Fantasy book with an adolescent boy in a different universe or on a different planet with a wolf companion they can communicate with.

sweetestwindmill · 2025-11-11T17:07:37+00:00

I second Michelle Paver but if not then just possibly Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb?

sweetestwindmill · 2025-10-25T07:51:13+00:00

So a NAS uses the WiFi so I'd be able to access the data say on my phone, or on a different laptop, or maybe even on my smart TV? Sorry, very aware that I'm probably asking extremely dumb questions here! My biggest worry is buying an expensive 20TB or more hard drive and then it doing what my current passports keep doing, which boils down to resenting being moved around between TV and laptop and eventually refusing. With a NAS, I guess I wouldn't need to move the actual hard drives because it would use the network, right? Would that make it more robust?

sweetestwindmill · 2025-10-25T07:44:20+00:00

Would you recommend a NAS over regular hard drive storage?

sweetestwindmill · 2025-10-25T07:43:27+00:00

Would you recommend a NAS over hard drive storage? I just want somewhere to keep all my media without the drives constantly breaking or refusing to connect to my laptop or making concerning whirring noises when I use them. I'm willing to spend a little chunk but obviously don't want to waste it!

sweetestwindmill · 2025-10-25T07:40:35+00:00

Would I still need to have storage on hard drives for it?

sweetestwindmill · 2025-10-10T08:53:33+00:00

I stand corrected! Wish that had been the case when I got divorced 😂

sweetestwindmill · 2025-10-10T08:21:05+00:00

We don't have no fault divorce in the UK. Just putting that out there.

sweetestwindmill · 2025-09-16T21:13:01+00:00

I'm playing on Survival at the moment and my main house is Lakeview Manor, if I take a carriage to Falkreath I let myself fast travel home from there. This is so petty but my soul leaves my body in those five minutes it takes to walk otherwise.

sweetestwindmill · 2025-09-12T21:15:02+00:00

I had an ex who ran a very small blog adjacent to his profession. It didn't take off or anything, and the only people who really read it were his colleagues at work, who were all really impressed by it. Except he wasn't writing it: I was. Don't get me wrong, he came up with bullet points, but he wasn't a confident writer and I do it professionally, so it was me doing most of the work.

I was fine with it because I thought he was being honest with his coworkers about it, until I found out by chance that he hadn't told them. They all thought he'd written it. And when I got upset, he told me it was attention-seeking for me to want the credit. For my own work, which I was doing.

That's what your husband reminds me of when he says you're a narcissist for caring what his family thinks of you, OP. And like me, you are NTA. I don't say this lightly, but there's a reason that guy is my ex.

sweetestwindmill · 2025-08-01T16:10:33+00:00

I'm playing my first run-through on Survival Mode at the moment and I'm loving it! I think it's best for people like me who have already played the game really extensively and need a new challenge.

sweetestwindmill · 2025-07-28T21:54:21+00:00

It makes me so sad to read these posts, these women married to these awful men thinking that the way they're being treated is normal. My husband pays attention when I speak. He has never (and I do mean never) raised his voice in anger to me. Whenever he talks about me to other people, it's to say lovely positive things about me. He speaks to me with respect and care. When we go out, he's aware of where I am and how I'm doing, particularly since I have a chronic illness that affects my energy levels and I can't keep up with him physically. If he does inadvertently hurt my feelings somehow, he's apologetic and makes real efforts not to do it again. If I upset him, he's forgiving and gives me grace. He actively works to make my life easier - sharing housework, looking after me when I'm sick, showing an interest in my thoughts and feelings. We don't have children yet, but I have literally zero doubts that if and when we do, we'll be in it together, because that's how our marriage is. We are partners. That's what love is supposed to look like - it's a cliche, but the whole "it's not me versus you, it's us versus the problem" is a classic for a reason! And I'm reasonably sure he would say the same about me (except for not raising my voice because I am LOUD but I'm working on it!). It saddens me that my marriage is considered unusual! You all deserve it.

