Working from home has its benefits, but since my time started in lockdown and my schedule was disrupted, its been difficult to get back into a routine. This routine extends into my reading and weekend plans. Reading is just a mere thought and every time I think about it I shy away. I just don't …
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Quarantine Reading
An apt image from New York for this year in general. Well isn't this a little strange. 80 percent of us are stuck at home with nothing to do... well almost nothing. I am still working from home. Being in marketing, my job never stops but it does slow down a bit. With Easter coming …
Bookstores and Expectations
I am a book lover that LOVES going into a bookstore, whether for old or new books, and looking for hours and hours at the titles. The thrill of the hunt (especially in secondhand bookstores) seem to be a draw for me to get me into the store. The only issue I have, at least …
Book Review – The Hoarder
by Jess Kidd - Literary Thriller “ Memory is like a wayward dog. Sometimes it drops the ball and sometimes it brings it, and sometimes it doesn’t bring a ball at all; it brings a shoe. ” Maud Drennan is an underpaid care worker who has been given a new case. A man who made …
Are Kiwi Authors Hiding?
I just picked up a new book by Elizabeth Knox on a whim whilst out to get coffee. When I read the blurb before buying it, it stated that it was a book about journeys. It passes through London, Norfolk (my home county) and through to Auckland, New Zealand (my current home). From this and …
What’s Caught My Eye
I have a mount tbr (to be read), so this post really doesn't help me, but there are sooo many good books that I wan't to read. A small novella (which is the only reason I have bought it!). "Adriane is an astronaut on an extrasolar research vessel. She and her fellow crewmates sleep between …
Foundryside – Robert Jackson Bennett
All things have a value. Sometimes the value is paid in coin. Other times, it is paid in time and sweat. And finally, sometimes it is paid in blood. The start of a new trilogy, this is by far one of my favorite books of the year. Set in a world where the magic is …
Weekend Reads
Weekends are always a time for me to finish my training for the week, have brunch with kitty and read some good books. The books below are the current stack I am reading: It - Stephen King This I have been reading since the beginning of the year (end of last year?). The nice thing …
The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! I wanted to start this blog to allow myself to keep a record of what is happening in my life for myself to look back at in due time. I am a 29 year old semi weightlifter who sometimes does crossfit workouts. This has been going on for the past 4 …
