inspiring a playfully creative life
With the holidays, comes a flurry of reading time. Once we started school again, I slowed down for a bit, but now we are back in the swing of things, I’ve managed to read two books since Saturday! Perfectly Impossible – Elizabeth Topp: a good holiday read, covering careers and relationships and how both of those feed into identity, and how that identity then feeds
After smashing through the first half of the year and making excellent progress towards my 2020 reading goal, things started slowing down over the last couple of months. I could blame birthday season, but more accurately, I lost my mojo when the book I started in August turned out to be slow going, and I was trying to avoid starting a new book before finishing
At the beginning of March, I read two books in two days. The next visit to the library, I was sure to grab three books for myself. We had a trip away planned, which, as a homeschool excursion, had plenty of down time for me, and evenings I could read. There was also the increasing levels of pandemic concern, and I had a fair idea
With a messed-up, crazy December, January was a weird mix of recouping and recovery in the sense of relaxing and self-care, but also recovery in the sense of a whoooooole lotta work. As much as I would normally churn through the books over summer holidays, 2020 was off to a very slow start. Now, though, we are two months into the month, and life has
With the days heating up rapidly, the signs of Christmas approaching are multiplying daily. The shops are full of baubles. Instagram is full of gift guides. We filled the pool for the first time today. I’ve even had the first “what’s the plan for Christmas” conversation with my mum. Advent also, traditionally, is one of my favourite seasons for random crafting, kid adventures, and soaking
After a smashing start to the year and getting through my 2019 goal in four months or so, I seemed to hit a wall, and didn’t read much beyond my NovelTea Book Club commitments. With not much reading going on, It didn’t seem worthwhile doing a book report round-up, and somehow it’s been a whole 3 months since I’ve blogged about the books I’ve been
The Gulf, Anna Spargo-Ryan – I grabbed this from the library on BorrowBox as I adored her first book, The Paper House, and this book didn’t fail to live up to expectations. It was stunningly written, and heartachingly moving. So many emotions and thoughts stirred up by this book. 5 stars. Lark Song, Jane Bailey – oh gosh, this was such an emotional read! Moving
March was an epic month for reading, with 8 books under my belt! Not bad for a buys month of school and work and life. It helps I made better choices with my free time of an evening, avoiding tv, and remembering to take my kindle or iPad with me to sit with Mr5 at bedtime. I also finally had a play with the BorrowBox
Whilst not quite as productive as January on the book front, I still managed to knock out a respectable 5 books during the month, which I am happy with. It was such a mixed up month, that I wasn’t sure how much I would manage, so I am happy with five. (As always, the book links are affliate – I receive a small income if
January is always a delightfully lazy month, where we get to press pause on real life, and enjoy a slower pace. It’s a chance to play with new projects, and it’s also a fabulous month for reading, with lots of stolen moments and car trips and downtime…and the chance for a late night with a good book and no alarm to worry about. This year,
