The Seaside Stories

 children catching crabs that don't belong to them a dog with one leg sometimes I can't hear my own thoughts if you put a seashell against your ear,      will you?

Hello everyone. I would love to start of jolly, wishing that everyone's had a great week so far, alas here we are... The world is full of anger and resentment, as well as confusion and fear. Other people are happy to stay in and work creatively, so the reactions to this are all different... However, Boris has finally ordered a lockdown to happen, so no one is about and it feels like it's a Sunday, everyday! (I secretly love it...) Just remember to respect the NHS staff and the elderly and the people who might be most affected by this. Be kind and be respectful. Namaste. Whilst we are looking at possibly staying inside for weeks on end (or even months, as my university sessions are online only until September!) I thought I'd fix up a little online reading recommendations list to keep you entertained, especially if you're avoiding libraries and book stores. Here are my recommended self-isolation reads, facts and fiction, accompanied by pics from our trip to London ...

Hello everyone! I hope you're doing well! At times when I'm down, stressed or just need something to lift me up and I struggle to focus with my current reads, I go back to my favourites. Something about going back to those familiar worlds and letting yourself completely be absorbed by characters and text you know inside out is comforting. It's like going back to one's happy place, but created by someone else than you. You just love to be in it. It might remind you of the place you first read it at or a certain part of your life - or neither of those - and all the story does is make you feel at ease. In this post I want to introduce you to five of my comfort reads (in no particular order, apart from the first two ;) )  Are any of these on your go-to list? (All photos from various tumblr sites) The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde I remember when this book got assigned for me to read for our literature class in Finland when I was about 16 or 17 years old. A...

Dear readers! Hope you're having a fantastic week. Have you been reading much? If yes, what's hot for you right now? Leave a comment below! I'm always reading 2-3 books at the same time. I mean, not literally but I will keep a couple of options on my night stand and on our coffee table as for me, what I want to read depends on my mood. I'm a big on autobiographical books and memoirs because I am always super interested in lived experience: it doesn't matter who they are or what they did, I just want to know how they felt, what did they say or do with their friends or family, what is/was their intimate passion. Without further ado, let me introduce my current reads: Over the Top ,  Mao: A Very Short Introduction and  Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night Time Over the Top by Jonathan Van Ness For my birthday Joe got me nearly all of the memoirs of the Queer Eye cast; I got Tan, I got Karamo. JVN was the last one missing from the collec...