So Friday, as is my usual custom, I got out my baking hat and got baking. I intended to make two recipes for this week to share with you all, but unfortunately, one recipe went so badly that I couldn’t post it. Think burnt when you’re thinking of bad. It wasn’t anyobody’s fault, since I…
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In Other News…
Hello! So I have big(ish) announcements to share with you all today! No, this news has nothing to do with writing, fashion, poetry, books, baking or cooking, which apparently is what this blog is about, and my sad, boring life. But I sometimes forget this. Considering how random my posts are and how sporadic they…
Review: The Flight of Gemma Hardy
Ten-year-old Gemma is an orphan and lives with her cruel aunt and merciless cousins in haunting Scotland in the 1960s. Tortured daily, Gemma is eventually sent to a boarding school where she works to maintain her status as a student, and is further bullied by working-students. She eventually finds a friend at Claypoole school, but…
Falling
Spinning and sparkling, you make me shine. Dizzy with emotion, my heart pulses with life. Your flaws are endless, but so are mine. Despite all the strife, I want to sing from the mountains and dance in the meadows, want to laugh under the covers and cry in the face of the sun. And suddenly I’ve…
Review: Clockwork Prince
After the tumultuous events at the end of Clockwork Angel, Cassandra Clare’s Clockwork Prince picks up right after Nathaniel’s betrayal and Mortmain’s escape. Charlotte and Henry are on the verge of losing the Institute, and so Tessa, Will, and Jem, embark on a journey to try and find Mortmain, while discovering how many secrets lay hidden behind…