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May 162013

I purchased a new eInk device a couple of weeks ago when the new Kobo Aura HD device was released. I had it preordered since the preorder became available. I have read quite a bit on the new reader device, the HD screen gives a wonderful crisp text and background to read on. The Glo feature and processor has been brought across from last years Kobo Glo which I also owned. I passed this onto my Mum so she could upgrade from her older Kobo touch giving her a faster processor as well as good built in front light feature to read by in bed at night.

I have read a lot of historical romances over the last three weeks, reading more than I have in the previous few months to be honest. I have notes on several books I want to review on my blog including two by Grace Burrowes which are nagging my brain for their own reviews. So keep tuned. While I transfer – and save – as much files/data from my PC I will be working away on some actual reviews for the blog. Also I am switching to Google Docs for notes/reviews so that if this occurs again I won’t loose my hard work in the crash. Not too hard as I am more comfortable using Googles own online WP program that an actual installed word programs.

I have read so many books over the past three weeks alone I am going to review these titles and see which I want to actually do a full review of. I’ve begun to add them to my read shelves on Goodreads to keep some kind of note of the books as I read them. I have also began to add the star score if not an actual written review.

So coming in the next days/weeks (depending on family obligations, we have had a second death in a two month period in the extended family unfortunately) I will definitely be reviewing the first two novels in Grace Burrowes Lonely Lords series as well as the two lastest titles I have just finished which were by Julia Quinn. These two latter books are connected titles the same as the two Grace Burrowes are as well.

PC Woes

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May 162013

Once again I am beset with PC problems. My PC crashed last night, again, for what has to be the 100th time at least since it was returned to me ‘fixed’ according the repair service. Only this time it wouldn’t load on this morning. I have tried system/start up repair and system restore several times which have been a total failure each and every time.

So it looks like my PC is dead for good. As I’m not sure when I will be able to get a new PC to replace it I am once again borrowing my Mum’s laptop and have once again lost quite a bit of data. Unfortunately my warranty, still meant to be valid for another year, is void as the company has gone belly up so it’s now not worth the paper it was printed on since late last year. It was just luck that they hadn’t officially went into receivership when I had my PC put in for repair under the extended warranty. Continue reading »

Resolutions

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Jan 022013

Do people still make New Year’s Resolutions?

Apparently they do still. I haven’t done that in more years than I care to remember. I never stuck to them, or if I did it didn’t work out as I thought or hoped it would, so I haven’t made any for at least a decade and a half.

I’m working on a fluid rota, a way to timetable my energy in such a way that I can post more than continual apologies for not posting anything concrete, to make the most of my limited energy.

I figure even half and hour per day, with a day off a week, would allow me enough time to have a least a couple of posts done for my various blogs. I want to also schedule so that I can have a couple of posts/articles in reserve for my blogs for those times that my health is so bad I can’t manage anything.

I am gradually going to ease myself into any new rota, if there was anything positive that came from the disastrous OT treatment from last year it would be that a slow gradual build up is the best route to take. Only unlike the treatment I know when to stop pushing the envelope so to speak.

I was even considering mutating the blog here from just a book blog into a completely personal blog which also hosts my book reviews etc., within it’s larger scope. I still haven’t totally discarded this possibility to be honest. It all depends on how dividing my resources between more than one blog goes over the coming weeks, if it becomes too much to split content/time between more than one blog I will reconsider combining all my blogs (free and this one) together under one umbrella. Nothing is set in stone yet so only time will tell.

So this blog will be continuing whether in it’s current format is another thing altogether. I also intend to update as I go along with posts like this one so everyone knows what is going on.

Today I also reworked and updated my Digital Readers page, it hadn’t been updated since it was created in December 2011. So I have had some constructive time today. Also yesterday I got an About Me Medical page up which even though it’s bare bones I hope helps explain the difficulties my disabilities cause and how it affects me and has a knock on affect with maintaining my blogs etc.

Despite managing to short update yesterday and another today I’m not pushing it though and am only doing short manageable bursts and paying attention to my body signals. Like now, where the pain in the wrists is getting bad I’ll end this post here for now.

Happy New Year

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Jan 012013

Well 2012 is gone and it’s now 2013. Where did the last year go? Really, I’m serious here, what happened to 2012 it really flashed by.

I have spent hours today getting the blog back online after a theme caused it to crash then become corrupted. I couldn’t even login in as the fault caused the whole site to show a fatal error so I couldn’t access the dashboard to fix anything. So I had to access the files via FTP and delete everything, do a fresh upload of WordPress and then I was able to get to the login screen and access the dashboard. I then installed – or rather reinstalled – the theme I usually use and thankfully I haven’t seemed to have lost any posts/pages. But there might be some missing plugins and the odd picture file.

I’ve already fixed the media by re-uploading the uploads folder. Luckily I copied every single file and folder before deleting anything. So once I had a fresh install of the WordPress I have just added the uploads folder (so no more pics will be missing leaving behind ugly red crosses) which hopefully fill help the blog get back to normal.

As for the revitalisation I had in mind, I’ll stick to the main theme I’ve used for the last two years and just switched to one of the new color/theme options that come with it.

The End is near …

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Dec 282012

As 2012 draws to an end it’s once again time to reflect on the past year and see what if anything can be improved to make next year a better one for myself and those around me.

This past year has been a mixed bag to be honest. I began this year with such hopes and dreams of finally getting the help I had long needed to deal with my advancing disabilities and health problems. This didn’t exactly happen and instead I found my health yo-yoing and ending up worse at the end of the year than it was at the beginning. I am now finding my own ways to deal with my ever tightening limitations.

But I don’t intend to bore my visitors with my own health problems and instead am looking at a way to keep my love of reading alive and sharing it once again with like minded people via this blog. As 2013 begins I hope to revitalise this blog without putting too much adverse pressure on myself which will make life harder for me that it needs to be. Continue reading »

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