You know those weeks when you sit down to reflect but the details seem fuzzy? Today’s one of those times. I know we celebrated my sister’s birthday this week with chocolate fondant which I baked. My driving lessons continued. I also baked giant chocolate chip cookies. Oh and I checked my letterbox countless times for the arrival of The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson. It remained woefully absent.
Project 52 – Spring
Spring begins the cycle of the seasons as animals emerge from winter and plants peek out from the earth again. The first flowers blossom and welcome warmer days. While the monsoons direct the rains and dry months where I live, the thought of spring still brings considerable cheer. This is why I picked out a few books that I meant to read last year but didn’t. Spring also marks the possibilities of things to come, and I hope that I will come to count these books to my favourites very soon.
BEAUTIFUL BROKEN THINGS by Sara Barnard
Reading Beautiful Broken Things struck me on many levels. There were a lot of things I related to her having gone through these myself. I’ve been in Caddy’s shoes. I’ve been in Rosie’s shoes. I’ve had a number of Suzanne’s in my life. I’ve learnt that groups of threes aren’t always the most stable of friend groups. Beautiful Broken Things reminded me of toxic relationships I’ve had, the naïve wishes to be there as a friend unravelled and being pushed aside as I wasn’t included in the plans of two when we should have been three.
Hot off the Press – Mar 14, 2016
This week’s a comparatively slow week on the publishing front. After so many popular releases in the weeks prior, it’s kinda nice for the hype to be quieter. Nonetheless, some of this week’s titles did catch my eye. Also, I did pre-order The First Time She Drowned.
Retrospect #115: March 13
Lately my lack of reading time has been weighing on my mind. In January I only read three books because I dedicated a lot of my limited spare time to blogging. In February that number rose to eight books as I scaled back a little on blogging. Over the past two weeks however, I finished reading seven books but I blogged considerably little. I’m much happier for the books I managed to finish. Yet, blogging less and hardly checking my RSS feeds has made me feel more disconnected.
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