Carl Sagan’s Cosmos is one of those books that’s been on my TBR for more years than I care to mention. I’ve had the book that accompanied the original TV series since I was ten or eleven, so it’s not like I haven’t had plenty of opportunity to read it. I’ve even read his The…
Reading Across Genres & Beautiful Discoveries
Do you like reading across genres, lovely people? Do you read whatever catches your fancy, or do you stick to certain genres only? For years I was very firm about what I did and didn’t read. I had very clear opinions on it. These softened somewhat as I got out of my teens and twenties…
H.P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu, & problematic reading
It’s October, and you know what that means, right? No. Not pumpkin spice. I’m not American. I only just figured out that pumpkin spice is actually just a spice flavour, not a pumpkin one. I spent a lot of years confused about why everyone wanted their coffee to taste like soup. But October does mean…
How to Make the Perfect Cup of Tea
There’s always a lot of talk about coffee. Coffee memes, coffee jokes, coffee almost-a-joke-but-not-actually-because-I-haven’t-had-my-first-cup-yet. New techniques, new blends, new roasting methods. Which is all good. But why is no one talking about how to make that perfect cup of tea? Why are the tea-drinkers being neglected? Because, let’s be honest here – I don’t function…
Tales of Love & Woe – Winter Reid’s Powerful Fairy Tales
Okay, so I may have talked about Winter Reid’s fairy tale re-tellings in this video here, when I’d read The Lonely Crow and Rosie Waking. And I may have got a little fan-girly, and it’s entirely possible that she’s quite grateful for the ocean between us, which will probably dissuade me from turning up on her front…
