Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way by Lars Mytting My rating: 5 of 5 stars People forget their schoolmates. They forget their holidays and their favourite toys, but they never forget the woodstove that warmed them in their childhood homes. I grew up with a woodstove. A glass-fronted iron stove, to […]
Balefire by Jordan L. Hawk My rating: 5 of 5 stars Did I pre-order this book? Yep. Was I up half the night, excited like a kid on Christmas Eve, trying to catch it as it went live? Yep. Did I power through this in as close to one sitting as I could manage? Yep. […]
Death or Canada: The Irish Famine Migration to Toronto, 1847 by Mark G. McGowan My rating: 4 of 5 stars 3.5 stars. A basic, fact-filled primer on the Irish Famine Migration to Toronto in 1847. I myself know very little about the Famine, despite having lived in Kerry for over thirteen years — so I’ve […]
Voices at the World’s Edge: Irish Poets on Skellig Michael by Collected Rating: 4/5. Perfectly encapsulating my feelings toward the Skelligs, Kerry, and Ireland as a whole. > Goodreads Point docked because the inclusion of Cathal Ó Searcaigh considering the events that would’ve come to light not long before the formation of this book. Otherwise, […]
Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage Rating: 2/5. Good enough writing, just not my jam. > Goodreads Received from Netgally in exchange for a fair and honest review. This review is for the first 40% only; I decided to DNF after that. I’ll be talking about what I did read, and my general thoughts on it. […]
A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni Rating: 5/5. Short and accessible for anyone looking to brush up their language game. > Goodreads Received from Netgalley for a fair review. Really is a quick-n-easy guide to they/them pronouns! As someone who is more comfortable with neutral pronouns than any other, this […]
it’s the little things that show reality’s mood the foxes’ weddings hail from a blue sky lightning that forgot thunder sick foam, ocean’s bray greasy gritty snow collapse of fins and feathers spores upon saplings contrails, blue-sky lies crocheting a poison lace dark islands drifting so it howls. via Daily Prompt
Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch Rating: 4/5. Solid coffee-break urban fantasy. > Goodreads No lie, I find it a little hard to review books that are clearly meant to be read in a series (whether they have an episodic nature or not) on a book-by-book basis a bit difficult. I enjoyed Rivers of London […]
the balance of mood mental texture like full clouds dilution of thought quiet room; lie still cheap ceiling and rich eyelids nerve clusters of time ambient sound through mist rounded corners, soft colours drift away sleepy days. via Daily Prompt: Vague
Partake There were things that that person wished they had been able to partake in. Pink and yellow cakes with almond icing. A marathon. The Chubby Bunny challenge. Driving a dune-buggy. One last breath of air, despite the sour loam taste of it. The wood above would be scratched, if only they could see. Ragged […]
