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Dystopia is in details
So, ever since the country locked down, I've been delicately balancing severe executive dysfunction, resultant depression and all the fun side effects. ADHD services are not essential after all. My normal work-outs involve leaving the house and spending time with other people and there's only so long I can tolerate the same four walls before I ( Read more... ) -
Book! - Borderline by Mishell Baker
Today's book came by a recommendation from Seanan MacGuire who blurbed the book and tweeted about it while she was reading. BBH pre-ordered it and I finally got around to it today.( Cut for spoiler-ish thinking aloud ) -
April Reading
::blows dust off the journal::
I figure keeping a record of the books that I read will help keep me motivated and help me keep track. I'm three books into this month so I'm going to mush them all in together in one big post. These are not particularly deep reviews and are just what I came away from the book feeling.
Book One - The Devil and the ( Read more... ) -
Voted! ....dammit.
I am planning to hide from all the gloating Tories for the weekend. I'm honestly appalled by the election results. I really don't like the idea of the Tories in charge for another five years and I'm fucking pissed that Labour couldn't get their heads out of their arses to exploit the chance to beat them ( Read more... ) -
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On the list of things I needed to close out 2014, losing most of my support network to the belief that my depression can be fixed by wanting it fixed. I have had nearly a week to adjust to this. It's a good thing because I'm capable of taking the time to decide if this is a fight I want to have. I don't have the spoons to try convincing a person ( Read more... ) -
Oww
I ache. My smart idea to go to a NOVA class last night is costing me in pain today.
I have mostly been on the internet for Duolingo, thanks to the brand new in-Beta Irish course, where I'm discovering that my ear for Gaelige has stayed surprisingly intact, my ability to spell as Gaelige has atrophied completely. I am finding it hard to stay ( Read more... ) -
Book-Bingo: Dracula by Bram Stoker
I am slightly hedging here - I did only read Dracula this year though technically it came before I decided to do the bingo. That being said, I have thoughts and feels! about this book so I'm counting it for the "One word title" square.
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Book Bingo!
This has been floating around the blogosphere for a while and I need to start branching out from my reading preferences so I'm signing up to do this and review the books that I'm reading as I go.
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