stardewdreaming: (Books & Cat & Tea)
I've seen a few people post variations on this, and I always find it really interesting so I'm making my own post about the books I read in September.

I read 8 books in September 2023, bringing my total to the year to 40. My reading goal for 2023 was 45 books, and so I'm 5 books ahead of 'pace'.
The books I read were:


It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover, which I rated 4/5
Physical Geography: The Basics by Joseph Holden, which I rated 4/5
The Authority Gap by Mary Ann Sieghart, which I rated 4.5/5
The Charmed List by Julie Abe, which I rated 3.75/5
Divided: Why We're Living in an Age of Walls by Tim Marshall, which I rated 4/5
The Power of Geography: Ten Maps that Reveal the Future of Our World by Tim Marshall, which I rated 4.25/5
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden, which I rated I rated 4.25/5
and The Girl in The Tower by Katherine Arden which I rated 4.5/5
stardewdreaming: (Light Of Hope: Jeannie)
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

This week's topic is Water

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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

This week's topic is Books With One-Word Titles

stardewdreaming: (Books & Cat & Tea)
hi, hello, good evening

As well as being slightly obsessed with Stardew Valley, I am also a huge bookworm and slowly discovering that there is a huge community of like-minded people on the internet. I'm not feeling quite brave enough to start interacting with them on any of the link ups just yet but I still want to join in and post my answers to the questions.

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

This week's topic is a freebie/pick your own, and I'm going to pick a topic from a couple of week's ago of 'Books on my Summer 2023 to-read list. Some of these books include:



What's on your summer TBR?
stardewdreaming: (Dreaming Of Stardew Valley)
hi, hello, good evening

As well as being slightly obsessed with Stardew Valley, I am also a huge bookworm and slowly discovering that there is a huge community of like-minded people on the internet. I'm not feeling quite brave enough to start interacting with them on any of the link ups just yet but I still want to join in and post my answers to the questions.

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

This week's topic is 'Book Covers In the Colors of My Country’s Flag' and I'm going to pick the white and red of the St George's Cross. The books I find in these covers on my bookshelf include:



Little Women by Louisa M Alcott
Inferno by Dante Alighieri
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings by Charles Dickens
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Just Like Magic by Sarah Hogle
The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream by Charles Spencer

As you may have noticed, I both own and have read a lot of classic literature, and adore the Penguin Clothbound series but I'm working on branching out, and trying new genres of books. I've recently discovered cozy fantasy as a genre which I am already falling in love a little with and I'm looking forward to reading more in.

I also need a book-themed icon!
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One of the things that frustrates me about people in general (but most usually seen when you watch any type of TV show when there's a contestant/s) is how, when they introduce themselves, part of what they say is their job. I understand that to some people that is an important part of their view of themselves, that their job is crucial to their identity, it matters to them and it does actually say a lot about who they are.

But that isn't the case for me. While I enjoy what I do in my job, it's literally just something I do to earn a salary so I can pay for things I need to live, like mortgage and food etc. So why did I just type 'Hi, I'm Erica, I'm 31 and I'm a school receptionist'? I'm so frustrated with myself. I'm not a school receptionist, it's simply what I do and in my opinion, those are very different things.

A much better, more accurate, way to start would be:

Hi, I'm Erica, I'm 31, I live on the coast in Cumbria (north west England), and I am completely obsessed with Stardew Valley (in case being called [personal profile] stardewdreaming didn't make that obvious). Not just Stardew Valley but also Animal Crossing, Harvest Moon, Story of Seasons, etc. I legitimately dream of dropping out of the rate race and moving to small town in the middle of nowhere and becoming self-sufficient, living off my land. I'm like a walking cliche of the Millennial Dream, crossed with Cottagecore and Rusticcore - and I am absolutely ok with this! I'm also fully aware that what all this encompasses is a very romanticized view of rural living and not an accurate portrayal of farming life - but I still strive to embody some of the ideas of simple living, harmony of nature etc.

When not playing these games, I'm often watching people stream them on Twitch. I feel like such a cliche!
I also enjoy reading, baking & cooking, colouring, needlecraft, making jewellery, sleeping, swimming. I've usually got music playing and quite enjoy country/folk.

That's me in a nutshell. It's nice to meet you, and thank you for spending some time reading my blog!
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I spent this evening adding my owned/read books and my TBR to both goodreads and storygraph. I thought it was going to be a quick job but it ended up taking me most of the evening. I almost gave up a couple of times but the thought of leaving it partially done was worse than keeping going.

But now everything is logged, given a star rating and tagged. The only thing I don't have is read dates and part of me is quite tempted to ignore my TBR and do a re-read of all my owned books so they have a last rate date. Except there's another part of me that wants to do a massive unhaul because I don't know if I even want to re-read a lot of them. But that's a whole other pile of emotional baggage that I'm not feeling going up to tonight.

I do have a good sense of accomplishment for getting it done, so I'm taking that. I was hoping to do a proper introductory post today as well but that's going to have to wait until tomorrow. Tonight is now going to be a hot drink and some tasty baked goods, play a little bit of Animal Crossing: New Horizons then head to bed.

Tomorrow I will aim to do that introduction post.
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