geek parenting done right
Given the recent passing of David Bowie, Lustlocked by Matt Wallace felt like the right choice seeing as it features the Goblin King. Yes that one. Synopsis (from Goodreads) Love is in the air at Sin du Jour. The Goblin King (yes, that one) and his Queen are celebrating the marriage of their son to […]
We all have these don’t we? Things where we think ‘god you’re an adult get your act together’ and then just go ahead and do it regardless. I feel like the person who described this best was Allie Brosh from Hyerbole and a Half. Go ahead, click the link, it’s worth it. I’ll wait. Okay, […]
I’m a big fan of the dystopian novel but only a recent convert to Margaret Atwood. I picked up the Blind Assassin at last years LifeLine Book Fest because I loved the retro style cover and while it was a great book I much prefer her speculative fiction works like The Handmaid’s Tale. I chose […]
Vale Davie Jones I’m sure I’m echoing millions of blog posts around the world when I say this but I was truly devastated to hear of his death. If my life had been a movie, he would definitely be the most prominent artist on the soundtrack if not write the whole score. In memory of […]
For this category I chose the finale to the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer – Winter. I started reading this series a couple of years ago after a friend of mine (who by the by is also a talented film maker – check out this short she worked on) recommended Cinder. I love the sci fi […]
New years Resolutions! They are something that has always been near and dear to me, given that at their heart they are a list. I love lists. I love making them, writing them down and that feeling you get when you cross something off. Sometimes I write things down I’ve already done just to get […]
My favourite christmas recipe is more an after Christmas leftovers recipe. You know when you’ve gone over a week eating christmas ham sandwiches and you would be happy never to see the motherflippin stuff again. Personally I never get to this point, but apparently other people have a wierd aversion to eating the same thing […]
Today’s topic was holiday traditions. I don’t really have a lot of them, especially since my own little family is so new. I thought I’d share what we do each Christmas to mark the holiday instead. Secret Santa I always participate in this at my various works every year. I usually get the typical IT […]
I am so excited to announce that next year I will be blogging my efforts to complete the Popsugar 2016 Reading Challenge. It requires me to finish 40 books of my choosing that fit into the following categories: I’m hoping this will give me some motivation to plow through my to be read books as […]