and we’re back again with a bang and no, not another book review, but my boyfriend trying to be funny because he’s a keen bean and eager to help me with more blog content. I also don’t want to scream about Middle English for 600 words. so: we’re off! The Old Ways by Robert Macfarlane… Read More boy judges books part 2
and I’m back with a bang, because my decision to calm the heck down about reading lists has been overturned and I am back reading Proper Books instead of assorted bits of crap and train timetables. I’ve not done one of these for a while – mainly because I’ve not been reading, and during term I only… Read More so much for sticking to my anti-TBR / CR
We thought that this would be fun, because I am dating a Math Nerd who probably hasn’t read a book since 2008. He sent me his thoughts on a spreadsheet. I love him to death and back again but who the hell makes notes on a spreadsheet? but for the sake of some Light Entertainment and to prove that I… Read More my boyfriend judges books by their covers
In the spirit of my previous post (which, in turn, was in the spirit of self-care and not burning out), I’ve decided to continue bulldozing my way through what I’m not doing this summer. Up next: the specific books that I am avoiding like the PLAGUE because juggling Middle English and Heavy/Literary/Lorge books is just too much… Read More what I’m not reading this summer
There were two posts in the pipeline for today, and because I’m chronically sleep-deprived, I’m only going to be writing one of them. Ironically, the post I was going to write was indeed my ‘summer reading goals’, until I realised that I don’t have any bar my university reading list. So: why, personally, summer reading… Read More why I am no longer making summer reading goals
So much for me posting regularly, folks! but there is a lot of gardening and a lot of driving practice to be done, so I’ve read a grand total of one book so far this summer. (not including my attempts at learning middle English) Luckily, the second book I’m reading is a stunner and unfortunately… Read More CR: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
For some time now, I have had the sneaking suspicion that there is a cult devoted to Robert Macfarlane within my faculty at uni. And, after reading Underland, I can see why. [I cannot write an essay about nature without my supervisor asking ‘have you read any Robert Macfarlane?’. My answer in first term was ‘no’.… Read More Underland by Robert Macfarlane
