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Day 25 of 19 with some of my favourite poems #poe

Day 25 of 19 with some of my favourite poems

#poem #poetry #nationalpoetrymonth

Just been approved for Necrology by Meg Ripley on

Just been approved for Necrology by Meg Ripley on @netgalley

#necrology #netgalley @creaturepublishing #horror #bookstagram #tbr

Cappuccino and lemon and marscapone cake after a d

Cappuccino and lemon and marscapone cake after a doctor visit and they talk about the elephant around you waist…

@echo3coffee #bestcoffee #greatcake #justdoit #goforit

Just been approved for Sarah Manguso’s book ‘L

Just been approved for Sarah Manguso’s book ‘Liar’ thanks to @netgalley and @panmacmillan

#netgalley #liars #literaryfiction #bookstagram #bookstagrammer

Today’s draw from The Change Tarot is the Two of

Today’s draw from The Change Tarot is the Two of Cups.

A day of building and reinforcing connections and relationship

#tarot #tarotreading #tarotcards #thechangetarot

Day 24 of 19 with some of my favourite poems. #po

Day 24 of 19 with some of my favourite poems.

#poem #poetry #nationalpoetrymonth

Updating my April Reads grid, one more than March

Updating my April Reads grid, one more than March so far

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Book 51 of 2024…

Book 51 of 2024…

Today's card is the Knight of Wands. Impulsivenes

Today's card is the Knight of Wands.

Impulsiveness, passion, go-getting and this all links with me reframing a lot that was going on in my head and how I feel about certain aspects of my life.

But again I have to resist the 'act now think later' urge I often have, temper that energy that often makes me run full into things and use it constructively.

#knightofwands #tarotreading #tarotcard #thechangetarot #dailyreading

Day 23 of 19 with some of my favourite poems #poe

Day 23 of 19 with some of my favourite poems

#poem #poetry #nationalpoetrymonth

Just been approved for Extremophile by Ian Green o

Just been approved for Extremophile by Ian Green on @netgalley

Had a quiet night tonight, can you tell?

Had a quiet night tonight, can you tell?

Just starting to get around to using the new deck

Just starting to get around to using the new deck I received called The Change Tarot.

This part is where I draw five cards to get a feel for the deck.

What is the energy of the deck?
This was the Two of Cups, which lets me know that the decks energy is about making connections, trust, and harmony.

What is my initial energy when I interact with this deck?
This was the Knight of Cups, which was probably referring to my love of the design and muted palette, using the Rider-Waite-Smith iconography but having a cooler colour scheme.

What might I learn about myself when using this deck?
This is the Eight of Wands, this deck could let me know more about the energy and need to keep moving forward and the need to do something.

What kind of growth might this deck inspire in me?
This is the Page of Wands, this deck could give me inspiration and help me get toward that growth I'm always after.

Card of the day
This is the Nine of Swords, talks about my feelings of depression, anxiety, and fears and that these are weighing on me at the moment and to not let these worries become self-fulfilling.

I'll be using this for my daily reads for the rest of the week and putting up a review on the blog and Waterstones at the end of the week.

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Day 22 of 19 with some of my favourite poems. #po

Day 22 of 19 with some of my favourite poems.

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Monday morning once more, this week I'm reading "H

Monday morning once more, this week I'm reading "How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying" by Django Wexler

What book(s) are you reading this week?

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Lights on the blinds listening to #ttpd once more

Lights on the blinds listening to #ttpd once more

Arancini for lunches and fish stew for dinners nex

Arancini for lunches and fish stew for dinners next week

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Never realised it was St Bueno’s day, the patron

Never realised it was St Bueno’s day, the patron saint of curlews, and so it is also World Curlew Day

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Zoe Thorogood. Image Comics. (196p) ISBN: 97815343

Zoe Thorogood. Image Comics. (196p) ISBN: 9781534323865

It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

I know this wasn’t published this year but I’m feeling really lucky in having read so many amazing graphic novels in the last few months.

I’ve sold loads of this in the Middlesbrough shop that I felt I had to read it and I’ve now eventually got round to it.

I was instantly enthralled by the depiction of the looming mass of depression always sitting around somewhere and the various voices that talk to your depths and worst fears, especially when the looming mass is extra close.

Loved the different art styles used throughout as expectations, energy, thought patterns changed and swirled constantly second guessing and denigrating the self but through the lens of different parts/ages of self.

A very raw and honest look at several months of Zoe’s life, her expectations, her thoughts, her multiple realisations, the ups and downs and ins and outs of examining life in its minutia and coming back with different answers each time but having to accept that that is the answer that is working (or not) at this point.

So well deserved of all the praise I had heard about it and now looking forward to discovering more of Zoe’s work.

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

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Updated April read grids, one of my favourite read

Updated April read grids, one of my favourite reads of the year along side one of my least favourites

#booksread #aprilreads #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #haveread

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