May 2024 Month In Review

May 2024 Month In Review

Funny how the month I was most optimistic about posting for since January turned out to be the month I posted the least… oh well! I’ve been busy with enjoying warmer weather, opening up the lake for the season, preparing for my own solo camping trips, spending time with family, and returning to kendo. On top of the usual time sinks like work, cooking, eating, cleaning, and sleeping 😉 I […]

Tidal Creatures (Alchemical Journeys #3) by Seanan McGuire [Wyrd & Wonder Review]

11 May 2024 / review / 12 Comments
Tidal Creatures (Alchemical Journeys #3) by Seanan McGuire [Wyrd & Wonder Review]

Tidal Creaturesby Seanan McGuireSource: ebook/NetGalleyPublished: 6 Jun 2024Publisher: TorDotCom (Macmillan)Length: 464 pages Genre: Speculative fictionTarget Age: AdultRepresentation: A progatonist is American with a Chinese father and Scottish mother, supporting character is Black Summary 💬 All across the world, people look up at the moon and dream of gods. Gods of knowledge and wisdom, gods of tides and longevity. Over time, some of these moon gods incarnated into the human world alongside the other manifest […]

April 2024 Month In Review + Wyrd & Wonder Kickoff

April 2024 Month In Review + Wyrd & Wonder Kickoff

Well, April went by in a flash. So much for getting my posts back up to speed, haha. I don’t have much to update for April… I certainly don’t have any excuses for the low number of posts last month 😛 Perhaps I’ll blame it on the improving weather and the fact that I’ve started going for bike rides? Plus that anniversary post alone took me a week to pull […]

“I Can’t Believe I Haven’t Read That Yet” #26 (Help Me Choose!)

“I Can’t Believe I Haven’t Read That Yet” #26 (Help Me Choose!)

#25’s Result – Of Salt and Shore by Annet Schaap I finally made it through this book! I’m pretty sure I have checked it out from the library two or three times over the years. Something about the cover kept putting me off, though. Thankfully I have this feature to push me to finally read it 😛 Of Salt and Shore has a lot of elements which I thought, when […]

A Falling Letters Timeline [10th Blogiversary Celebration]

20 April 2024 / thoughts / 29 Comments
A Falling Letters Timeline [10th Blogiversary Celebration]

Yesterday (19 April) marked 10 years since I published my first post after deciding to become a book blog! I’ve written this post as a retrospective, a walk down memory lane, a way to see how my blog has evolved over the years 😊 For each year, I wrote an overview of how the year went, a brief summary of what life events occurred that year, and a list of […]