Category Archives: Books

Spinsterhood

Today is one of those days where all the forces of nature and nurture combine to make me reflect upon the lack of romance in my life. Like what if I never fall in love, ever? Evereverevereverever? So instead I’m … Continue reading

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A far green country

Sometimes, you know, occasionally, I feel sad. Indescribably, often inexplicably despondent. Life seems too much and too little; I can’t breathe; my soul sinks down into my stomach, and stays there. I’ve toyed and Web-MD’ed with the idea that I have some … Continue reading

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Northanger Abbey

I just finished Northanger Abbey, and once again, Jane blew me out of the water. She is Just. So. Good! Mr. Tilney is top-notch Austen Hero. Perhaps not as awe-inspiringly hawt as Darcy, or as all-round dreamboat-ey as Knightley, or … Continue reading

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Storm of Musings

[I wrote this piece after I had just finished Storm of Swords, the third book in the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George RR Martin. Since then I have finished reading all of the five books that … Continue reading

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Thank you, lady hormones? And other confessions of an internet addict.

Today, I’d like to discuss something dark and disturbing. My internet and fandom obsessions. I’m not hyperbole-ing. Much. The way I feel about fandoms (the word to describe a group of fans of a certain popular culture phenomenon — be … Continue reading

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