The subtitle of Ethan Lou’s book Once a Bitcoin Miner is: Scandal and Turmoil in the Cryptocurrency Wild West, which is both a figurative and literal reference to what is discussed in this entertaining work of journalism. I’ll admit to being immediately put off by the topic – I could care less about Bitcoin, but…
A few weeks ago, our kitty Makita (pictured above) gave us a little scare. She stopped eating and drinking for almost 6 straight days, and was in and out of the animal hospital. It was finally determined she was suffering from a bad sinus infection, so luckily a week of antibiotics has returned her to…
Every Little Piece of Me by Amy Jones is a book that will make you cringe. You’ll cringe because of the character’s actions, you’ll cringe because you’ll recognize the destructive behaviour they consistently engage in, you’ll cringe because you’ll see how your activity on the internet can cause these negative reactions, and you’ll cringe because…
So when I first received this book in the mail I thought: ‘great my 96-year-old Grandpa will love this one!’. But when I noticed a few other books arrived on my shelf that dealt with spies and espionage, I thought I’d give this one a whirl to see how it stacked up to the rest…
Although it sat on my shelf for a few months, Astra by Cedar Bowers wasn’t pushed to the top of my stack until it appeared on the Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist. I wish my reading wasn’t a slave to the prize lists, but I must admit it helps me narrow down my selection when faced…
In the past few years I’ve read a handful of books that could be labelled as ‘manly man literary books’. This is of course my highly scientific name for them, which I’m sure will catch on any minute now. What makes these books unique is the writing style which is typically very sparse and straightforward…
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Great review tonight, Anne. You are definitely well into that cold but you pulled it all together. Question: how does one get ahold or purchase this advent series? I can definitely do short stories. 👍🏼
You can purchase it from their website! I believe it might be too late, but there’s always next year :) https://www.hingstonandolsen.com/home
Thanks for the post.
thanks for watching and reading!
I was a huge fan of DH Lawrence in my teens and from what I recall I suspect he really was kinda unpleasant and whiny. Lad Chatterley was only unbanned in the 1960s and boy, it’s considerably more than smutty! Haha – I quite enjoyed it way back in the day, but I suspect I’d hate it with every fibre of my being now… ;)
What in particular makes his writing smut? I’m also trying to reconcile the smut with a whiny dude. Lovely tree! 🌲
thank you! I’ll let FictionFan weigh in on this too, but he basically just writes about sex, and very explicitly about female genitalia, from what I recall
Yes, indeed, as Anne says lots of absolutely graphic sex and lots and lots and lots of female genitalia – though he generally uses a much shorter and… earthier term for it! ;) It’s way beyond smut! But there is a kinda serious story in there too, about the aftermath of WW1 and Britain’s attitude to class, but it kinda gets lost amidst the sex. It must have been incredibly shocking at the time – even when I was reading it in the ’70s, I had to hide it from my mother… :D
Did your mom even find it? What would she have done?? Mom stories, please!
haha yes I think this could be a good story!
Haha – she would have disapproved… silently… *shudders*
yes, I can just imagine how people would have reacted to this decades ago-spicy!!!
hahah whiny is the perfect description of him in this book, that’s for sure
Your tree is lovely! I’m glad you’re enjoying these stories. What a fun way to bookishly celebrate Christmas!
agreed! and thank you for the compliment, the tree is fake, but holds most of my family’s heirloom ornaments so its very special to me :)
Ok, I am now very much behind… :(
This one sounds good, and your tree is lovely! Sorry about your cold – maybe by now you’re feeling better.
haha no worries, it’s hard keeping up! I am feeling a bit better thank you :)