Happy New Year and other things
Yes, Happy New Year, as this is the first, if belated, post of 2020. For anyone wondering, I have four resolutions for the year, which seems a reasonable amount...
Author: Reay
Top 10 favourite books of 2019
I managed to read 40 books this year, well above 2018’s total of 27. Hoping for getting through even more in 2020. Here are a list of my top 10, appearing...
Tiny drumroll, please…
As promised, here are my reading lists for August through to October. I don’t know if the September/October list is actually exhaustive, but it’s al...
Hey look, that ball I dropped…
I realized a couple of months back that I had forgotten to post the books I had read for the month. I’d done the tracking and writing up of the list (the ...
The acid test of book format preferences
As posted earlier, I definitely find myself more likely to seek out print books than ebooks. The proof was in the pudding yesterday. I found myself in a booksto...
Read this book
I’m subscribed to a newsletter that provides daily (legit) links to free and cheap ebooks for the Kobo. The problem, I found quickly, is that way more oft...
Losing weight
I’ve had a lifelong issue with being heavier than I’d like. Probably heavier than is healthy, though I read some time ago that people who have about...
Teaching an old dog new tricks
I sometimes shake my head at how badly I fumble even the basics of writing. There’s old writing advice that goes, essentially, that you should let the sto...
Squirrels like cookies
We found out a new thing recently. I kind of spoiled it in the header (and also that photo), but just act like you don’t know anyway for the big reveal: S...