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Top Ten Tuesday ¦ Books I Can’t Believe I Haven’t Read
Read more: Top Ten Tuesday ¦ Books I Can’t Believe I Haven’t ReadWhat’s this, what’s this, Emma is completely and shamelessly jumping on a bandwagon? Yes, hello, I’ll make myself comfortable and explain. Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and Bookish (two descriptors could not be more apt), and it is a weekly meme in which you create lists (because who doesn’t love a good…
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Discussion: The Future
Read more: Discussion: The FutureScary blog title, huh? Scary topic to be honest though so it fits perfectly. I don’t know what I want to do with my life. That felt good to admit. I have zero clue what I want to do with my life. I know what in an ideal, ideal world what I would want to…
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January Reading Wrap-Up
Read more: January Reading Wrap-UpThe books I read in January were minimal to say the least. However I didn’t start reading anything properly really until the last couple of weeks of January, once module essay deadlines had passed. So, considering that, I’m fairly okay with how much I read in January, most of it was necessary reading for university…
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Friday Reads ¦ 23rd January 2015
Read more: Friday Reads ¦ 23rd January 2015I think everyone knows the drill now – if not literally check my previous post which explains. This is a Friday Reads post about my reading intentions for this weekend. Let’s not waste precious time or space… Tamburlaine by Christopher Marlowe (x) The only Marlowe I’ve read previously (and I forgot it was even Marlowe, whoops) is Edward…
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Friday Reads ¦ 16th January 2015
Read more: Friday Reads ¦ 16th January 2015I think people know the drill but just in case you don’t… in Friday Reads you basically discuss the books you plan to read this weekend, expectations, hopes etc. Some people extend this to mean the books they’ll be reading all week and I always intend to cover just what I’ll be reading at the…
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University Woes: Essays, Procrastination, Worth
Read more: University Woes: Essays, Procrastination, WorthI have 2 x 5,000 word module essays to complete. At this very moment I have 3245 words of one, and precisely 0 of the other. I am enjoying a good bit of Taylor Swift at full volume – along with dramatic singing and interpretive dance moves obviously – and a nice cup of coffee.…
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2015 Bookish Resolutions
Read more: 2015 Bookish ResolutionsWell 2014 has come and gone – where the hell has it gone? seriously, I want a do-over – and though now might be the time for reflection, it is also the time to look onwards and maybe upwards. The cynic in me cannot allow me to be as optimistic and peppy about the dawn…
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Discussion: Giving Gifts
Read more: Discussion: Giving GiftsBit of a different post today, something I’ve decided to call a ‘discussion’. And yes I do realise discussion implies some kind of back and forth exchange so, you know, PLEASE TELL ME YOUR OPINION ON THIS I GENUINELY WOULD LOVE TO HEAR IT. Ok, enough of the capital letters, I’ll begin… Are you a…
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December Favourites
Read more: December FavouritesI have enjoyed quite a few things lately and I want a manner in which to gush about them in a validated forum that isn’t just Twitter. So here we have (drumroll please) my December Favourites. It’s a short list as I’ve been, well if not actually working on essays then pretending to be, working…
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It’s beginning to look a lot like… the end of term?
Read more: It’s beginning to look a lot like… the end of term?In response to the question quite crudely created by the addition of a question mark at the end of some seasonally appropriate butchered song lyrics: well, no, not really. Let me explain. I have had one deadline this term. One. Let that just sink in for a moment. Not only that, I have taken modules…