With everything going on in the world and the pandemic, I've been staying close to home lately. Hence the cozy outfit. I haven't been really dressing up and going places, because it's safer at home and things are closed. But I have been up to a few things this last week and I have the …
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The Hare is a character driven story about Rosie, a girl who was foisted on her grandmother after her parents death, an orphan who was well aware that she was unwanted. She manages to get a scholarship when she grows up and flees to Parsons to study art, but her low self esteem means that …
Thanks to Influenster, I recently received a box from Garnier with some products from a new range of theirs called Green Labs. They sent me a 3 in 1 moisturiser and a gel wash, both of which with Brightening ingredients for even skin tone. Green Labs ranges combine superfoods and natural ingredients that are good …
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Set in North West London, Ruth is woken by a scream one night, and later thinks she sees something, on her quiet cul-de-sac. But no one will believe her and she's not sure that she can believe herself, because after the birth of her baby, she experienced post partum psychosis. Her delusions were strong enough …
Commissario Guido Brunetti investigates when two American girls are left injured and unconscious outside the hospital after a boating accident. At first, he's on the trail of the two boys who left them there and ran away, but the behaviour of one of them seems to hint at something more complicated beneath the surface. Reading …
I was planning on doing a more elaborate post this week, as opposed to this more casual one, but that's lockdown for you. lol. Last week was super quiet and kind of rainy. I read books, I hung out at home but I didn't do anything major. But I did try out some new beauty …
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Three estranged sisters are reunited in a strange city when one of them reads out a charm found in a library book. Drawn together, they each catch a glimpse of a tower that they have only heard of in stories. A tower where three powerful witches may have escaped with the last of the worlds …
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From snow last week to warmer days and even bright sunshine. For Valentine's Day my boyfriend bought me two little rose bushes. They're both mini roses, one is rich red and the other this beautiful pink. Roses are my all time favorite flower, but I don't have the best luck with them. They're slightly finicky …
Set in a resort town called Baxter's Beach in Barbados, this book centers largely on a girl called Lala, who is pregnant and in an abusive relationship. When her labour starts, she goes looking for help, and ends up knocking on the door of a wealthy home where her husband, co-incidentally, is robbing the owners. …
Continue reading How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones
All Winter, I kept waiting for snow. I felt like we hadn't really had Winter and I wasn't ready for it to be Spring yet, because no snow. All the suburbs around me had had snow, bit at my place, snow drops and daffodils were blooming! We had rain and lovely cozy Wintry days, but …
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