And just like that, the second half of 2020 is officially here! How is the year going for you dear reader? My 2020 is significantly less accomplished than 2019 and to be honest I am not sure how I feel about that. Looking back at what I managed to achieve by this time last year … Continue reading H2 2020
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Book 16/30. My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews ** A guide to ratings ** 1 star – did not like it 2 stars – it was okay 3 stars – liked it 4 stars – really liked it 5 stars – it was amazing
Hot For Hump Day
Wednesday is hands down my favourite day of the workweek. I fucking hate Monday, and Tuesday is just the ugly cousin of Monday. *rolls eyes* The term hump day came about as Wednesday is in the middle of the working week, so if you were climbing over a hill it would be the tallest part. … Continue reading Hot For Hump Day
Dark Visions (Dark Visions #1-3) by L.J. Smith
Book 13, 14 & 15/30. My rating: 3 of 5 stars View all my reviews ** A guide to ratings ** 1 star – did not like it 2 stars – it was okay 3 stars – liked it 4 stars – really liked it 5 stars – it was amazing
Guest Post – Anonymous
TINDERELLLA: A Modern LOVE STORY I found out I was gay when I turned 32; in the middle of a threesome. I guess that’s as good a place to start as any. After being single for way too long, I was happily bored in a relationship to a (mostly ok) black king. I’m not going … Continue reading Guest Post – Anonymous
JS Kicking Cancer’s Ass Theme 2 of 13: The Nurse Aides
When my mum became paralysed from the waist down as a result of poorly done radiotherapy to target the cancer that had metastasised to her spine from her breast, her husband moved out and her sister moved in. My mum did not have a good marriage with her husband as he was very abusive towards … Continue reading JS Kicking Cancer’s Ass Theme 2 of 13: The Nurse Aides
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Book 12/30. My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews ** A guide to ratings ** 1 star – did not like it 2 stars – it was okay 3 stars – liked it 4 stars – really liked it 5 stars – it was amazing
Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously by Julie Powell
Book 11/30. My rating: 1 of 5 stars I bought this book because I am familiar with the movie version starring Meryl Streep as Julia Child. I haven’t watched the movie yet, but since the book is almost always better than the movie I decided to give this a try. 1 star AF!!!! My biggest … Continue reading Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously by Julie Powell
BEFORE 2020 CAME TO KILL US
What. A. Motherphucking. Year!!!! Am I right or am I right???? In my Karibu 2020 post that I put up on January 8th I wrote: Me: 2019 was, unequivocally, the best year of my life. In a post I put up in February last year I declared that I’mma make 2019 my bitch and goddamn … Continue reading BEFORE 2020 CAME TO KILL US
Mental Health Awareness Month – Warimi Karogo
My name is Warimi Karogo. I am 18 years old and fresh out of high school with my whole life ahead of me. I am an aspiring actress, a feminist, a poet and a mental health advocate. When I was 15 I was diagnosed with depression. I was given a variety of antidepressants over a … Continue reading Mental Health Awareness Month – Warimi Karogo
