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@myheartalive.bsky.social
writer, brit, mostly on tumblr. she/her
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October round-up! The usual eclectic mix 😂
I'm recommending Mexikid to anyone who's an immigrant or has immigrant family (it's billed as middle-grade but I honestly laughed my ass off)!
I'm recommending Mexikid to anyone who's an immigrant or has immigrant family (it's billed as middle-grade but I honestly laughed my ass off)!
November 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
October round-up! The usual eclectic mix 😂
I'm recommending Mexikid to anyone who's an immigrant or has immigrant family (it's billed as middle-grade but I honestly laughed my ass off)!
I'm recommending Mexikid to anyone who's an immigrant or has immigrant family (it's billed as middle-grade but I honestly laughed my ass off)!
It's my favourite time of the month (StoryGraph wrap up season!)
September started fast with a mixture of cosy crime/romance to clear my brain, had a few bangers in there (recommend all of those 5⭐️ ones) plus a bunch of reads for the purpose of having something to talk to my kid about ✌️
September started fast with a mixture of cosy crime/romance to clear my brain, had a few bangers in there (recommend all of those 5⭐️ ones) plus a bunch of reads for the purpose of having something to talk to my kid about ✌️
September 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
It's my favourite time of the month (StoryGraph wrap up season!)
September started fast with a mixture of cosy crime/romance to clear my brain, had a few bangers in there (recommend all of those 5⭐️ ones) plus a bunch of reads for the purpose of having something to talk to my kid about ✌️
September started fast with a mixture of cosy crime/romance to clear my brain, had a few bangers in there (recommend all of those 5⭐️ ones) plus a bunch of reads for the purpose of having something to talk to my kid about ✌️
Life outside the internet (and there's been lots of it!)
Beaches, concerts, museums, beautiful fruit
Beaches, concerts, museums, beautiful fruit
September 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Life outside the internet (and there's been lots of it!)
Beaches, concerts, museums, beautiful fruit
Beaches, concerts, museums, beautiful fruit
And I realised I forgot to post July! Much more of a mixed bag, with a few fun ones in there.
Closing in on 100 books this year already 😱 All that time I haven't been able to spend writing (basically life's too busy and I'm too tired), I've spent reading instead
Closing in on 100 books this year already 😱 All that time I haven't been able to spend writing (basically life's too busy and I'm too tired), I've spent reading instead
September 1, 2025 at 7:22 AM
And I realised I forgot to post July! Much more of a mixed bag, with a few fun ones in there.
Closing in on 100 books this year already 😱 All that time I haven't been able to spend writing (basically life's too busy and I'm too tired), I've spent reading instead
Closing in on 100 books this year already 😱 All that time I haven't been able to spend writing (basically life's too busy and I'm too tired), I've spent reading instead
August round-up! Had a fucking brilliant summer of reading. I'm already missing the week I spent with the 5 star trio of Hilary Tamar #3, Glorious Tuga and Sandwich.
Plus 3 old faves reread, a swerve into sci-fi and one thoroughly aggravating dud that's gone straight into the charity shop pile.
Plus 3 old faves reread, a swerve into sci-fi and one thoroughly aggravating dud that's gone straight into the charity shop pile.
September 1, 2025 at 7:12 AM
August round-up! Had a fucking brilliant summer of reading. I'm already missing the week I spent with the 5 star trio of Hilary Tamar #3, Glorious Tuga and Sandwich.
Plus 3 old faves reread, a swerve into sci-fi and one thoroughly aggravating dud that's gone straight into the charity shop pile.
Plus 3 old faves reread, a swerve into sci-fi and one thoroughly aggravating dud that's gone straight into the charity shop pile.
Top tags, you say?
(I feel these are very real but also surely missing something?? Also some maturity filter thingy is going to flag me, isn't it?)
(I feel these are very real but also surely missing something?? Also some maturity filter thingy is going to flag me, isn't it?)
August 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Top tags, you say?
(I feel these are very real but also surely missing something?? Also some maturity filter thingy is going to flag me, isn't it?)
(I feel these are very real but also surely missing something?? Also some maturity filter thingy is going to flag me, isn't it?)
