My Audiobook Adventures
I have deteriorated further. My neck keeps subluxing and breaking away further in a particular direction and my skull rolls about independently on the pillow so I can’t ever keep it still or safe. It’s …
Books
Best and Worst of 2018
These are my best and worst books, films, television programmes, sport and videos of 2018
A lot has happened
Last May, I injured my head. The whole of the right half of my head became numb and if any of the right half of my head was touching anything, including my pillow, then more …
Best and Worst of 2017: my year
2017 was devastating for me both physically and emotionally but the following films, television, articles (and more) helped keep me going and provided glimpses of light, interest and joy (even though, like everything, they were …
Fictional male role models
Last year, I wrote this blog post about my favourite female fictional characters. The announcement that the new Doctor is going to be a woman (I’m incredibly jealous by the way; I wanted to be …
The eternal dilemma of trying to Sort myself into a Hogwarts House
Before I even begin, I’m going to list what I believe to be the main characteristics of each House, for definition’s sake. It’s a bit simplistic but necessary for knowing my starting point. Ravenclaw: wit, …
Best and worst of 2016
BOOKS Best 3 audiobooks that I listened to in 2016 (I’m unable to read books due to my illness so I have to listen to them): 1. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline 2. …
My favourite fictional female characters
In general, there is a paucity of fictional female characters compared to the number of male ones and there are even fewer that are really great, three-dimensional characters. I’ve decided to celebrate the ones that …
Book Club: January
Apologies that my choice of books for October, November and December of my virtual book club all turned out to be a bit rubbish. But finally! January has come up trumps. I wasn’t bored once …
Best of 2015
Favourite discovery of 2015: The brilliant Witch, Please podcast. A fortnightly podcast about the Harry Potter world. The two hosts are academics who are rereading the Harry Potter books and rewatching the films for the …