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About Spider

Hi! I am me, I do stuff online. And sometimes offline too. Hanging about in the garden, playing with my food. You know. Do what Spider's do. I also read a lot.

Reads and reviews August 2023 (part 2!)

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If you haven’t read part 1 of my August reads, please do as it explains about the Amazing Readathon, which I participated in August. In this second part, I’ll review the Sightseeing and Face Off Weekend books. For each of the ten main prompts, we traveled a leg. But when we got to the city, and there was still time… Read more »

Reads and reviews August 2023 (part 1!)

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Where to begin? August has been absolute chaos! As I shared the first of August, I have joined the Amazing readathon, and AMAZING it was. But wow… I am completely worn out. Haven’t read for a couple of days now. I need to catch up with everything else in life first. As said, IT WAS ABSOLUTE CHAOS! Let me explain… Read more »

Reads and reviews July 2023

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Wow wow! July has been a good reading month! It was also the month of Deweys Reversed readathon, which I have enjoyed very much again. But both the amount of books, as the overal rating of July are pretty impressive (to me). I feel content with what I’ve read, even though a couple of them weren’t so interesting at all…. Read more »

Most Recent Books I Did Not Finish

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This is another TopTenTuesday by ArtsyReaderGirl but, I only have 6 books that I haven’t finished this year. I am trying to be better at DNF-ing and I can’t say I am disappointed at my efforts! I was however, disappointed by some of these books… 13 Things That Don’t Make Sense, by Michael Brooks This had a promising blurb, because… Read more »

Review: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries, by Heather Fawcett

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What a wonderful read this was! Truly delightful! I find it hard to put in a few words how good this was. A true five star read. It was relaxing in it’s whimsical lighthearted mood, with dark and mysterious edges. It reminded me both of the feeling from Howl’s Moving Castle as of the Bear and the Nightingale. Not real… Read more »