June wrap-up! Featuring a TJR re-read binge, the usual assortment of research reads and a few new picks. Recommending the Joanna Lowell to anyone interested in a queer romance set in Cornwall (sounds familiar? lol), plus bikes and plants and art and OH YES hopeful trans lives and so much loveliness
July 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
June wrap-up! Featuring a TJR re-read binge, the usual assortment of research reads and a few new picks. Recommending the Joanna Lowell to anyone interested in a queer romance set in Cornwall (sounds familiar? lol), plus bikes and plants and art and OH YES hopeful trans lives and so much loveliness
Adding on this moodboard I made for the fic, just because I love it (and because it all started with that picture of NG)
June 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Adding on this moodboard I made for the fic, just because I love it (and because it all started with that picture of NG)
Inspired by @chamel-writes.bsky.social 's fic tourism, here are a few pics from the time I visited Old Inverlochy Castle, in Fort William last year. It features in a PIVOTAL moment (*ahem ahem*) in this fic archiveofourown.org/works/48712585
June 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Inspired by @chamel-writes.bsky.social 's fic tourism, here are a few pics from the time I visited Old Inverlochy Castle, in Fort William last year. It features in a PIVOTAL moment (*ahem ahem*) in this fic archiveofourown.org/works/48712585
May wrap-up! Lots of ups and downs, lit-wise. Plus I started getting baseball on the telly and my brain demanded another reread of The Prospects
June 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
May wrap-up! Lots of ups and downs, lit-wise. Plus I started getting baseball on the telly and my brain demanded another reread of The Prospects
Pretty much all bangers except for one clanger
May 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Pretty much all bangers except for one clanger
April round-up! A long holiday means a lot of books were read, and a lot of great ones in there
May 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
April round-up! A long holiday means a lot of books were read, and a lot of great ones in there
March round-up! Only a modest amount of Cat Sebastians 🤭
April 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
March round-up! Only a modest amount of Cat Sebastians 🤭
I think I like this graphic better
March 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I think I like this graphic better
February's been busy, though between school holidays and painting chaos at home it's been mostly reading but very little writing. And I'm missing it!
March 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
February's been busy, though between school holidays and painting chaos at home it's been mostly reading but very little writing. And I'm missing it!
Like all concert pics, it's terrible, but the gig itself was incredible (Funeral, 20th anniversary)
February 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Like all concert pics, it's terrible, but the gig itself was incredible (Funeral, 20th anniversary)
Without downloading any new pictures, where are you mentally?
Living in that little patch of pink clouds on the top right
(uh, credit Vincent van Gogh 😂)
Living in that little patch of pink clouds on the top right
(uh, credit Vincent van Gogh 😂)
January 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Without downloading any new pictures, where are you mentally?
Living in that little patch of pink clouds on the top right
(uh, credit Vincent van Gogh 😂)
Living in that little patch of pink clouds on the top right
(uh, credit Vincent van Gogh 😂)
In a fic that’s filled with scenes and places I loved coming up with (secret library room, abandoned cottage, sexy horse riding, menacing peacocks, orangerie hook-up!) I’m going with unhinged rowboat chase:
archiveofourown.org/works/556016...
archiveofourown.org/works/556016...
December 23, 2024 at 10:30 AM
In a fic that’s filled with scenes and places I loved coming up with (secret library room, abandoned cottage, sexy horse riding, menacing peacocks, orangerie hook-up!) I’m going with unhinged rowboat chase:
archiveofourown.org/works/556016...
archiveofourown.org/works/556016...
I got some serious brain rot and listened to this on repeat while writing my fics for A Marvellous Light
December 4, 2024 at 10:44 PM
I got some serious brain rot and listened to this on repeat while writing my fics for A Marvellous Light
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie
November 26, 2024 at 9:50 AM
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie
Ok, so I impulse bought this the other day because it looked yummy. Anyone have any suggestions on what to do with it other than just eating it with my whole face? tysm ily
November 26, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Ok, so I impulse bought this the other day because it looked yummy. Anyone have any suggestions on what to do with it other than just eating it with my whole face? tysm ily
Down by the Water 💜 I know it DID hit with some people, but it still lives in my heart nearly 2 years on
Angsty exes to lovers, dreamy setting (when don’t I?), the mother of all epilogues
+ another bonus moodboard I don’t think I’ve posted before!
archiveofourown.org/works/435142...
Angsty exes to lovers, dreamy setting (when don’t I?), the mother of all epilogues
+ another bonus moodboard I don’t think I’ve posted before!
archiveofourown.org/works/435142...
November 18, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Down by the Water 💜 I know it DID hit with some people, but it still lives in my heart nearly 2 years on
Angsty exes to lovers, dreamy setting (when don’t I?), the mother of all epilogues
+ another bonus moodboard I don’t think I’ve posted before!
archiveofourown.org/works/435142...
Angsty exes to lovers, dreamy setting (when don’t I?), the mother of all epilogues
+ another bonus moodboard I don’t think I’ve posted before!
archiveofourown.org/works/435142...