M Reads

  Hosted by Bev Hankins The perfect challenge (found here ) for those with Mount Readmores they want to chisel down a bit! That list includes me, though mine's less an orderly Rushmore and more a few stacks of Mt Wycheproofs scattered around the place... My goal is conquer El Toro, taking it easy with 75 books. We have the option to climb higher, so you never know, there might be a Mount Everest in my future! List updated as I read. 1. 

Rollercoaster. That's my word for this year - because it ends much the same as it began, but the middle, oh boy. This year squished in curveballs good, bad and neutral, and somehow it's managed to be both utterly normal and utterly upended at the same time, for the same reasons. Schrodinger's year? Perhaps. And you know, I'm fine with closing out this year on the note it's at. --- Reading My reading journal got off to a shaky start this year and I did want to post about the good books, or at least the ones that gave me food for thought, by the year's end buuut...  If I had to pick a favourite book for the year, it would easily be  The Age of Skin , by Dubravka Ugresic. This collection of essays took time to get into, but once you get the flow of the narrative, you're hooked. The Age of Skin requires re-reading, with highlighters and thought. I joined Goodreads earlier this month and transferred my library from Storygraph. It... did not work well, but it gav...

Who knew man-size Dr Pepper was a thing? Sadly it's not actually man-sized, nor does it come with a man for comparison, but eh. This is Evie, she is very pleased with herself for knocking her water into her biscuits, aka 'setting up an ambush for pats and affection'. A six-year-old former breeder recovering from her speying, she's a beautiful and curious girl who loves attention, touring the house in my arms, and ignoring her new brothers. They think she's scary. Evie only arrived yesterday, but things are going well. She'll be let loose in my room later today, and probably hide under my bed where it's dark and safe, with a large pink blanket to fuss in. (After finding her blue blanket in the toilet this morning, I'm guessing it's not her favourite colour...) This evil-looking schemer is Pericles, who is the biggest, softest, sweetest boy and will roll over for a belly rub so fast you'll swear he was always lying like that. He is the Mighty Hunte...

  Hosted by Rick Mills The goal of this challenge is nicely uncomplicated - read (shoot) six books by the same author (targets) to earn a notch. I was keen to join as soon as I laid eyes on this: love the idea behind it, and it matches perfectly with my reading plans for next year... to tidy my TBR and read more of my series. And mysteries make for some fantastic series! (And how awesome is it someone made a challenge just for the mystery genre?!) This page will be updated with more info as I go. ~~~ Target #1: Boris Akunin 1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6. 

 Hi to everyone! My name's Morgan, or M, and I'm planning to use this little bit of cyberspace to track my reading, talk about my writing, maybe share a few recipes, who knows, and there'll probably be a rant or two thrown in for good measure. And cat photos... the boys hate them, but they're so photogenic, how can a blossoming crazy cat lady like me resist? For now, this is a basic hello while I learn how everything works and get it all prettied up. Cheers!