I was doing so well with those monthly updates - how efficient early 2024 Jen was. Enter the second half of the year. It has been almost six months since I last blogged anything on here and last time I left on a bit of a cliffhanger suggesting some exciting news. It is ... drumroll… Continue reading Reading and Life Update 4, 2024: Surprise, I’m having another baby
Author: Jenthorpewrites
I'm a creative writer from Cape Town, South Africa
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Aren't libraries the best? If there is such a thing as a library evangelist, I am it. Libraries have formed the backbone of my reading and writing life. When I was younger, I would spend afternoons with my grandmothers at the library, browsing the stacks for new reads, and just generally feeling delighted at the… Continue reading Get my books for free with the Libby App
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Hello readers and friends! For the next few weeks my first novel, The Peculiars will be on sale for just R99 in print, or just $3 on Kindle. What's the plot? Phobias abound at the Centre for Improved Living, where Nazma goes for help. She's crazy about baking and desperately wants to become a pastry… Continue reading Grab The Peculiars Novel for Only R99 in Print and $3 on Kindle
Reading and Life Update 3, 2024: Not much writing, lots of consumption
Holy moly it's April. What the actual? A few things have been going on in my life. Reading Goals 2024 I finished the Covenant of Water - wonderful wonderful wonderful! Since then, I've started: Naomi Alderman - The Future: I loved The Power so when I saw Alderman has written another apocalyptic type novel I… Continue reading Reading and Life Update 3, 2024: Not much writing, lots of consumption
Reading and Life Update 2, 2024
Hi everyone! We're almost at the end of January and I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking that this seems to come faster every year. When I was younger, my mom said to me that time goes faster when you're older. I didn't get it, and I'm not sure how that all works (unlike Suzelle… Continue reading Reading and Life Update 2, 2024
Reading and Life Update 1, 2024
For many years of my life, I've been the type of person who sets annual goals. I used to write these out and prestik them up to my walls. At university, my warden in res was delighted when she checked my dorm room at the end of the first time and found that I had… Continue reading Reading and Life Update 1, 2024
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