters in the second campaign has afamiliar named Frumpkin.

 

Naturally, I had to get the keyring plushy for it.

 

So, here’s my Frumpkin keyring plushy:

 

 

Isn’t he cute?

 

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I also got this monkey:

 

His name is Mister, and he’s the fire monkey belonging toanother of the characters.  This one fromthe third campaign.

 

I think he's cute too.

Logan The #Cavapoo Turns 5!

Hi everyone. This is Logan the Cavapoo.
It was my turn for one of those birthday things on Sunday.
I’m now five years old. Here's a photo of me taken on my birthday:
 My birthday present was extra treats, because I don't play with toys much, but I do love my food.  So I got an extra chewie stick, and got all our meals first. I love birthdays!
 
Lots of licks,Logan

#Lego #Batman

My Dad helped me build a Lego Batman Jet.

 

I thought it was cool, so thought I’d share photos withyou.  And here they are:

 

 

We Got #Snow!

We got some snow!

 

It was the night of March 27th, and we got a goodthree inches.

 

Here are a couple of photos we took:

 

 

Kelly put a bit in a bowl for me so I could see it and makea couple of little snowballs.

 

The snow didn’t stick around – it started melting the momentthe sun came up next morning.  But it wasa nice, and very unexpected,  surprise.

 

Lilie The #Westie Turns 7!

Hi everyone.  This isLilie the Westie.

 

I had one of those birthday things on Tuesday.

 

I’m now seven years old.

 

I got a donkey toy and a chewie stick.

 

Here are a couple of photos of me with the toy:

 

 

I love birthdays!

 

Lots of licks,

Lilie

 

Random Ramblings - March 22nd 2024

I’ve started trying to go to the ACB calls when I canagain.  It’s tiring, but it’s nice to beback in touch with the friends I made when I was more active in the communitybefore I got sick.  I miss feeling wellenough to do more, but can’t be helped.

 

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I’ve made some progress with the things I’m watching andreading, but there’s nothing new to report besides what I said in last week’spost, so you can check that out if you missed what I’m watching and reading andare curious.

 

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It’s been pretty wet here. So, typical Welsh weather.

 

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It was my brother's birthday last Friday.  So, happy belated birthday to Wayne.

 

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And that’s the extent of news from my little corner of theworld.

#AmWatching & #Am Reading - March 15th 2024

I finished watching the second campaigne for Critical Role,watched seasons 1 and 2 of the animated series based on the characters and events of the firstcampaigne (which is called “The Legend Of Vox Machina” and is on Amazon Prime; there are only 2 seasons of that at the moment)and started watching the episodes of Critical Role's third campaigne, which is the one they’re doing now, whichI’m just a few dozen episodes behind on now.  I'm also still watching episodes of "Young Sheldon" with my friend, Kaila.  Plus, Kaila and I watched the movie "A Little Princess" (the 1995 version) the other day.

 

As for what I've been reading.  I read “House Of Many Ways” by Dianna Wynn Jones, which isthe third book in the Howl’s Moving Castle trilogy, and started reading afantasy called “The Name Of The Wind” which is the first in the Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss.

  I’m also stillreading “The Blended Lives Chronicles, Book 1: Signs Of The Order” by PattyFletcher.  Plus, my friend, Chanelle, hasbeen reading to me, and we read “Curiosity Thrilled The Cat” which is the firstbook in Sofie Kelly’s Cosy Cat Mysteries series.  We’re planning to continue the series, sostarting “Sleight Of Paw” next.

 

That's what I’ve been watching and reading lately.  How about you?

We Rehomed Artemis

We rehomed Artemis the tortoise.

 

With my decline in health, and the living room being turnedin to combination living room and my bedroom/hospital room, he wasn’t gettingwhat he needed any more.  He was endingup stuck in his vivarium all the time, getting very little attention.  He was not a happy tortoise, understandably.

 

Now he lives somewhere where they can give him plenty oftime out of his vivarium.  They also havean outdoor enclosure for days when the weather is nice enough for the tortoisesto go outside, which is something we could never provide him but is good forhim.  And, yes, I said, “tortoises,”since they have another tortoise already. They did have two, but lost one to medical issues last year and had beentoying with the idea of getting a second again. Then I said I was looking for somewhere for Artemis, so they felt it wasmeant to be.

 

They’ve sent us a couple of updates. Artemis is being welltaken care of, and he’s clearly happy now, which is good enough for me.  There were some photos with the updates, sowe could see that for ourselves.

 

Here are a couple of those photos, one of which includes his new friend: