Blogging buddies

One of the coolest things about blogging, for me, has been the people I’ve met while doing it. We’re a weird bunch- extroverts on the screen, we’re not afraid to spout opinions, have a whinge, make a convincing argument or share deeply personal stories and pics for a variety of reasons.

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Does it translate in real life? In my experience, we’re often the most introverted of the extroverts and just need wine time to loosen up. But it’s so much easier when you meet someone you’ve already connected with online. So many people I’ve met through blogging have become real-life mates; we’ve solved the world’s problems while propping up a bar, had weekends away and are always only a click or two away when we need each other. We’ve held each other (literally and figuratively) through grief, stress, health scares and more.

And now, I have to tell you about Bec.

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Wonder Woman.

Do yourself a favour and go and see it. There are so many reasons this ticked so many boxes, starting with Wonder Woman herself. Gal Gadot does a fantastic job as the determined and headstrong Diana. The daughter of Hyppolyta, Queen of the Amazons, Diana has lived in a community of women on the island of Themyscira her whole life. She has no idea of her destiny as Wonder Woman.

The island, seemingly untouched by time, is protected from our world and hidden, seemingly, from Ares, the god of war. But that hasn’t stopped the Amazons from continuing to train as kickarse warriors.

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I grabbed a copy of Carve the Mark last week, before I’d read or heard a single thing about it. The Divergent series was something I read with my teenage girls, with all of us appreciating the fierce, flawed female lead character.

It wasn’t a perfect series by any means, but we all love a bit of dystopian fiction. That was enough reason for me to trust that Veronia Roth would deliver in this new duology.

 

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