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My Sunday Post is late again. Mostly because I’ve not been well and the last thing I wanted to deal with was blogging. I haven’t even felt like reading much, I’ve felt so ill. I’m on the mend now, though. I briefly considered skipping this post this week but, ultimately decided against it.
After spending so much time adding last week’s haul to my tracking sites, many of which were so old they either lacked info or were simply not there at all, having to be manually added, I have discovered a new pet peeve. Publishers who do reprints with different covers for the same ISBN. Gods, it is so damn annoying when it comes to tracking books. I like to have the correct edition with the correct cover but you can’t have two different books with identical ISBNs, so I often have to choose between having the correct edition, or having the correct cover. It’s infuriating!
Mike Geczi was kind enough to send me a review copy of Soulless: Sometimes the Darkness Overcomes the Light. This is the second book in the Revenge, Unhinged series. I really enjoyed Pointless so I’m looking forward to reading it. Many thanks to Mike for reaching out!
Mum and I watched a Xmas compilation video and it felt completely foreign to me. I’m not talking about the seasonal differences either. The video had people (both children and adults) using drones, roller skates, hoverboards, remote control cars, ride on cars, playing piggybacks and whacking people while blindfolded and other such ‘high-spirited’ games. We would never have been allowed to do that kind of thing indoors. Dad would have blown a gasket lol. Also, for a country in which a hospital visit can bankrupt you, you’d think people would be more careful lol.
I did my first shift volunteering at a local charity second hand bookstore this week. I’m not used to moving about so much so it was difficult and exhausting, but I get to clean, sort, shelve, and just generally be around books for three hours every week. Where’s the downside?
I haven’t done much the past few days. I haven’t been well so everything feels like a chore. Even reading books was a problem. So I’ve just been chilling in front of the telly watching YouTube, and rereading my old familiar fave fanfics; stuff which doesn’t require much thinking. I’m feeling a bit better now, though, so last night Mum taught me how to make Steak Rachelle, a family recipe invented by my father and named by Mum. I love it whenever Mum cooks this dish and I don’t want it to be lost when she passes, so I hope to have it down pat as soon as possible. I fully intend to be serving it to my great grandchildren many years from now.
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Did my first volunteer shift at Kiwanis, a local second hand bookstore, this week. Predictably, I picked up a few books while I was there:
101 Marvellous Movies You May Have Missed by David Stratton
History’s Greatest Scandals: Shocking Stories of Powerful People by Ed Wright
The StoryGraph Reading Goals
52 Book Club 2025 Challenge
52 Book Club 2025 Mini-Challenges
2025 Read Good Challenge
2025 Buzzword Challenge
2025 Buzzword Cover Challenge
Monthly Challenges
Inner Circle shows progress
This week I learned how cyclone naming works. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology began officially naming cyclones in 1963 as a way to heighten public awareness and to reduce confusion when multiple cyclones formed at the same time. Cyclones Audrey and Bessie, in January 1964, were the first to be officially named. At that time only female names were used until they began adding male names in 1975.
So how are the names chosen? The Bureau keeps a list of approved names, in alphabetical order by the first letter. The list is divided into 5 sections, each with names from A–Z, alternating male and female names. When a cyclone forms, they take the next name in alphabetical order from the section that’s in use (currently section 2). When the end of the section is reached, they move to the first name in the next section.
To avoid duplication, neighbouring countries approve cyclone names through the World Meteorological Organization Regional Tropical Cyclone Committees. Cyclones are named in the region in which they form, and retain their name if they cross into other regions.
If a cyclone causes significant damage and/or loss of life, its name is permanently retired from the list and a name of the same gender and first letter is selected from the waiting list and submitted for approval to replace the retired name. Think: Cyclone Tracy. The first cyclone for the Australian region for the 2025–26 storm season will be Fina, from Section 2. If anyone is interested, the current list of names can be found on the BOM website.
Words I had to look up this week:
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Pronunciations I had to look up this week:
harangue
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So, here it is. Late again. Just keep pretending that today is Sunday lol. I just haven’t been feeling up to blogging, nor much of anything else really. Late as it is, this post still only covers up until Sunday (26th of October). Monday, yesterday, and today will be in next week’s Sunday Post. I’m enjoying doing this, so I will be continuing. Shout out to the Caffeinated Reviewer for hosting it.
© Adele Walker October 2025
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