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Reading, writing, theatre, fandom and whatever else piques my interest!
Book Review - (Still) Just a Geek by Wil Wheaton
Less of an autobiography and more of a series of essays, annotated to mark Wheaton's growth since they were first written. It makes me happy that Wheaton has (largely) healed from his childhood, and found a family to heal with.
Less of an autobiography and more of a series of essays, annotated to mark Wheaton's growth since they were first written. It makes me happy that Wheaton has (largely) healed from his childhood, and found a family to heal with.
August 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Book Review - (Still) Just a Geek by Wil Wheaton
Less of an autobiography and more of a series of essays, annotated to mark Wheaton's growth since they were first written. It makes me happy that Wheaton has (largely) healed from his childhood, and found a family to heal with.
Less of an autobiography and more of a series of essays, annotated to mark Wheaton's growth since they were first written. It makes me happy that Wheaton has (largely) healed from his childhood, and found a family to heal with.
Book Review - Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue
A historical fiction novel about the school years of Anne Lister, of 'Gentleman Jack' fame, and her friend and lover Eliza. Painstaking detail in the research. Heartbreaking.
A historical fiction novel about the school years of Anne Lister, of 'Gentleman Jack' fame, and her friend and lover Eliza. Painstaking detail in the research. Heartbreaking.
July 16, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Book Review - Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue
A historical fiction novel about the school years of Anne Lister, of 'Gentleman Jack' fame, and her friend and lover Eliza. Painstaking detail in the research. Heartbreaking.
A historical fiction novel about the school years of Anne Lister, of 'Gentleman Jack' fame, and her friend and lover Eliza. Painstaking detail in the research. Heartbreaking.
Book Review - The House on the Cerulean Sea, by TJ Klune
The workplace reminds me of Gilliam's 'Brazil'; the children at the House are reminiscent of Pratchett or Tanya Huff's characters; and a romance theme as rich as Red, White, and Royal Blue. It's a lovely, sweet combination.
The workplace reminds me of Gilliam's 'Brazil'; the children at the House are reminiscent of Pratchett or Tanya Huff's characters; and a romance theme as rich as Red, White, and Royal Blue. It's a lovely, sweet combination.
June 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Book Review - The House on the Cerulean Sea, by TJ Klune
The workplace reminds me of Gilliam's 'Brazil'; the children at the House are reminiscent of Pratchett or Tanya Huff's characters; and a romance theme as rich as Red, White, and Royal Blue. It's a lovely, sweet combination.
The workplace reminds me of Gilliam's 'Brazil'; the children at the House are reminiscent of Pratchett or Tanya Huff's characters; and a romance theme as rich as Red, White, and Royal Blue. It's a lovely, sweet combination.
Book Review - Waging Heavy Peace by Neil Young.
Neil Young's autobiography reads more like like his diary, with him writing about the past and present randomly, scatter-shot, back and forth. He writes as he writes his music - straight from the hip, without guile or pretense.
Neil Young's autobiography reads more like like his diary, with him writing about the past and present randomly, scatter-shot, back and forth. He writes as he writes his music - straight from the hip, without guile or pretense.
May 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Book Review - Waging Heavy Peace by Neil Young.
Neil Young's autobiography reads more like like his diary, with him writing about the past and present randomly, scatter-shot, back and forth. He writes as he writes his music - straight from the hip, without guile or pretense.
Neil Young's autobiography reads more like like his diary, with him writing about the past and present randomly, scatter-shot, back and forth. He writes as he writes his music - straight from the hip, without guile or pretense.
Book Review - Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The book reads like a documentary, not just in style but with such believable characters and scenarios that you find yourself trying to look them up on Wiki, or looking for the songs on Spotify.
The book reads like a documentary, not just in style but with such believable characters and scenarios that you find yourself trying to look them up on Wiki, or looking for the songs on Spotify.
May 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Book Review - Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The book reads like a documentary, not just in style but with such believable characters and scenarios that you find yourself trying to look them up on Wiki, or looking for the songs on Spotify.
The book reads like a documentary, not just in style but with such believable characters and scenarios that you find yourself trying to look them up on Wiki, or looking for the songs on Spotify.
Book Review: Go Tell It on the Mountain, by James Baldwin
Beautifully lyrical prose describing the ugliness in a Black family in Harlem. Every person in this book is struggling against their past, their destiny, their nature, and it rises up despite themselves.
Beautifully lyrical prose describing the ugliness in a Black family in Harlem. Every person in this book is struggling against their past, their destiny, their nature, and it rises up despite themselves.
May 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Book Review: Go Tell It on the Mountain, by James Baldwin
Beautifully lyrical prose describing the ugliness in a Black family in Harlem. Every person in this book is struggling against their past, their destiny, their nature, and it rises up despite themselves.
Beautifully lyrical prose describing the ugliness in a Black family in Harlem. Every person in this book is struggling against their past, their destiny, their nature, and it rises up despite themselves.
Book Review-The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King
The history of the colonialization of the First Nations of North America is incredibly complex, and somehow King has made it clear, with a sardonic humour that makes this book accessible and yet still gets the (painful) point across. A must read.
The history of the colonialization of the First Nations of North America is incredibly complex, and somehow King has made it clear, with a sardonic humour that makes this book accessible and yet still gets the (painful) point across. A must read.
March 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Book Review-The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King
The history of the colonialization of the First Nations of North America is incredibly complex, and somehow King has made it clear, with a sardonic humour that makes this book accessible and yet still gets the (painful) point across. A must read.
