TENDER IS THE FLESH By Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moses (2020) This little number has been on my TBR for a good while, and I finally got the excuse […]
book recommendation roundup: nightmare fuel #1
For me, a good book really makes me feel something. Sally Rooney’s Normal People was so overwhelmingly tender it made me feel a bit nauseous…like, in a good way though. […]
Book review: Be Guid tae yer Mammy
I’ve been looking forward to Emma Grae’s Be Guid tae yer Mammy for a long time; I follow Emma on Twitter and watching her publishing journey has been so amazing, […]
VLOG: making gift boxes for my bridesmaids
Does this video look like a piece of shit? Yes. Is it shoddily animated? Absolutely. But is it made with love? Not really. Oh hey! First piece of wedding content! […]
Movie Review: Old
M. Night Shyamalan is arguably the world’s most successful shit poster. With the likes of the Sixth Sense and Stuart Little under his belt, it is just plain hard to […]
Cooking Bucket List #5 – a whole ass adult evening
I’ve found that feeling like an independent adult can be as sad as it is liberating. Last month when I had a night to myself in my flat, I decided […]
Movie review: the Forever Purge
Like. It’s fine. It’s ok. It’s a Purge movie. Cut and dry formula: big bad siren go off and everyone go coo-coo-bananas for that sweet, savoury, and rare thrill of […]
Food review: Brawsome Bagels – Partick
Auspicious day! I was so happy to find that the day I’d booked off work also happened to be the day that Partick’s new bagel purveyor opened. I already had […]
I tried (and failed) to write 62k words in 62 days
Back on the ninth of June, I decided that it would be a good idea to set myself a challenge: write 62 thousand words in 62 days. What was the […]
Book Review: the Lies She Told
Paula Johnston’s debut novel the Lies she Told is a wild ride – think Love Island but way more conspiriorital and dangerous. Johnston’s split narrative tells the story of orphaned […]