Month: August 2019

• Lunchtime Review. Almost Adults by Ali Pantony.

  You know when you’re going through a period of depression and you aren’t reading anything, then you clap eyes on a book and it’s just what you need to get excited about reading again? That was Almost Adults. Since I read this book on Monday I have finished two more. This is what I am like on a reading streak.

   

   

  Almost Adults 

  By Ali Pantony

  Ebury Publishing 

  Amazon

  

   
  In Almost Adults nothing out of the ordinary happens, it is a story of a group of friends navigating their way through … life. Relationships, breakups, unemployment, grief, and a lot more besides. I loved the dynamic of this group and found myself envying their friendship. I liked the whatsapp messaging they used to communicate too. I found I could relate to every one of them in some small way, although Edele is definitely me. One thing I felt was that some of the thoughts and dialogue were cliched and written in to give the story some morals. There is also a lot of drinking in the book, which could be triggering for some.
  As an Almost Adult I loved this book, it was easy enough to read in one afternoon and there wasn’t any of it I didn’t enjoy. It’s modern, it’s true and the characters are great.

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  August 29, 2019

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• 9 Things That Happen When You Don’t Leave The House For Days At A Time — Thought Catalog

  

  1. You stop performing basic rituals. You don’t see much of a point in washing your hair or doing your makeup or inserting your contacts. It’s not like anyone is going to judge you, because no one is going to see you. You have no one else to impress, and honestly, you don’t care enough…

  via 9 Things That Happen When You Don’t Leave The House For Days At A Time — Thought Catalog

  August 28, 2019

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• Planet in Peril.

  Fly on the Wall Poetry Press have another important anthology for its readers.

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  August 22, 2019

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• Masquerade by Cyrus Parker.

  Every poem in Masquerade by Cyrus Parker I want to put my arms around and embrace. As somebody still discovering their identity I can relate all too well to Parker’s words. I enjoyed this book more than their first book, as I felt I could relate to the poems more.

  

  Fixer-upper

  self-confidence is built in layers,
  the same way a house begins

  with bare bones before becoming a home:
  and just as each house has its own layout,

  there isn’t only one set of blueprints,
  one right way to build self-confidence.

  sometimes it starts from the inside out
  as one learns to love themselves, and

  sometimes it starts from the outside in
  as one projects the person they hope to be.

  sometimes, you have to tear everything
  down and start over from the ground up.

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  August 21, 2019

  Books, Contemporary, cyrus parker, home, house, Poem, poems, Reading, self confidence

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• Feeling like an Imposter.

  

  Imposter Syndrome is very very real right now. 

  I have always been very good at the writing part of … writing, and not so much at the discipline of editing, and whatnot. Ever since the bug of poetry bit me at the age of sixteen I have written continually on whatever bits of paper I might find laying around, with whichever pen might happen to work. I joined a writing site soon after that and enjoyed interacting and sharing my writing with a community of other likeminded people. I started sending some of those poems to literary publications when I was eighteen. And now I am twenty-three, I have had my poems published online and in print. I have met and read a lot of writers online in that time too. Sometimes it seems the only thing that keeps me sane. I love discovering new writers.

   
  Writing has always been my way of communication from when I was a little girl. Writing this I cringe a little inside because I am more comfortable writing from a poem point of view, than from my own. That’s because I’m not a confident person and don’t like to share my thoughts outwardly because of fear of people telling me I’m wrong or being stupid. I keep reminding myself I’m an adult now and not a child, but coping mechanisms die hard!

   
  I guess writing, and poetry stopped me from becoming lonely too. I was a very quiet, sensitive, and shy child, and I often felt shunned by family, teachers, friends. Writing reminded me I was alive at times, that I had some kind of power. Reading has that same impact too. Words can become a healing balm.

   
  Over the last few months I have felt shut out from poetry, and a little adrift from the community. It seems like it has become a popularity contest? I have gotten into the nasty habit of comparison with fellow poets. Why are they being published and I’m not? What’s wrong with my voice? Do you read my poetry and recognize how uneducated I am, how limited my vocabulary can be because of where I’m from? 

  Any suggestions on how to beat Imposter Syndrome?

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  August 6, 2019

  Blogging, feelings, growing up, imposters sydrome, language, Mental health, Poet, poetry, Reading, super power, thoughts, WordPress, words, writing

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