Books
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A Fantasy Adventurer’s Day of Elder Scrolls Meals
In my neverending quest to bring the magic of fantasy worlds into everyday life, I decided to spend a day cooking and eating Elder Scrolls meals from the Official Elder Scrolls Cookbook. A little cookbook review at the end of this post. Breakfast: Saltrice Porridge I started the day making saltrice porridge for breakfast. Rice porridge is something we eat on Christmas, so that is what it tasted like to me. Or maybe it was the fact I drenched it in cinnamon and honey. Lunch: Pea Soup with Cabbage Biscuits I can only describe it as “basic pea soup”, which I cook often anyway. The cabbage biscuits were surprisingly tasty…
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Reading a book I DNF’d: A Court of Thorns and Roses
To understand all the Instagram memes, I gave a second chance to A Court of Thorns and Roses. It’s the only book I’ve DNF’d. Why? I know what I like. It’s NOT YA romantasy. What happened the first time? I listened to the audiobook. When a wolf creature bursts through your door to get you to come with him because ”I have land”, I lost it. I still don’t know what was so funny about it. Well, some books are better read than listened to. So after waiting 5 months in the library queue (damn these books are popular!) I gave ACOTAR another chance. Here are my disorganized thoughts while…
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5 Little Things I Learned From a 24-Hour Readathon
For the first time in my life, I participated in a readathon. Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon, to be precise. My goal was to stop being a ”fake reader” and get back into the habit of reading. And dig into my TBR pile of Wheel of Time books. 1. Focus? Is that some kind of food? I remember the time when I could read for hours non-stop, neglecting hunger and toilet breaks. 15 years later, I’m stopping every 15 minutes to check on my phone, even when I’m reading a fantastic fantasy book. Not good. Lack of practice, I presume. 2. That’s NOT enough snacks My adventurer rations for the readathon…