Real Life Can Be BORING

My mother asked me the other day if I was ‘done’ with my blog…since I haven’t updated it very often this year.

The answer, Mom, is no.  No, I’m not.

However life does have a tendency to get in the way of a blog post.

But trust me, as soon as something happens in my rather mundane little life that is worth sharing, or just needs to be ranted about/discussed at length, you’ll be able to read all about it.

- HistoryDiva

Awww!

Read ALL the Things!

Hello boys and girls!  My mother, who is a regular visitor to Blissfully, has asked that I update my 2013 Book Challenge list because I haven’t done so since early-ish in February and she’s certain that I’ve read more by now.

So, here you go.

2013 Book Challenge: An Update

New Reads So Far

My Booky Wook – Russell Brand

I Shouldn’t Even Be Doing This – Bob Newhart
The Body in the Library – Agatha Christie
A Princess of Mars – Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – Deborah Moggach
Shakespeare’s Landlord – Charlaine Harris
Hero at Large – Janet Evanovich
Cat Among the Pigeons – Agatha Christie
Devil in the Smoke – Justin Richards
Murder on Monday – Ann Purser
Nightwoods – Charles Frazier
The Casual Vacancy – JK Rowling
The Regatta Mystery – Agatha Christie
Three Blind Mice – Agatha Christie
The Under Dog – Agatha Christie
Baby Out of the Blue – Rebecca Winters
There Miracle Twins – Nikki Logan
Sweet Home Colorado – C.C. Coburn
My Cowboy Valentine – Jane Porter
Behind the Palace Doors – Michael Farquhar
Dead Air – James Goss
The Last Voyage – Dan Abnett
The Day of the Troll – Simon Messingham
The Rising Night – Scott Handcock
Pest Control – Peter Anghelides
The Forever Trap – Dan Abnett
The Nemonite Invasion – David Roden
Booky Wook 2 – Russell Brand
Is It Just Me? – Miranda Hart

Re-reads So Far

Persuasion – Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen
The Mysterious Affair at Styles – Agatha Christie
Murder on the Links – Agatha Christie
Poirot Investigates – Agatha Christie
The Labors of Hercules – Agatha Christie
The ABC Murders – Agatha Christie
And Then There Were None – Agatha Christie
Sad Cypress – Agatha Christie
Thirteen at Dinner – Agatha Christie
The Magician’s Nephew – CS Lewis
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe – CS Lewis
The Horse and His Boy – CS Lewis
Prince Caspian – CS Lewis
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader – CS Lewis
The Silver Chair – CS Lewis
The Last Battle – CS Lewis
Around the World in 80 Days – Michael Palin
Pole to Pole – Michael Palin
Full Circle – Michael Palin
The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring – JRR Tolkien

Currently Reading

Below Stairs – Margaret Powell

 
So…there you go.
- HistoryDiva

Oh, for the love of...!

This week is not going well. 

At all. 

For example… 

I just spilled my second cup of scaldingly hot tea today…all over myself…AGAIN. 

- HistoryDiva

Happy Single Awareness Day

 

Remember kids, VD burns.

 

- HistoryDiva

2013 Book Challenge Update

New Reads So Far

My Booky Wook – Russell Brand

I Shouldn’t Even Be Doing This – Bob Newhart
The Body in the Library – Agatha Christie
A Princess of Mars – Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – Deborah Moggach
Shakespeare’s Landlord – Charlaine Harris
Hero at Large – Janet Evanovich
Cat Among the Pigeons – Agatha Christie
Devil in the Smoke – Justin Richards
Murder on Monday – Ann Purser
Nightwoods – Charles Frazier
The Casual Vacancy – JK Rowling

Re-reads So Far

Persuasion – Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen
The Mysterious Affair at Styles – Agatha Christie
Murder on the Links – Agatha Christie
Poirot Investigates – Agatha Christie
The Labors of Hercules – Agatha Christie
The ABC Murders – Agatha Christie
The Magician’s Nephew – CS Lewis
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe – CS Lewis
The Horse and His Boy – CS Lewis
Prince Caspian – CS Lewis
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader – CS Lewis
The Silver Chair – CS Lewis
The Last Battle – CS Lewis
Around the World in 80 Days – Michael Palin
The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring – JRR Tolkien

Currently Reading

The Queen Mother: The Official Biography – William Shawcross (Dude, it’s pushing 1000 pages…so it’s gonna be on this list for a while)
Behind the Palace Doors: Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, Treachery, and Folly from Royal Britain– Michael Farquhar

- HistoryDiva