Music Monday was created by The Tattooed Book Geek as a way to showcase our favourite music. Each Monday share a song that inspires or uplifts you.
Month: October 2018
Book Review: Sharky Malarkey by Megan Nicole Dong
Sharky Malarkey by Megan Nicole Dong is a random collection of sketches and cartoons divided into several chapters. Chapter One was called ‘Malarky’ and consisted of bizarre stream of consciousness-like sketches of people in odd situations, and/or doing odd things. The second chapter is ‘A Shark in Los Angeles, a series of cartoons about Bruce […]
Book Review: Pride and Prometheus by John Kessel
Pride and Prometheus by John Kessel is a darkly magical re-imagining that fuses two great classics- Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice– into a seamless narrative. A chance encounter between Mary Bennett and Victor Frankenstein sets in motion a series of relationships that will leave them both forever changed. Victor is travelling […]
Book Review: The Ultimate Guide to Chakras by Athena Perrakis
The Ultimate Guide to Chakras by Athena Perrakis is a beautiful, in-depth guide to learning to work with your chakra system. In addition to the seven well-known physical chakras (root, sacral, solar plexus, heart, throat, third eye, crown), Perrakis includes two others that I found fascinating- the Earth Star and Soul Star chakras. These two, […]
Oct 6th- 12th
Life and Things I haven’t really been much on the blog the past few weeks. My energy levels have been quite low and what little I have has gone to work and household chores. :/ Things seem like they are finally turning around. This past week I got to see Miss Saigon. This production used […]
Teeth Ground Sharp and Eyes Glowing Red
This is a weekly meme created by Dani @ Perspective of a Writer, to show off favourite characters. Be sure to check out their blog! This week’s topic is- A Truly Scary Character (A character that scares you beyond reason! For whatever reason…)? Most characters don’t scare me. Not beyond reason anyway. Some of the scariest […]
October 10, 2018
WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam@Taking on a World of Words. To play, answer the three ‘W’ questions listed below. Be sure to link back to her or to put the link to your post in the comment section of her blog so that others take a gander at your answers and […]
10/08: Wild Child
Music Monday was created by The Tattooed Book Geek as a way to showcase our favourite music. Each Monday share a song that inspires or uplifts you. https://youtu.be/32yb6RG54Lg
Book Review: Atlas of the Unexpected by Travis Elborough
Atlas of the Unexpected by Travis Elborough is broken into several sections, helping to define the strange and unusual aspects of the sites mentioned. Each site is accompanied by black and white photos. ‘Accidental Discoveries’- includes places such as Cahokia and Pompeii. The latter, of course, is the famed city in Italy buried by the […]
Quickshots #24
30 Animals That Share Our World collated by InkThinkTank Chock-full of fascinating facts, 30 Animals That Share Our World takes a look at a variety of animals in the world around us such as spiders, horses, cats, and more. Each essay is written by a different author, providing a host of different ‘voices’ to engage […]