Top 5 Wednesday – Favourite Magic Systems

"Top 5 Wednesday" is a weekly meme currently hosted on Goodreads by Sam of Thoughts on Tomes in which you list your top 5 for the week's chosen topic. This week's topic is favourite magic systems. "Kathy, why do you have like a thousand shelves on your Goodreads?" Well, readers, I have them for moments like …

Top 5 Wednesday – Favourite Friend Groups #Squadgoals

"Top 5 Wednesday" is a weekly meme currently hosted on Goodreads by Sam of Thoughts on Tomes, where you list your top 5 for the week's chosen topic. This week's topic is: Favourite Friend Groups. Me: *Muttering* I will not make this post all about Dragon Age and Final Fantasy and anime. I will not make …

August 2018 Wrap Up – It’s Not You, Scifi, It’s Me…But It’s Also Kind of You

So mental-health wise, life has been a veritable mess from July to August. After a trip to the emergency room, days of yelling and apologizing, and talking to from doctors, things are now marginally better. I've been throwing myself into art which has been helping quite a bit. And while it feels like I'm creeping …

Top 5 Wednesday – Book List for a Class On Developmental Psychology

"Top 5 Wednesday" is a weekly meme currently hosted on Goodreads by Sam of Thoughts on Tomes, where you list your top 5 for the week's chosen topic. This week's topic is: Book list for a class on (Genre/Trope/etc). After a panicky, "Oh god, it's 12 AM and I haven't chosen a topic yet," I ended …

Review: A Trail of Lightning – Delightful Worldbuilding and Emo Villains

Title: Trail of Lightning Author: Rebecca Roanhorse Publisher: Saga Press Release Date: June 26th, 2018 Genre(s): Urban Fantasy, Post-Apocalyptic Page Count: 304 (hardback) Goodreads Rating: 7.0/10       I had an incredibly hard time sorting out my feelings on this book and I don't know if I can say that I succeeded. There are …