by Mel | Jan 25, 2017 | Bookworm, Cool stuff
I have a history of avoiding books I should buy. Or dithering about buying them. Of picking them up and putting them down in book stores or seeing someone talk about them online and thinking “that sounds like me” and then not following them up. I have met...
by Mel | Jan 1, 2017 | Beasties, Random thoughts, Writing
Seeing as the blogging fell away a bit in the second half of last year due to Life Stuff TM, I thought I’d kick off the year with a modified version of one of my semi-regular State of the Mel posts. 2016 was, as it seemed to be for most people, a bit of a slog...
by Mel | Dec 31, 2016 | Bookworm, Life, Random thoughts
Well, 2016. That was a…year. But one in which I managed to read quite a few good books for the first time. (I think I read or re-read over 150 books again this year). I even took pics of a few. This year I think I read more contemporary romance, less historical...
by Mel | Dec 29, 2016 | Fave things
2016 has been a bit of an up and down year. Lost a kitty. Gained a kitten. Finalled in the RITA, had an ankle reconstruction. Lost a few idols, wrote a few books, read a few books. Now I traditionally wrap up the year with a fave books of 2016 post on New Year’s...
by Mel | Oct 25, 2016 | Cool stuff, Fave things, Life
I know things have been low on the blogging front recently. Sometimes life gets crazy. 3 weeks ago, in particular, I had an ankle reconstruction to fix a ligament that was borked when I broke my ankle five years ago. Let us not discuss why this was not diagnosed five...