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Hello #BeattheBacklist 2021 and a Goal of 100 Books Read!

Or, why wouldn’t I keep doing this to myself? I mean, it’s officially 2021, and in the spirit of beginning as I mean to go on, I figured ...

Onward, Ever Onward

Or Oof 2020 is Almost Over; 2021, Please Be Kind So, I always try to glance back at my previous year end journal before I start the curre...

Probably-Too-Formative Fandoms: Gundam Wing

12/07/20 So November was… November. I’m honestly not surprised I didn’t get this blog post done in time to post on my monthly schedule as...

An Experiment in Creed Poetry

This is something new – or, more accurately, something I haven’t done in a while. I’ve written poetry; I’ve even taken college classes on...

#ARCAugust Readathon 2020 – Here I Go Again!

Alternately: In Which I am in WAY Over My Head LOL As some of you might know or remember from my post last year, #ARCAugust is a readatho...

Listen: On the Subject of Audiobooks

I guess it’s a good sign when just writing the title of a blog post gets my brain going enough that I have a song stuck in my head – or i...

The Holding Pattern and the Way it Hurts to Hope

Or Infertility is Ongoing (Trigger warnings for discussions about infertility, pregnancy, medical treatment, and depression/anxiety). An ...

The Comfort of the Familiar

I know I’m not alone in saying my productivity has been… less than ideal as Covid-19 changes the face of the landscape of our lives all o...

Never Enough Bookshelves: ROSE DAUGHTER or An Old Favorite in a New Format

Never Enough Bookshelves: ROSE DAUGHTER or An Old Favorite in a New Format It surprised me to realize that I haven't talked about Robin M...

Looking Back and Looking Ahead Or on 2019 and 2020

I doubt I’m alone when I say that if 2018 was the year of a sullen “meh,” 2019 was a year of “Fuck my life.” There are very few folks I k...

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