The history of the colonialization of the First Nations of North America is incredibly complex, and somehow King has made it clear, with a sardonic humour that makes this book accessible and yet still gets the (painful) point across. A must read.
Book Review - The Sleeping Car Porter - Suzette Mayr
Mayr's use of language captures the protagonist's hallucinatory state of mind from lack of sleep, and is exquisite, evocative, and builds characters who could be caricatures into complex humans. Brilliant.
Mayr's use of language captures the protagonist's hallucinatory state of mind from lack of sleep, and is exquisite, evocative, and builds characters who could be caricatures into complex humans. Brilliant.
January 23, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Book Review - The Sleeping Car Porter - Suzette Mayr
Mayr's use of language captures the protagonist's hallucinatory state of mind from lack of sleep, and is exquisite, evocative, and builds characters who could be caricatures into complex humans. Brilliant.
Mayr's use of language captures the protagonist's hallucinatory state of mind from lack of sleep, and is exquisite, evocative, and builds characters who could be caricatures into complex humans. Brilliant.
Book Bingo #14 - Book that was turned into a movie
Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
September 7, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Book Bingo #14 - Book that was turned into a movie
Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Book Bingo Square 13 - Memoir
Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley
Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley
July 7, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Book Bingo Square 13 - Memoir
Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley
Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley
Book Bingo 2024 - Square 12 - Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Just awful people being awful to their siblings, then their spouses, then their children. I read it to the end, thinking that there must be a redemption arc, a resolution... but no. They just die, still bitter. Disappointing.
Just awful people being awful to their siblings, then their spouses, then their children. I read it to the end, thinking that there must be a redemption arc, a resolution... but no. They just die, still bitter. Disappointing.
July 2, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Book Bingo 2024 - Square 12 - Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Just awful people being awful to their siblings, then their spouses, then their children. I read it to the end, thinking that there must be a redemption arc, a resolution... but no. They just die, still bitter. Disappointing.
Just awful people being awful to their siblings, then their spouses, then their children. I read it to the end, thinking that there must be a redemption arc, a resolution... but no. They just die, still bitter. Disappointing.
Book Bingo 2024 Square 11 - The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence
The ending still takes my breath away.
The ending still takes my breath away.
June 5, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Book Bingo 2024 Square 11 - The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence
The ending still takes my breath away.
The ending still takes my breath away.
Book Bingo 2024 - Square 10 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
May 24, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Book Bingo 2024 - Square 10 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Book Bingo 2024, Square 9 - I made an X!
Book set in your home town - In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje.
Book set in your home town - In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje.
May 9, 2024 at 11:11 AM
Book Bingo 2024, Square 9 - I made an X!
Book set in your home town - In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje.
Book set in your home town - In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje.
Book Bingo, Square 8: First book in a series - A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters.
April 3, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Book Bingo, Square 8: First book in a series - A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters.
Book Bingo 2024 - Square 7: I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai (Biography of someone you admire)
March 22, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Book Bingo 2024 - Square 7: I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai (Biography of someone you admire)
Book Bingo 2024, Square 6 - Away by Jane Urquhart
A dreamy, ethereal book spanning several generations and two continents.
A dreamy, ethereal book spanning several generations and two continents.
March 1, 2024 at 12:21 PM
Book Bingo 2024, Square 6 - Away by Jane Urquhart
A dreamy, ethereal book spanning several generations and two continents.
A dreamy, ethereal book spanning several generations and two continents.
Book Bingo 2024, 5th square: A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver.
Beautiful, impactful; to be savoured.
First line done!
Beautiful, impactful; to be savoured.
First line done!
February 20, 2024 at 1:35 AM
Book Bingo 2024, 5th square: A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver.
Beautiful, impactful; to be savoured.
First line done!
Beautiful, impactful; to be savoured.
First line done!
Book Bingo 2024 - Square 4 - Your favourite author's first book.
The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
February 11, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Book Bingo 2024 - Square 4 - Your favourite author's first book.
The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
Book bingo square 1: A book you read as a child - Jean Little's Stand in the Wind.
The lesson of 'stand in the wind and eat peanut brittle' is a great anthem of resilience.
The lesson of 'stand in the wind and eat peanut brittle' is a great anthem of resilience.
January 6, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Book bingo square 1: A book you read as a child - Jean Little's Stand in the Wind.
The lesson of 'stand in the wind and eat peanut brittle' is a great anthem of resilience.
The lesson of 'stand in the wind and eat peanut brittle' is a great anthem of resilience.
In 2024, I want to set a challenge for my reading but thought that this bingo card would be a good way to have fun with it.
I plan to post a little review of each book as I go, and would love to see others join in as well.
Happy reading in 2024!
I plan to post a little review of each book as I go, and would love to see others join in as well.
Happy reading in 2024!
January 1, 2024 at 7:20 PM
In 2024, I want to set a challenge for my reading but thought that this bingo card would be a good way to have fun with it.
I plan to post a little review of each book as I go, and would love to see others join in as well.
Happy reading in 2024!
I plan to post a little review of each book as I go, and would love to see others join in as well.
Happy reading in 2024!
This is nifty! myyearinbooks.com takes your Goodreads list and creates a graphic:
December 23, 2023 at 9:48 PM
This is nifty! myyearinbooks.com takes your Goodreads list and creates a graphic: