A brilliant middle grade mystery, set in the glamorous world of an early 20th century London department store, The Clockwork Sparrow by Katherine Woodfine (updates) sees heroine Sophie falsely accused of the jewelled bird’s theft. Farshore worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/the…

Amongst Embers and Ashes. sarahreads4.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/amo…

Today's goals: -finish and schedule 2 blog posts -read -play World of Warcraft

I got two blog posts completed and scheduled. Now, it's time to indulge my gamer side and dive into World of Warcraft and see what the new patch has in store.

I'm really surprised and impressed by how stable the servers are. Usually, patch day is a shit show for WoW.

I spoke too soon. Having to reload after accepting and finishing every quest is kind of obnoxious. But its still better than previous patch launches.

I got a few good hours of playing World of Warcraft, but I'm going to take a break and read for a bit.

My first book review for a very long time and I am honoured to be reviewing Genesis: Vision of the New World by D. Ellis Overttun N. E. Overttun This book is book 2 in the Terra Nova series. likeherdingcatsblog.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/gen…

It's time for July's reading wrap-up. I didn't read much during the month, but with a good mix of genres, it was a solid bit of reading with plenty of amazing books. exploringallgenres.com/july-2025-read…

Today's goals: -bake cinnamon buns -read -finish and schedule at least one book review -play World of Warcraft

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Book Review: The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte exploringallgenres.com/the-rise-and-f…

The last two days have been busy. We took advantage of cooler weather to knock out a bunch of neglected outdoor work, including a ton of weeding. Tomorrow is the start of another round of heat, so I'll be back to doing blog work & everything else from my air-conditioned space.

Book Review: BL Metamorphosis Vol 3 by Kaori Tsurutani exploringallgenres.com/bl-metamorphos…

Well, today turned out significantly busier than I had expected, but I accomplished so much between blog work, housework, and a few random activities. I'm exhausted but glad to have tackled so much.

Book Review: Nina the Starry Bride Vol 2 by Rikachi exploringallgenres.com/nina-the-starr…

I'm running on little sleep, and since it's the weekend, I'm going to embrace a lazy day. Reading and Stadew Valley are likely to be the highlights of my day.

I didn't plan to leave the house today, nor did I plan to buy books, but it happened. At a huge yard sale, I found this trilogy in perfect condition, and it was 100% a cover buy. I look forward to reading this in the future.

Tonight's family movie night was Twisters. Certainly not as good as the original, but good enough to keep us occupied for 2 hours.

Took the dog for a walk before the heat of the day arrived, and now I shall spend the rest of the day inside getting various things done.