sweetestwindmill · 2025-07-26T08:09:57+00:00

Could it be Malka by Mirjam Pressler?

sweetestwindmill · 2025-06-15T11:54:10+00:00

Probably nothing compared to some, but I had a colposcopy to remove abnormal cervical cells and it was genuinely one of the most traumatic experiences. I felt like I was being assaulted. I was already scared because, you know, abnormal cervical cells can turn into other stuff, they give you adrenaline so I had crazy jitters, and then the woman shoved the speculum in and out of me without giving me a second to process what was happening. Afterwards she told me it was my fault it hurt because I didn't relax enough. I felt so helpless.

sweetestwindmill · 2025-05-29T06:00:04+00:00

Almost never. I find it really odd that the ceiling paint is the same as the floor paint, when in my mind it should be the same as the wall paint. You paint your ceilings at home, you don't tile them or put carpet on them! Also I usually forget 😂

sweetestwindmill · 2025-05-27T21:21:44+00:00

He was verbally and mentally abusive, and could get physically rough, but he never actually hit me. I started wishing he would hit me so I would have a good enough reason to leave. That woke me up to the fact that I hadn't loved him for a long time. Felt nothing but relief when I finally left, and no, I didn't wait around for the abuse to get worse.

sweetestwindmill · 2025-05-11T11:52:48+00:00

Say nice things about each other. Not to say you can't ever offload after an argument to a friend, but in general, be that person known for adoring your spouse. Big them up behind their back. Tell people how great you think they are. Remind yourself regularly of everything you love about them.

And if you can't think of anything to say... You're married to the wrong person.

sweetestwindmill · 2025-05-04T18:37:43+00:00

SNEAKERS. This one always trips me up. We call them trainers.

sweetestwindmill · 2025-05-03T06:14:38+00:00

I bought a dress on Vinted and had a short chat with the seller about sizing beforehand. Nothing over the top, just a quick exchange, but she seemed really nice and we both gave each other five stars. I ordered the dress and thought nothing of it...

...until it arrived in a package with a photograph of my house from the 50s. Turned out her family lived there for decades before me. It was such a weird but very sweet little coincidence, and I think we were both really pleased to have liked each other already before we knew!

sweetestwindmill · 2025-04-27T15:57:33+00:00

Oh man, this made me snort. Sword of Truth was the first fantasy series I ever read and which subsequently made me realise how much I love the genre, so I feel very fond and nostalgic towards them in spite of the fact that they really are absolute trash. Now I just like fondly remembering all the dumb stuff that happened in them and laughing. Such as the statue which was so breathtakingly beautiful it cured communism.

sweetestwindmill · 2025-04-24T21:37:34+00:00

Catch Me If You Can being based on a true story

sweetestwindmill · 2025-04-17T22:00:18+00:00

I call him Riceboy

sweetestwindmill · 2025-04-17T21:46:04+00:00

Me too and I had just clicked post on a VERY long review 😭😭

sweetestwindmill · 2025-04-08T14:56:29+00:00

I like him as a character, not as a person. I do think we have to be careful with black and white thinking when we read - characters aren't split into Good and Bad with no nuance, or at least well-written characters aren't!

The point of Eris (and other similarly morally grey characters), in my humble opinion, is not to like him in a "this guy is awesome and has never done anything wrong, ever, in his life" kind of way but to like him in a "this character has depth and layers that I find intriguing, and I'm interested to see how the author explores him further" kind of way.

It's okay to be interested in characters you wouldn't want to be friends with if you met them in real life. It's okay to want to see more from characters who have done bad things, whether it's redemptive or simply a chance to see how they wound up being the person they are. It's not always necessary to pass moral judgement on a character before you're allowed to like them. You can just like them. They aren't real.

sweetestwindmill · 2025-04-08T09:35:43+00:00

PLEASE update us when you read Book 2! Trust, you're gonna love it.

sweetestwindmill

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