Here's a snapshot of what I've been watching, reading, working out, and photographing.
A snapshot in time
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Photography challenge: lighting
Natural lighting was the lesson for this photography challenge. Octy helped with a wistful pose, along with other lighting photos in the gallery.
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Photography challenge: colour
This week's photography challenge is all about colour. It's all black and white, 1-2 colours and intentional use of colour.
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Fitness Challenge: The Push-up Challenge
In June I completed The Push-Up Challenge with 2,759 push-ups done. Here are my thoughts on the fitness challenge, and some gifs of my "achievements".
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Photography challenge: focus
This week's photography challenge is focus. My assignment submissions used panning, but I've also shared depth of field and bokeh photos.
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What I’ve been reading – June 2022 edition
Mini reviews of what I've been reading is more fun for me than larger individual book reviews. So here are a few books I've read this year.
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Photography challenge: composition
Today's photography challenge was all about composition. In my case, the composition of an octopus.
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Photography challenge: exposure
My first photography challenge. Lesson 1 looks at exposure so I took a walk to the park. Octy came too.
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Back to the blog but different.
I'm back to the blog again. It won't be like before. I'll just blog fun stuff on what I feel like, when I feel like it, so I'll enjoy it more.
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Hello, Cruel Heart: a new Maureen Johnson story
Hello, Cruel Heart is Maureen Johnson's telling of Cruella De Vil's teenage years. It's a Disney story. Warning given.
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I am going on hiatus
A reading slump turned into a writing slump and stress set in, so I'm putting this site aside for now. I hope you enjoy the posts so far. Mass Consternation is in hiatus.
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Master Class by Christina Dalcher – Book Review
Imagine if your school scores defined your live, your opportunities, your shopping trips? That's Master Class by Christina Dalcher.
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Before the round table with Cursed by Thomas Wheeler
I didn't know Cursed by Thomas Wheeler was adapted on Netflix or a King Arthur retelling when I started reading. Now I NEED to watch the series.
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The Last Wish – starting The Witcher series
After watching the Netflix series, I read The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski--the first book in The Witcher series... and wrote down my thoughts.
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Meeting Karou in the Daughter of Smoke and Bone
I'm in love with another Laini Taylor novel. This time it's the first book in the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series.
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My 2020 End-of-Year Review
Gasp. It's another year done and 2020 was a crazy one at that. In keeping tradition, here's my end-of-year review of things Bianca and books.
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Book Review: The Mother Fault by Kate Mildenhall
Kate Mildenhall's second novel--The Mother Fault--is the story of a mother protecting her family in a dystopian Australia.
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Deathless Divide: a perfect sequel by Justina Ireland
The sequel to Justina Ireland's Dread Nation is here. In Deathless Divide, Jane fights zombies, delusional scientists, sexism, and racism.
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An alternative Jack the Ripper story in People of Abandoned Character
In People of Abandoned Character, Clare Whitfield tells the story of a possible wife of Jack the Ripper.
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5 Strategies to Cope with Lockdown Life
How are you surviving the COVID-19 lockdown? Here are five strategies that made it a little easier for me.
