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Added To My Wishlist

Heir to the Sky – Amanda Sun. A YA fantasy with a wonderful cover that won me over immediately. I read Ink by Amanda Sun a few years ago and quite enjoyed it, so I’m hopeful for this one.
Every Anxious Wave – Mo Daviau. A bartender finds a wormhole in his wardrobe and ‘cosmic fuckery’ ensues. Sold!
Version Control – Dexter Palmer. More sci-fi but this one has causality violations devices (time machines!) rather than wormholes.
All the Birds in the Sky – Charlie Jane Anders. Time-machines (there’s a bit of a theme to this list of books) and a school for magic? Sounds like an intriguing combination.
Anatomy of a Soldier – Harry Parker. The story is told from the point of view of forty-five objects which could either be amazing or tiresome.

Articles of Note

Jess Phillips on International Women’s Day. On International Women’s Day, an MP stood up in parliament and read out the name of every woman killed by men in the last year. There were 120 names. 120.
Remembering Jeff Buckley. Jeff Buckley was a guitar tech for The Commitments which is how he met Glen Hansard. My mind was blown by this information.
22 Leprechaun-Approved St. Patrick’s Day Party Ideas. I don’t understand the American view of St. Patrick’s Day. To me as an Irish person, it is utterly, utterly baffling. Like why do they insist on saying St. Patty’s Day (a thing no Irish person would ever say), and why are they obsessed with four-leaf clovers (St. Patrick is associate with shamrocks)?
This company is advertising plus-sized shorts in the most ridiculous way. Ugh. So disrespectful and such a dick move.
How the World’s Most Beautiful Typeface Was Nearly Lost Forever & London to the Letter. True story: if a book has a little section of the font used , I love that book a little bit more.

Recipes Bookmarked

Garlic Cheese Fries. These are either going to awful or amazing (the phrase ‘thin cheesy texture’ doesn’t inspire much confidence).
Grilled Cheese with Gouda, Roasted Mushrooms and Onions. Om nom nom.
The Best Lemon Lime Cream Tart. I’m a huge fan of citrus so this is hitting all my buttons.

Once again, I’m attempting a return to the world of blogging. So far, I’ve managed my 2015 masterlist, which was hardly the most inspiring thing, so who knows how long I’ll last this time around. It sounds silly, but I spend much less time on my computer now because I don’t have a decent computer chair. Back support is apparently more important to me than I knew. Let’s move on to the exciting things I’ve been doing this week.

Recipes Bookmarked

Creme Egg Slutty Brownies. To be honest, I’m a bit frightened of these but they look so, so good.
Rainbow Marshmallows. I have a whole file of marshmallow recipes and so far I’ve never made any. Maybe these’ll be the magic ones to drive me to it.
Baileys Cheesecake Swirl Brownies. I don’t like Bailey’s as a drink, but baking seems to totally transform it into total deliciousness.
Lemon Blackberry Cupcakes. There can never be too many cupcake recipes. This is a true fact.

Watching: Love

Just finished watching this Netflix ‘rom-com’ and man, my heart is broken. The ending was like a punch in the gut, which was hard to take after ten episodes of the main characters veering wildly between endearing and complete dickheads. Bertie though, Bertie was amazing at all times <3

Listening: Saul Williams – Saul Williams

An oldie, but a goodie, I’ve been listening to this on repeat this week singing along with wild inaccuracy. I wrote a song for you today while I was sitting in my room / I jumped on a bed today and played it on a broom / I didn’t think that it would be a song that you would hear / But when I played it in my head, I made you reappear.