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Sisters of Sword and Shadow

9th April 2024

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I know it’s so hippie and probably Temu quality

I know it’s so hippie and probably Temu quality but I like this

Just playing about with my archive transferring it

Just playing about with my archive transferring it to my Photo Reel so it's all in one place rather than several and I can start organising it into appropriate folders doing better edits and getting it up on RedBubble and the blog

Finding some images I'd completely forgotten about is fun but frustrating that they've been festering on various hard drives for years

This is from Whitby about 10 years ago!

#whitby #gothfestival #whitbygothweekend #gothgirl

Had a few DMs recently querying me as a book blogg

Had a few DMs recently querying me as a book blogger...

This is my Insta and I'll post what I feel like when I feel like it, remember you don't need to follow.

I've got a lot of interests and a 20K+ photo archive to work through so be prepared for anything.

#blackandwhite #fountainsabbey @ntfountainsabbey #swans #formalgardens #myinsta

Another from the archive, this time a Crested Cara

Another from the archive, this time a Crested Caracara

#crestedcaracara #birdportrait #birdphotography #falconidae

Read (grudgingly finished) 61 of 2024

Read (grudgingly finished) 61 of 2024

Dandelion from today

Dandelion from today

Sabir Pirzada, Martin Morazzo, Vanesa Del Rey. Ima

Sabir Pirzada, Martin Morazzo, Vanesa Del Rey. Image Comics. (120p) ISBN: 9781534397545

Dandelion

I’ve found that everything I’ve received from Image Comics since restarting NetGalley this year has been great, and Dandelion is no exception.

A collection of stories set in a future where living pods that travel through the air have become the home of the homeless and unproductive, a place to be exiled and never allowed to return to earth.

In this world the pods are supplied and serviced by drones and the people in them are nationless and shunned.

One of my favourite episodes was titled ‘True North’ a story of hope tinged with great humour, but every story is worth reading.

Each story is nice and short, but though each episode is short they all pack a punch building up a world that we know could be ours in a near future, rather than using technological advances to better the world and lives of all, the rich use them to get richer and displace those deemed no necessary.

Each story is perfectly illustrated by several artists fitting the theme of the story perfectly.

I received this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Rachael Krotec. Nib and Feather. (434p) Woven Son

Rachael Krotec. Nib and Feather. (434p)

Woven Song

Another book where the cover drew me to it instantly!

So glad I did as this turned into a really fun read, mixing various mythologies up into a magical adventure with a bit of romance thrown in for good measure.

One thing that threw me to begin with was the in-sentence explanations/translations of Japanese words/terms threw the pace a bit and could have been covered in a little glossary at the front beside the explanation of the honorifics.

This was a story of two halves (well one and two thirds, the first part a very descriptive tale beautifully told, then the action and romance increased as the barriers between worlds thinned.

This is a great tale of outsiders mixed with forbidden loves, found family, Imperial intrigue, spirit possession, a little bit of sword play, and a lot about not living up to others expectations of you.

If you like a bit of mythology and action this is a good book for you though I’m still wondering what happened to the prisoner with the facial scar, it felt as though there was going to be more but sadly not.

I received this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Another Monday shines brightly through the windows

Another Monday shines brightly through the windows and today I'm finishing up on Woven Song by Rachael Krotec.

What book(s) are you reading this week?

Long hot day at work, got home at 7:10pm cleaned t

Long hot day at work, got home at 7:10pm cleaned the house and made a veggie chilli just starting to settle now, bed soon

Will be adding more to this soon

Will be adding more to this soon

58th read of 2024...

58th read of 2024...

It’s my day off, why have I been up for an hour?

It’s my day off, why have I been up for an hour?

Do love a Welsh Poppy

Do love a Welsh Poppy

#bookpost today 😳😉🌶️

#bookpost today 😳😉🌶️

Trying to figure out which #tarotdeck to explore n

Trying to figure out which #tarotdeck to explore next.

Idle Hands Tarot, Tarot of the Witches, or The Rackham Tarot?

#tarot #tarotcards #poll

Just shuffling away until I felt like drawing a ca

Just shuffling away until I felt like drawing a card, no question in mind.

Three of Pentacles is an encouragement and sign that I’m on the right track in work related things. This could mean what I’ve been doing with the blogs and websites will be right and to push on but there is also a thought going through my head about the day job which I may explore further.

But an encouraging card

#tarot #dailydraw #dailyreading #tarotreading #tarotcard #threeofpentacles

With everything that's going on in my life at the

With everything that's going on in my life at the moment I've decided to fold the indie publishing website into the Big Bearded Bookseller website

This means that the BBB site will get another thread of content and mean far more regular updates each month and that the indie publishing site won't look as though it is abandoned with only one or two posts every now and then

I'll be doing the same for the indie bookshop website soon for the same reasons

Both started off as hobbies and took on more weight during lock down and furlough and it would have been great to continue like that but they can't be more than hobbies and interests while I work full time

#bookshops #indiebookshops #publishers #indiepublishers #publishing #books #blogging #blogger #content

Flowers are really coming up in the garden now

Flowers are really coming up in the garden now

So a couple of packages arrived for me today one w

So a couple of packages arrived for me today one was a book I’ve really been looking forward to ‘The Phoenix Keeper’ by S A Maclean (and it has a map!) the others were a surprise from @flyingeyebooks ‘Cub’ by Jonty Howley and ‘One Day on Our Prehistoric Planet’ by Ella Bailey and how cute are the dino paper clips!

#bookpost @hachetteuk #mythicalcreature #dinosaur #lion #picturebook #fantasy

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