Author: Anne
Anne is a librarian by day. By night, she reads. She knits. She watches movies and television shows. She enjoys board games. And posting on royal related forums.
Nanowrimo update
So far, about the only thing I have done with success (out of the three things I am signed up for that happens in November, as mentioned in an earlier blog post) is Nanowrimo. I’m a rebel this year. I am actually not writing a novel. Instead, I am sort of journaling the mood of… Continue reading Nanowrimo update
Quotation Monday #129: Reading
“I do not feel obliged in my reading. I read to be entertained and to relax, and to go into another world, not because it’s good for me.” ― Nora Roberts
Quotation Monday #128: Out of control
“Some things in life are out of your control. You can make it a party or a tragedy.” ― Nora Roberts, Vision in White
Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor
I just finished reading Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor It is very well written, and I do recommend it. (So far, anyway.) But what strikes me is the notion that with royal biographies (and presumably others) there is a bias towards the subject. Queen Mary is viewed as the perfect royal, albeit… Continue reading Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor
Three things in a month?
Whatever possessed me to thinking that doing Nanowrimo (I’m norwegianne over there, if you want a writing buddy), Nerdopolis over at Revelry (norwegianne there as well), and continue on my Goodreads reading challenge would be smart to do at the same time in November? For reference: * Nanowrimo is about reaching 50,000 words. * Nerdopolis… Continue reading Three things in a month?
Quotation Monday #127: Depression
“Because that’s the thing about depression. When I feel it deeply, I don’t want to let it go. It becomes a comfort. I want to cloak myself under its heavy weight and breathe it into my lungs. I want to nurture it, grow it, cultivate it. It’s mine. I want to check out with it,… Continue reading Quotation Monday #127: Depression
Happy Halloween
The decoration outside my grandmother’s nursing home.
Quotation Monday #126: the woo
“He was wooing me. And I was letting him woo. I wanted the woo. I deserved the woo. I needed the wow that would surely follow the woo, but for now, the woo? It was whoa.” ― Alice Clayton, Wallbanger