the shadi show

In honour of my birthday and my love of reading and my wanting to do more stuff, I'm starting a book club here on the interwebs. It's name, you ask? The Reading Corner! (Well, duh. It was in the title of this post.) Our first book is: Carry On by Rainbow Rowell! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Leo’s bookshelf🍭📚 (@leosbookshelf) on May 27, 2019 at 10:52am PDT Carry On is a Harry Potter 'retelling' - a similar story, set in a similar magical school with a magical system based on idioms - our favourite Chosen One story told with a hint of sardonism. Even better, the main romance (what Rainbow Rowell is known best for), is between our main protagonist and his high-school nemesis (our Drarry dreams come true - perfect for Pride Month!). The live show will be on Instagram (www.instagram.com/theshadishow/) @ 6pm on Saturday, the 29th of June (A

When I was younger, I was absolutely enamoured with creating stories for myself. Not to be a writer, because back then I didn't consider this to be something I did for others, but as a personal escape. I grew up as an only child in a single-parent household. I was home alone a lot. I used to pretend that on my solitary walks, I would stumble upon a hidden entrance to a fairy kingdom through the old cemetery in our neighbourhood, and fall in love with a handsome, brooding knight. I would find lost keys and think about what doors they could open - maybe I could find my way to a place where they needed a little girl like me to help them find a lost dragon or rescue a princess. That was a wonderful place to exist, and my mum always made sure that I had enough stories to stimulate my imagination. Books were my whole world. I can always tell how well I'm doing with my mental health by my response to stories. If I'm reading a lot, I'm doing well. If I want to write, I&#

I believe in earnestness. New Years resolutions have always been something I’ve loved the idea of. I don’t care if I never achieve them, there’s something about putting a dream into words and into the universe that makes me feel like I’m here.  Here are my 13, because I love the number 13.  Post an Instagram picture every day. I put a lot of creative effort into my Instagram page, and having that consistency of effort and posting will foster further creative effort.  Finish the books that I’ve started. I’ve got 50+ books on my goodreads account that I have put down. There’s nothing like the high of finishing something, even if it isn’t particularly good. I want to feel more of that this year. Make sure I’ve replied to all my messages by 7pm, and stop replying to them all by 8pm. I am notoriously bad at staying in touch with people, and I know the importance of constant contact after travelling halfway across the world by myself. I want to let the people I love know that I’m in their li