I’m Back! – Health Nightmares, Weird Analogies about Canadian Health Care, and Queer Mermaids

Hey everyone! I'm back (possibly? hopefully?) from my completely unintended hiatus! Sigh. Let me be blunt: these past two and a half weeks have been the absolute worst. You know the saying "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb"? Well, June came in like a beautiful flying unicorn spraying rainbow …

Update (I’m Back!) and Discworld Month 6 (Better Late than Never…?)

Happy Holidays, everyone! I'm back from my unannounced hiatus! Incidentally, I'm a broken record. November and December are generally not great months for me (one of the million things they don't tell you as a kid is how the holidays can go from the Most Wonderful Time of the Year to Time of Dread as …

October 2018 Wrap-Up – Book Things & Art as a Double-Edged Sword

It's the middle of the month...and you know what that means! 😀 So, I was going to include mini reviews for some of the games I played in the past month because Nicole @ Thoughts Stained With Ink was like, "Heck yeah! You should totally do that!" But the post was getting kinda long and …

Shelfie By Shelfie #1

This is a tag that I first saw on Tar Heel Reader, which is run by the indelible, incredible Jennifer, and was created by Beth from Bibliobeth. Thank you to Jennifer for bringing this to my attention and to Beth for coming up with this awesome tag! "If you want to join in, you share …

September 2018 “TBR” – Procrastination, Witches, and Hard Choices

"Kathy." "Mm?" "We're pretty much in the middle of September right now." "Yep, I can see that. I have a tear-away calendar thingy on my desk." "Well, one generally writes a TBR post at the beginning of the month." "Eh, that's debatable. There's no Blog Police skulking around checking for these things, ready to clap …

Discworld Readathon: Month 2 | Another Mini Update

Hey, guys! First of all, just a quick update on why I haven't been posting lately: the past several weeks have been rather grim for me mental-health wise and I've pretty much dropped every ball I've been holding. So I'm both behind on writing reviews and have a backlog of reviews to post (which is …

Book Blogger Insider Tag

I was tagged by Ashley from Ashley in Wonderland for this, so thank you, Ashley! Her blog is wonderful (and so pretty to look at), so be sure to check out it out! RULES: Answer the questions below Credit the creator: Jamie @ ALittleSliceofJamie Tag at least 5 people Have fun! 1. Where do you typically write …

One Lovely Blog Award

I was recently nominated by Andy for the One Lovely Blog Award, so thank you, Andy! Andy runs a blog about LGBTQ books and writing tips. He's also working on a YA novel so be sure to check him out so you can say "Hey! I know that person!" when he becomes a superstar author! …

The Art of Starving – A Looking Glass into Myself (Personal Story + Review)

Title: The Art of Starving Author: Sam J. Miller Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: July 11th, 2017 Genre(s): Young Adult, Contemporary, Fantasy Page Count: 384 pages Goodreads Rating: 9.0/10 (Champions of the Genre)     Trigger Warning (for the post and the book): Depression, self-harm, starvation, and eating disorder. I've gone back and forth on whether …

Of Wit Bonds, Mental Health, and The Power of Stories: How FitzChivalry Farseer Saved My Life

Trigger Warning: This post discusses mental health issues of both the books' character and myself. Spoiler Note: I don't directly spoil any major plot points, but I discuss my feelings relating to some of those plot points (specifically for Assassin's Fate), and that might be spoilery enough for some people. I had no idea how …