Ek sit vanoggend in Cherry Lane met ‘n swaar gemoed en ‘n hart wat bietjie seer is. Ek moes ‘n besluit neem oor my werksituasie, en die vryheid wat ek geniet het – soos om op ‘n weeksoggend in ‘n koffiewinkel te sit en werk – het nou tot ‘n einde gekom. Vanaf die eindeContinue reading “Die einde van my Cherry Lane seisoen”
Author Archives: thetravellingmind
Turkey Dimple – An interview
I can’t tell you exactly where I first heard of Turkey Dimple—I kind of forgot, and I’m sorry. But I vividly remember falling in love with the earrings instantly and it has been years since that happened. These were my first pairs. After that, my collection grew. I even got some for my nieces, andContinue reading “Turkey Dimple – An interview”
The Silent Book Club Cape Town North
A book club where you don’t have to finish a prescribed book in a set amount of time. A place where you can read at your own pace, surrounded by like-minded people. Everyone loves books, and everyone enjoys reading alongside fellow book lovers. Sign me up! Welcome to The Silent Book Club. I came acrossContinue reading “The Silent Book Club Cape Town North”
Reasons to stay alive – Matt Haig
How do you rate a memoir or biography? Is it even fair to rate one? These are the questions that keeps me awake at night. I rated this memoir. I liked it, but not as much as I thought. It was a 4-star for me. Read more about my rating system here. There’s nothing particularlyContinue reading “Reasons to stay alive – Matt Haig”
75 Hard…okay, Soft
It’s been almost a year since I took on this challenge. Currently, I’m busy with a new 75 Soft, though it’s not going as well as it did last year—that’s a story for another time. Let me tell you about our challenge last year. I needed to change something—anything. I was stuck in a slump.Continue reading “75 Hard…okay, Soft”
Foxy
Here’s what I know. My heart is broken. It looks like this 💔. My ‘hondjie’, my ‘seun’, my ‘seuntjie’, foxeloxy, it was unexpected and completely too sudden. I thought you were going to be with us for much longer. Now you’re just gone. You’re no longer lying by the gate, waiting so that I canContinue reading “Foxy”
A Court of Mist and Fury #2
Synopsis Feyre survived Amarantha’s clutches to return to the Spring Court–but at a steep cost. Though she now has the powers of the High Fae, her heart remains human, and it can’t forget the terrible deeds she performed to save Tamlin’s people. Nor has Feyre forgotten her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the fearedContinue reading “A Court of Mist and Fury #2”
Olive
Synopsis OLIVE is many things. Independent.Adrift.Anxious.Loyal.Kind.She knows her own mind. And it’s ok that she’s still figuring it all out, navigating her world without a compass. But life comes with expectations, there are choices to be made and – sometimes – stereotypes to fulfil. So when her best friends’ lives branch away towards marriage and motherhood,Continue reading “Olive”
A Court of Thorns and Roses #1
Warning – May contain Spoilers. Synopsis When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruledContinue reading “A Court of Thorns and Roses #1”
Hidden Pictures
Synopisis Fresh out of rehab, 23-year-old Mallory Quinn finds the perfect new job: Working as a babysitter in the idyllic suburb of Spring Brook, New Jersey. She’s caring for a five-year-old boy named Teddy who loves to draw — but as his pictures turn increasingly sinister, Mallory suspects supernatural forces at work. With help fromContinue reading “Hidden Pictures”
The Travellingmind 