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Things feel like they're changing so fast at the moment that I always have to check on what had happened last time I posted before I start an update! So the last update was written the weekend before half term, when I was still job-hunting. On the Friday of that week, the last day of term, I suddenly got an interview with a company who were very ( Read more... ) -
Summer reading 4: The Explorer + rereads
Book: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell
Amount read: All of it - this was an actual physical book so I feel percentages are inappropriate :)
Thoughts: I really liked this. It's a kids book - I would say aimed at 10-13 year olds probably, so not even what I would call YA. It's got a good sense of realism about what it might actually be like to be ( Read more... ) -
Summer reading 3: A Skinful of Shadows, Winterglass and Exit West
Book: A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge
Amount read: 100%
Thoughts: I am oddly resistant to Frances Hardinge and I don't really know why. A piece of historical fantasy, with ghosts and characters learning how to come to terms with their own powers should be something I absolutely love. I did enjoy reading this - I thought the concept was ( Read more... ) -
Summer reading 2: Ballad of Halo Jones + re-read of Night Watch
Book: The Ballad of Halo Jones by Alan Moore and Ian Gibson
Amount read: 100%
Thoughts: Hmmm. I know this is a classic and all, but the first thing I feel like I want to say here is that I found the art style really tough to wade through. I've been consistently surprised, although I probably shouldn't be, by how much difference this makes when ( Read more... ) -
Summer reading 1: Europe in Autumn
So, I thought this might be a fun summer project - we shall see, I guess!
Book: Europe in Autumn by Dave Hutchinson
Amount read: 36%. Yes, I am not a completist and will stop reading a book if it fails to engage me enough.
Gave up because: I got tired of waiting for some semblance of engaging plot or characterisation? Or even some sense of the ( Read more... ) -
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It's too hot to do very much at the moment, which is making school very tough indeed. I am going to be so glad when the holidays start. On the plus side, my tomatoes are just starting to ripen, which is very exciting and there are loads and loads and loads of them so that'll be good. I did write a post about Pride in my head but it is too hot to ( Read more... ) -
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Well, the exercise in pulling back a bit from things at school is going OK. I had my appraisal at school and was very up front about how unhappy I was and my intention to move on if I couldn't improve things/things didn't improve. The Head said all the right stuff, so I guess it's a question of what the follow through turns out to be like. The ( Read more... ) -
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Ugh. I hate writing reports! I'm not sure quite why they are such hard work, but I find it a real slog. I'm feeling very demotivated for work in general at the minute, which is not helpful as I also need to write a report for my leadership course. It doesn't have to be too long, but it does have to get done. So of course, I spent most of this ( Read more... ) -
Things I have been....
WatchingSince Liz's visit, I've got very into Queer Eye. I inhaled the new series on Netflix and am now going back and watching the original show on YouTube as it doesn't seem to be legally available anywhere I can see. It's just very charming and definitely scratches my itch for TV which is basically about people being nice, a bit like Sewing ( Read more... ) -
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It's the Easter holidays at last! I am celebrating by having an extremely lazy Easter weekend, mostly playing Halcyon 6, which is a game Alex introduced me to and which I have been really enjoying. I'm finding it similarly absorbing to how I find Civ, which is perfect for how I'm feeling right now. I'm currently only on the easiest difficulty ( Read more... )