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Continue reading →: Snippets: Afraid to FallI’m still slowly pecking away at what looks to eventually become a novel (Tentative title: Afraid to Fall). Likely a romance novel, with the way things are going. So far, it has just under 11,000 words. I’m taking a break from writing to go back and do some editing already,…
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Continue reading →: A Dog I Never WantedI have always been a cat person. That’s all we ever had growing up. Other friends and family had dogs that I loved to play with, but we were always away form home, busy with school and work and travel that my parents knew we were not a good fit…
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Continue reading →: Discarded WordsThe internet is littered with deleted, forgotten, and abandoned blogs that I have started and stopped since blogging became a thing. Honestly, this habit of mine predates the internet and started way back with my first journal (a pink one that was covered in puffy, glittery plastic and had a…
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Continue reading →: To Be a ReaderI read to escape. I read to explore. I read to learn and grow and expand my experiences. Reading opens up opportunity, and allows you to see and come into contact with worlds that you may not otherwise be exposed to. And in all of this, the act of reading…
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Continue reading →: The Hollow PlaneOh, where to even begin with this one? I was not prepared to see so much of myself in Mina. She is stubborn and slow to trust and love. She is prickly and has spent so much time trying to find a place for herself amid a life that is…
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Continue reading →: November Book Wrap-UpIt’s a new month, so the time has come to wrap-up all the books I finished in the previous one. November was a decent month for books, and a fair few of them were audiobooks. Lost of commuting to and from work, so the time adds up quickly (especially when…
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Continue reading →: Solitude to RechargeAs we come to the end of the semester, I am very much ready to cocoon myself into a blanket and avoid the rest of the world for a while. The holidays this year are going to be a chance to me to rest, recover, and reset some goals for…
Hello,
I’m Jess
Scientist and educator by day. Bookworm and wannabe writer by night (and weekend). Forever a fan of fluffy blankets, mugs of coffee, candles, and living a cozy life.
