Books, stationery, and wellbeing
A couple of weeks ago my neighbour had a clear out and left a massive box of comic books on her doorstep - for nice nerds only. Now, I don't like to toot my own horn, but I like to think I'm a nice nerd - so I took about half the box! I sorted… Continue reading Free comic book haul
I'd had a Goodreads account for a while but not really used it until this year. When I was bored I liked to rate books in order to get recommendations but I never used it to track my reading. This year I set myself my first challenge - to read 50 books in 2016. I… Continue reading My 2016 Goodreads Challenge
Now that I'm back at work, I've been storming through my previously unread books and I've got plenty of recommendations. Here's a little rundown of what I've been reading lately Comic books are great for the commute because I can usually get through one per journey - no "OMG I don't wanna get off the… Continue reading What I’ve been reading lately #4
So I was just browsing the internet, as you do, going from one link to another, and I can't remember how but I came across a watercolour print of one of my favourite characters ever - 10 Things I Hate About You's Kat. And that's not all. The artist, Oh Gosh Cindy, has created watercolour… Continue reading New favourite artist: Oh Gosh Cindy
I missed a week again so my Bloglovin feed is loooong! I try and keep the list short by skimming through it in the morning and marking the less interesting-looking ones as read but actually finding the time to read the others is hard! Here are some of my favourite posts. Baby RIE parenting craze… Continue reading Follow Friday #7
A few weeks ago my lovely baby brother bought me this copy of Death of the Family (Batman: New 52). The cover is amazing and I immediately had to share it online. It got me thinking about other new, special and limited editions of awesome comics. As you probably already know, Batman is my favourite… Continue reading Judging a book by its cover: Comics and graphic novels
I got to thinking the other day about the TV shows that I watch and I realised that they feature some pretty bad-ass, strong women in leading roles. The Mentalist, Fringe, The Big Bang Theory and Chuck all feature great female characters. And those that are no longer in production, such as Buffy the Vampire… Continue reading Fictional female role models