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How My Reading Has Changed Over Time

How My Reading Has Changed Over Time

Hi friends! 👋🏻 Recently I’ve noticed that my reading habits have gone through a lot of changes. Naturally, there’s nothing wrong with reading habits changing but it is interesting for me to notice and compare them to how they used to be. Some of these changes are related to my job, some are down to changes in taste, and some are just because of me getting older. To me, none of these changes are bad or negative, just something interesting that I’ve observed about myself. i read a lot slower now I work five days and a week so I…

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Books

My Favourite Books and Movies of 2022

My Favourite Books and Movies of 2022

Hello again! 👋🏻 I took some time away from blogging (again) because life was getting to be very hectic, but I’m back now with a fresh mindset. I read 26 books and watched 141 movies, so picking my favourites was both a breeze and a chore, no thanks to my memory. I did manage to narrow it down to five each and I tried my best to actually remember things. It may not sound like it at times, but these are my favourites of the year 😅 This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron – I read both books in this duology and…

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Books

Things in Horror that I Don’t Want to See (and things that i’m glad are gone)

Things in Horror that I Don’t Want to See (and things that i’m glad are gone)

Hi friends! 👋🏻 Horror may be a wonderful genre that tells all sorts of different stories from different parts of the world, but it is not perfect or without its faults. We all have things that we don’t want to see in our favourite genres whether that’s tropes, cliches, character archetypes, or even technical things that don’t have much to do with storytelling. Sometimes we even look back on stories from our favourite genres and see how far they’ve come and we’re glad that some tropes have died out over time. These are some of the things that I’m tired…

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Discussions

The Vampire is a Metaphor

The Vampire is a Metaphor

Hi friends! 👋🏻 Vampires have been officially declared to be ‘back’ (as if they ever went away) and with that comes a lot of discussions and conversations about what vampires and horror as a genre ‘inherently’ is. I am not a fan of things being labelled as ‘inherently’ something or another, especially when it’s something as far-reaching, flexible, and historical as the horror genre and monsters. These things have been around for a very long time and have been interpreted in so many different ways that it’s difficult to count all of them. If you didn’t know (but you likely…

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Books

Black Horror on my TBR and Watchlist

Black Horror on my TBR and Watchlist

Hi friends! 👋🏻 October is Black History Month in the UK (BHM and LGBT+ History Month are the other way around in the US) and today I wanted to highlight some books by Black authors and movies that are either directed by Black directors or have a predominantly Black cast. Unfortunately, a lot of the movies I found on my watchlist were made by white directors and I was hesitant to list them so I managed to narrow them down to 99% Black made. Also, it’s weird that I should feel the need to clarify this, but when I say…

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