Saturday, 30 August 2025
Battery Problems...
Wednesday, 27 August 2025
REVIVAL, Vol. 1: You're Among Friends by Tim Seeley & Mark Norton

My rating: 5 of 5 stars
We finished watching the first season of REVIVAL last weekend, so I started reading the comic book series yesterday.
In a town located in Wisconsin, the dead came back to life. For just one day. While Officer Dana Cypress is investigating a case, she finds out a serious secret about her younger sister. But there's also the media to deal with, as well as religious zealots, the government, and the mystery about why this happened...
I really enjoyed the first volume, which includes the first five issues. I like the similarities, but also enjoyed discovering the many (many) differences. I'm so surprised about all of the extra subplots and secondary characters.
It's interesting, violent, and the artwork is beautiful.
I'm definitely looking forward to reading more.
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Sunday, 24 August 2025
Rainy Words & Books
Well, the weekend is here and the sun finally decided to make a comeback after FIVE DAYS of NON-STOP RAIN. 😱
Seriously, it was unbearable. Especially for someone who doesn't like rainy days at the best of times. It was so bad that it got in the way of my daily walks. Too much rain sucks and because I walk around the river, the puddles are huge. I really hope that it's done for a while.🤞
Asides from putting up with all this shitty weather, I've been really busy spring cleaning/reorganising. I have a lot of books and stationery so I'm determined to trim the fat while going through everything. The worst thing about doing this is finding books that I love (I'm a bibliophile, after all) that are riddled with foxing. 😫
It sucks and I just don't understand why this happens.
Anyway, I also completed the final read-thru of the short story I wrote last weekend. After the first draft, I suspected the word count would go up to 2k, but it ended up even longer.
Total word count: 3,159.
I was actually surprised that this tale turned out this long, but after some very handy feedback from my husband, I added and rewrote the ending. Very happy with how it turned out.
Here's the new vampire world update: two novels, one novelette, and thirteen short stories.
BUT! As expected, as soon as that story was finished, I started a new one. The words came to me in a rush after I woke up on Thursday morning and boy, it felt so good to get this one finally written because it's lived in my brain for a while now.
I'm up to third draft and the word count has reached: 2,994. I'm looking forward to revising and completing this one.
Tonight we finished watching REVIVAL S1 and OMFG, this show is amazing!! I enjoyed the hell out of it and that ending was: 😳!!
Well, that's about it for now.
Hope you have an awesome weekend!!
Friday, 22 August 2025
CHLORINE by Jade Song

My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I've wanted to read this book for a while and decided to get stuck into it last night.
Ren Yu loves swimming. Her whole life revolves around the pool, her teammates, and her strict coach. Another thing Ren loves is mermaids. This is how her simple life as a girl leads to so much more...
I was hooked from beginning to end. Ren's voice is engaging and the way she shares her story is unflinching. She doesn't hold back from revealing all the good and bad things, the mild ones in between, as well as the harsher side of being a competitive swimmer.
Yeah, I really enjoyed this book and wasn't surprised where it led because Ren's obsession with mermaids, freedom, and chlorine were too much for one teenage girl to keep inside. Especially when you consider the injury she's so keen to ignore, and the pressures all the adults force upon her.
While I liked everything about Ren's narrative, I found her time with Ess during her first summer job as a lifeguard (at the community pool) to be especially charming. Not just because it was therapeutic for her, but it's also another chapter that leads to the shocking conclusion.
So glad I finally read it! 🧜♀️
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