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A look at the last 3 months!

On November 20, 2018November 20, 2018 By mindforbooksIn books, books2 Comments

OMG I'm so behind with blogging!! I promised myself when I started this that I would blog at least twice a month and I was doing so well and I honestly can't tell you why I disappeared for 3 months. Well there is probably a few reasons but the main one is that I am …

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#ShelfieSunday time and my shelves are currently anxiety inducing. Our carpenter is coming next week and I’m reluctant to sort all my books out until I know what it is I’m doing. I’ve also finally landed on a colour for the library so I’m going to have to move them all out soon in order to paint and stuff so for now this is how they live. It’s just a big ole mess. 🙈 . In other news, I’m still sanding, but this evening I’m going to be reading and I can’t wait to sit down with my book. . I miss reading. 😭

Sometimes when something heartbreakingly tragic occurs all you ever need to be reminded of it is the name of the place it happened. Columbine is one of those tragedies. . Columbine has been something that has stuck with me over the years because I was the same age as those involved when it happened. I can’t speak about gun laws in other countries but I do know that I’m incredibly grateful to live in a country where not every lunatic can get their hands on a gun. Does that mean my loved ones and I won’t be involved in some random act of gun violence? It absolutely does not. What it does mean is that I can be relatively sure that my nephews and nieces can go to school without the fear of getting shot.🤞 . After a 14 year break I’ve began to focus on true crime again and when I spotted this I decided to be brave and read something that’s played on my mind since I was 17 and this tragedy came on the news while I was doing my homework. There have been many, many, many heartbreaking American mass shootings since but Columbine is the one that stays with me. . Has anyone read this one?

This post was once a story. . And yes I’m still reading this book. . So my life is now sanding all the wood in my house. Our house was totally ready to move into and it’s absolutely liveable but I want to make it equal to my vision so I need to start in on doing that. Well, turns out that it looks like the last time the wood in this house was sanded down was back in the 1930’s when it was built and since then people have just added paint on top of paint. I’ve been sanding for 4 days and still have so much to do. I don’t mind sanding but our stairs is about to kill me. Doing some great squat work though so silver linings! 😂 . Anyways I hurt all over. I’m getting zero reading done and my house is full of dust. Owning a house is fun. 🙈 . I’m loving this book by the way but I’ve been reading it forever and I’m still reading the Zodiac Killer book (which I’m not loving) and I can’t wait to get back to a normal reading schedule because it can’t handle this way of living. 😂 . Happy Friday! 💞

It’s safe to say I’m obsessed with My Favourite Murder. . I’ve not read a thing in almost a week. Listened to 50 episodes back to back. Bought the book and today bought tickets to see the ladies in November. So obsessed is the correct terminology right? 😂 . Back in the day I was all about the murders and was mad for true crime. Then I witnessed something kind of horrific and was afraid of everything. Fourteen years on and I’m definitely still a big ball of anxiety but this podcast is exactly what my anxiety needed. For two reasons. They talk about truly horrific events but they manage to make it light enough that I’m not a trembling mess but it’s also informative and it’s mind blowing the amount of murders they are bringing to the attention of people all over the globe. Secondly, hearing about people’s hometown murders and some of the things other people have witnessed is oddly reassuring and I something I didn’t know I needed. . So loving My Favourite Murder and most of all love Elvis 🐈 and swear to gods, if he didn’t get that cookie at the end of every episode I’d be a mess! 😂 . So stay sexy and don’t get murdered! 🥰 .

A very green post for a very green day! 🥬 . A big gardening day today. My mam came to visit us in our new house for the first time and she is the master gardener in the family and talked me through what we have. There was mowing and weeding (done my the máther and the boy) and feeding and watering (done by me) I love my new garden and it’s actually pretty low maintenance (according to herself) but it’s three times the size as our old one so I need to get used to the time it takes to do things. Like 1.5 hours on feeding the plants and watering the grass days. 😂 . So my Slytherin editions surrounded in the green of my garden seems fitting. I think Professor Sprout would be proud of this Slytherin. 🐍😂💚

Most exciting book mail of the year today!! . This book. This book is one of my new all time favourites. I first read it in April and so far have read it twice. I can’t wait to read it again. It is just a pure comfort read. Lovely and inclusive and sweet and exciting and sad and it’s just got everyfuckingthing and I love it. . So the hardback fanatic wanted the hardback. I got the hardback editions of the other two books (both are great reads and I recommend) but could not get the long way to a small angry planet hardback edition anywhere and when I did see it it was being sold for £100 at the lowest price. There is a copy listed at around £400! 😱 Months ago I saw a copy on amazon through a bookseller at £30 plus shipping and agonised over it. When I finally decided to stop kidding myself and buy it, it was gone. I was super mad at myself. I berated myself for weeks. . Then. Monday morning. I did my weekly check (yes, I’ve been checking weekly) and there it was on amazon for £12 plus shipping and I didn’t even check what condition it was in or how much shipping was I bought it so fast I was out of breath after and it arrived today and it’s like new and it’s beautiful and it doesn’t have a stupid permanent sticker on it like the paperback and I’M SO HAPPY!! . Books are joy my people. Books are joy. . I hope everyone is rocking their Friday. I’m going to sit on my couch lovingly stroking the spine of this book. What’s everyone else up to? 😂

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