Those I've lost.
26 October 2017 • friends, gracie's life, loss
I
have lost a lot of things in
my life.
I'm
always losing jewellery because I fiddle with my rings in anxious
absent moments (or when I'm focusing extra hard) and when I'm running late
for something, I drop my mismatched earrings in pockets to put in
later.
I've
lost bigger things, too. Bits of my lower bowels, my appendix, most
of the strength in my immune system and just my general sense of optimism
about my general health. I tap wood now when someone asks me if I'm
alright, and I only ever say 'everything seems fine', or 'all
good...for now' before rapping the table my coffee sits on, making
the black surface ripple and little spoon clatter against the plate.
Recent Reads #6: Something a bit different.
23 October 2017 • bookish, recent reads
I've
had a whole lot of book mail in the last few weeks, guys. I've also
gone a bit nuts spending in bookshops, after months of being so good
and abstaining...oops.
And
despite my reading schedule, which is still on the Harry Potter re-read (I'm up to 'Goblet of Fire' and the feels are intense), I've
managed to deviate slightly and get some others in there recently...
'Undercover Princess', the first in 'The Rosewood Chronicles' series, is the kind
of book I loved and yearned for as a teen – and yet I am also
totally content now, reading it as an young adult. The writing style
is so beautifully descriptive, and the characters are precious. Also,
kind of irrelevant but I love Connie Glynn, aka Noodlerella's Instagram insane amounts.
2
girls are put together in a dorm room at the prestigious Rosewood
Hall school; one is a princess yearning for an ordinary life, one is
quite ordinary but dreams of being a princess. They soon swap
identities, and that turns out to be a recipe for disaster...
Published
2nd November, with Penguin.
Strange bruise & sad feels. (unedited)
21 October 2017 • gracie's life, me, personal, sads
I
don't know why I was so nervous to book the appointment. It
definitely wasn't because I was booking using my GP surgery's new
online service for the first time; I was actually stupidly excited to
not have to communicate with the ever-chirpy but worringly
nasal-sounding receptionists over the phone. Having said that, I
managed to book 5 appointments instead of the 1...
They
asked me to add a reason for the General Appointment. It was
'required'. I hesitantly typed 'strange bruise & sad feels'.
(Photo:
Erin Veness)
No Virgin / No Shame, Anne Cassidy.
20 October 2017 • anne cassidy, authors, blog tour, bookish, guest post, hot key, No Shame
Oh
hey, welcome to my stop on the blog tour for 'No Shame', the latest
novel from Anne Cassidy published with Hot Key books!
So,
as you all know, I was recently galavanting around Europe (okay, just
popping in and out of two particular cities) and so I'm sure you
won't be surprised to hear (/read) that I did a lot of...reading!
Plane
journeys are perfect for tackling the TBR pile, let me tell you. I
kept on track with my current reading schedule (the bewitching
re-read) and had the whole flight home from Berlin to dive into –
and devour – this truly unique book.
'No Shame' is the story of Stacey Woods (who we readers may have met in
Anne's book 'No Virgin') and her fight for justice after being raped
9 months ago. This fight involves facing her attacker, and his
family, in court before a judge and a jury. It's her word against
his, and sadly that's not a good situation for a young woman to be
in.
The
story twists and turns, but the dark themes are constant and
undeniable. The tension and hurt is intense. At times while reading,
I found myself wobbling considerably and desperately turning the
pages, hoping hard for Stacey.
I was so delighted to procure a fantastic piece from Anne Cassidy, about the importance of moral ambiguity in teenage and young adult fiction.
Read on...
I was so delighted to procure a fantastic piece from Anne Cassidy, about the importance of moral ambiguity in teenage and young adult fiction.
Read on...
'A Woman of No Importance', 11/10/2017: A Review.
15 October 2017 • A Woman of No Importance, Classic Spring, From the Box Office, gracie gets dramatic, Oscar Wilde, play, review, theatre, theatre review
On
Wednesday 11th
October, I went to see 'A Woman of No Importance' at the Vaudeville,
performed by Classic Spring,
a
new theatre company founded by Dominic
Dromgoole (former
Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre) who
also directed this production.
Fabulously Wilde theatre date with gorgeous @EscapologistFi this eve.— Grace (@_gracelatter) October 11, 2017
Thank you @FrmtheBoxoffice 💜
Review to come on https://t.co/npznZr9UgU pic.twitter.com/oa4Y2Nn11a
The
show is the first in the company's Oscar Wilde season, revolving
around his four great Victorian plays which shocked and redefined
British theatre, and still resonate and refresh today.
"An earnest young American woman, a louche English lord, and an innocent young chap join a house party of fin de siècle fools and grotesques. Nearby a woman lives, cradling a long buried secret. Wilde’s marriage of glittering wit and Ibsenite drama create a vivid new theatrical voice."
(source:
From the Box Office.)
I love sex. And what?
12 October 2017 • Grace Talks Sex, I talk sex, sex, sex positive
If
you follow me on social media, or read this blog regularly, or have
ever got a coffee with me IRL, you'll know that I cannot not talk
about sex. Why? Because I love it, quite a bit.
But
when did I start loving it?
Well,
to be honest, I think I always did. Even at a young age, even before
I started having it, I
loved the mere idea of it. That humans could do this amazing thing –
they could strip down and cuddle up and make magic happen between
them. At 13 years old, that seemed totally, like, mental
to me...
Books Are My Bag 2017: #BookshopDay
8 October 2017 • BAMB, bookish, books, Books Are My Bag, Books Are My Bag Awards, Bookshop Day
Yesterday,
Saturday the 7th of October, was the legendary Books Are My Bag's national holiday, Bookshop Day!
Book
currently in your #BAMB bag?
Up
until yesterday, it was 'It Only Happens in the Movies' by Holly
Bourne. I finished it last night before bed! And now I'm dipping back
into my Adrian Mole double feature, just for some light retro humour
before I return to Hogwarts.
Favourite
bookshop?
I
will always love Waterstones in Brighton, and Tottenham Court Road.
And of course there's no denying that Piccadilly is an institution –
no, a city!
My
local indie shop is Hare & Hawthorn Bindery & Bookshop, in
Hastings old town. I've only been in there a couple of times, but
would definitely recommend it to any book-loving visitors to the
Sussex seaside.
Same with The Rye Bookshop; I bloody loved covering in there (and meeting the mad mix of customers) on a quiet Sunday morning when I was a bookseller.
30 Days Grace; September.
6 October 2017 • 2017, month, monthly, monthly favourites, september
September
always feels strange, these days. I think because even after 3 years
out of education, I still get that 'back to school' instinct when
autumn kicks in and I have nowhere to put the
feeling, nothing to satisfy the craving for newness...no leaves to
turn over.
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