Fish and chips, inspired by Saltwater Where I’m from, fish and chips is a staple food. A good bag of chips from my local chippy, soaked in malt vinegar and […]
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Book review: Saltwater by Jessica Andrews
SALTWATER By Jessica Andrews Follow me on Facebook for next week’s blog, about a meal made inspired by this book! I first heard of Saltwater by Jessica Andrews as I […]
Book Review: the Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
THE SONG OF ACHILLES By Madeline Miller For a while now, Madeline Miller’s the Song of Achilles has been passionately talked about by book lovers everywhere: I see folk raving […]
Books, bites & bakes
Challenges keep me motivated in my pursuit of the things I love doing. Without Nanowrimo, I wouldn’t have written 50k words last November. Without Goodreads reading challenges, I wouldn’t read […]
Book Review: the Coward by Jarred McGinnis
THE COWARD By Jarred McGinnes What a breeze of a read! Jarred McGinnes’ debut is concise and cutting on every page, darkly witty, and all encompassing. Unputdownable. The Coward tells […]
Book review: Scabby Queen by Kirstin Innes
SCABBY QUEEN By Kirstin Innes First book review of the year! Scabby Queen is a collection of perspectives that tells the story of Clio Campbell, a Scottish activist, popstar, and […]
My top reads of 2021
It was my goal in 2021 to read 26 books. I ended falling short by four, but can’t complain seeing as I had such a good time reading all that […]
Reflecting on the first half of Nanowrimo 21
This month, so far, has been a weird one. Feels like it’s dragging and flying by all at once. My lunch hours and nights have been spent by in large […]
Book review: Beautiful World, Where Are You?
BEAUTIFUL WORLD, WHERE ARE YOU By Sally Rooney Within about seven seconds of seeing the announcement of Sally Rooney’s third novel back in, what, January? I had ordered a signed […]
Book review: Luster
LUSTER By Raven Leilani Another one that had been sitting in my TBR for the longest time – thank you Matt for gifting me this beautiful book for my birthday! […]