we're all mad here
Another month with very little going on. April was a bit better than March, but it was still a struggle. I’m slowlyyyyyy getting back into the groove of reading, and I am going to hype up the Soulbound series in big ways in the next few weeks because it’s been keeping me afloat. Mini Book…
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Back in 2019, one of my friends was talking about how much she loved Austen and how I really needed to give her a chance. She was one of many people I’d met who loved Austen, but had never anything beyond Pride and Prejudice, and it just seemed strange to me. I hadn’t really loved…
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Real talk, I read almost no books while on vacation. I think I read one? This is my shortest wrap-up ever not just because of the books, but also because I watched nothing, and I’m just going to link my Portugal posts in my life section, so uhhhhh, hello and goodbye in about four seconds?…
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What a month. It wasn’t great, I won’t lie. The books were amazing, but everything else was very much not, and I’m tired. Mini Book Reviews Legend🌈 LGBTQPIA+ characters🔥 BIPOC authors🌑 BIPOC characters Smith of Wootton Major & Farmer Giles of Ham | JRR Tolkien(2/2) ★★★★★ I’ve got a bit of a longer review for…
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This was certainly an interesting month. From unexpectedly amazing books to major disappointments, plus probably the busiest I’ve ever been at work (seriously, it felt like I was back in retail, that’s how tired I was every day), I’m not exactly happy to see January go, but definitely not sad. Mini Book Reviews Legend🌈 LGBTQPIA+…
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I had the absolute pleasure of reading several of Tolkien’s unpublished children’s books over the last week, and while birthday celebrations have wound down and come to a close, I wanted to drop in with one last hurrah with some mini reviews. Letters from Father Christmas If you’re going to read any edition of Letters…
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Previously on An Adventure in Tolkien: Andy Serkis absolutely wrecked me with his narration of LOTR in all the best ways. I said this in my mini review for this month’s wrap-up, but my favorite thing in the world with reading is to not read a summary for something and make up what the book…
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Previously on An Adventure in Tolkien: No one should be surprised that I’ve got several bones to pick with the way Ilúvatar treats his kids. Wow, it has been a Minute since I last posted a Tolkien review. My reading has completely fallen by the wayside this year, and I look back on where I was…
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It feels like December was at least four months long. It just never ended! That wasn’t necessarily a bad thing, either, just that it kept going forever and ever. I got a lot of good reading done, absolutely no writing, and watched a ton of TV, so I’d say, overall, it was a really good…
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It was a slow month. A lot of gentle movement, turning inward and reserving my energy, and really laying a foundation for a soft, easy winter. I’m so excited for it to start snowing, and every morning that it’s a little bit colder has me feeling overjoyed with the season to come, and I think…
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Mary and the Words 