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Just noticed this morning that last night's post a

Just noticed this morning that last night's post about watching some old films that were referenced in The Rocky Horror Picture show was my 500th post on the blog with 323 of those being book reviews.

Still more posts to come today as well!

If you want to visit the link is in my bio

#bookblogging #blogging #bookreview #500th #halfacentury #bookstagram bookstagrammer #bookblogger

Always love listening to Minnie snore, much cuter

Always love listening to Minnie snore, much cuter then human snores

#cats #catlife #catsofinsta

Had a lovely chat with @littlerachtattoo yesterday

Had a lovely chat with @littlerachtattoo yesterday and just about to book in two half days getting the bottom half of my leg tattooed with gorgeously cute symbols for these.

Debut - lit match
Fearless - park bench
Speak Now - firefly
Red - star with sparkles
1989 - fox
Reputation - chandelier
Lover - rainbow
Folklore - a blue wave
Evermore - A scrap of a lined page with hearts on it
Midnights - a curled up cat
TTPD - a secret garden gate

Then all joined up with a golden string. Once all that’s done the space will be filled with stars and sparkles so I’ll be bejewelled and you can see me shine!

So looking forward to this as I’ve been waiting on #tsttpd being released to get a signifier for that, the next albums can go on my upper leg as they will all be joined by a golden thread. This helps me accept not getting to any of the gigs a bit better 😢

But do you get the songs?

#taylorswift #tattoo #taylorswifttattoo #debut #fearless #speaknow #red #1989 #reputation #lover #folklore #evermore #midnights #thetorturedpoetsdepartment #swiftie

Comfort watch tonight, then Renfield I think #roc

Comfort watch tonight, then Renfield I think

#rockyhorrorpictureshow #mytimcurry

Some randoms from the photo archive that I’m jus

Some randoms from the photo archive that I’m just uploading to Photos

#randomphotos #photography #photoarchive #archives #catchingup

Book 57 of 2024, The Details by Ia Genberg Will e

Book 57 of 2024, The Details by Ia Genberg

Will edit in a review later if my brain fog lifts for the day, if not there will be one across on the blog at some point over the weekend

Just got super excited though as I've planned in a leg piece to start in the next couple of months, super cute, super colourful by @littlerachtattoo who did my gorgeous soot sprites!

Looking forward to showing it to you all when it's done

So this is the second of the International Booker Prize shortlist I've read this year and I really liked it but Not a River still has my heart for the winner

#thedetails #iagenberg #internationalbooker2024

Just been approved for Lost and Lassoed on #netgal

Just been approved for Lost and Lassoed on #netgalley

#yeehaw #yipeekiyay #lostandlassoed #cowboyromance

The most recent ten black and white photos on my c

The most recent ten black and white photos on my camera reel
#blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #shadows #light #photography

Daniel Warren Johnson. Image Comics. (250p) ISBN:

Daniel Warren Johnson. Image Comics. (250p) ISBN: 9781534327252

Space-Mullet

Really loved the title for this series and the cover art was intriguing.

Jonah and his alien friend Alphius are trying to keep their space trucking business going whilst trying to avoid the authorities as Jonah is a deserter and this forms a large core of the main story.

The whole of this collection though is taken up with bringing the disparate crew together, all with their own secrets and needs to stay hidden.

I loved the sparseness of the illustration style, used to great effect to portray the action throughout the story.

I also loved the nods to our own era in the form of Imperialism and racism, and how this effects interactions throughout the various character arcs.

A great space romp with lots of directions to go in as this was just the gang getting together storyline.

and yes I could see the reasons why it would be aimed at fans of Firefly and Cowboy BeBop.

I was given this by NetGalley and Image Comics in exchange for an honest review.

@imagecomics @netgalley #spacemullet #groovymoustache #spaceadventure #graphicnovel #sciencefiction

Everyone talks about reels, here’s one. The card

Everyone talks about reels, here’s one. The cards I photo for every deck as I explore it.

This deck is The Change Tarot which has a lovely cool colour scheme

#tarot #tarotcards #tarotdeck #thechangetarot

Decided to up my #readingchallenge this year as I’m on fire, now aiming for 100

Here's an apple tree for May 1, will be tying a wi

Here's an apple tree for May 1, will be tying a wish ribbon to it later today.

#appletree #beltaine #blossom #allotment

We did have loads of salad with these warmed goats

We did have loads of salad with these warmed goats cheese, honestly

Let’s finish off #nationalpoetrymonth with anoth

Let’s finish off #nationalpoetrymonth with another from Staying Alive by Sheila Wingfield which I keep going back to all the time, I think this is probably the most reread poem from the books on the shelf.

#poem #poetry @bloodaxebooks

Waiting for us to turn the earth and see what snac

Waiting for us to turn the earth and see what snacks show up

#robin #allotment

Some forget me nots at the allotment

Some forget me nots at the allotment

Just been approved for "Space-Mullet" by Daniel Wa

Just been approved for "Space-Mullet" by Daniel Warren Johnson on @netgalley published by @imagecomics

Gina Chung. Pan Macmillan. (240p) ISBN: 9781035019

Gina Chung. Pan Macmillan. (240p) ISBN: 9781035019458

Green Frog

As you should all know I really like a well-crafted collection of short stories so as soon as this came up on NetGalley I jumped at it.

Gina Chung travels through many different worlds in this collection, but always with the female character central, no matter if it is Sci-Fi, mythological, or domestic situations the women often have moral dilemmas to work through and family is more than likely to be at the centre of it.

The collection plays on Korean myths and behavioural expectations and the weaving through of both these makes for very interesting reading. A spotlight onto a culture like but unlike our own, especially when these two cultures intersect.

There are lots of really strong stories in here but I feel my favourites were the sci-fi based ones, especially about traumatic memories and grief and how there could eventually be technical solutions but at what cost.

Another one I really enjoyed was a tale seen from the perspective of the kumiho who has to revenge her dead sister and her feelings on that and her life.

But I really enjoyed all of them, though the whole collection seemed to riff off a deep melancholy and was quite muted in tone this only heightened the feeling of difference and other.

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

#greenfrog #ginachung @panmacmillan #shortstories #collection #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #netgalley

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