Welcome to the Myrtletribe ❦ I'm a hobby artist and study evolutionary ecology. Here you can find my art, book reviews and blog posts. Say hi in my guestbook if you like and I'll gladly check out your page!

Currently working on...

  • sorting out inspo images
  • uploading more artwork
  • (still) getting an RSS reader

What's new?

Book review

So, I finally finished this. It only took me 2 months and 1 week lol. I wasn't even that intimidated by the page count (1006), on the contrary, after finishing Piranesi I was excited to have more of Susanna Clarke's magical lore. She's easily one of my favourite authors. Sadly this book was not my favourite.

First of all I think it is misrepresented. I went in blind and thought it was going to be about magic. Magic exists, but it's more alternative history, politics and society, and magic was more like, a side bonus. That instantly explains why I didn't enjoy this book all the way through, because I don't really like history or politics. Someone called it 'meandering' and that is so on point, parts of it I really loved, and other parts were downright boring. Who wants to read about Norrell's nonsense feud for over 500 pages? Even though he was the one who wanted to bring back practical magic? Proceeds to hoard 5000 magic books so that no one else can read them...

(continue reading)

Artwork

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Site updates rss feed

  • layout: took away sidebar on all pages. bookreview: JS&MR review up
  • new page: repurposed /now page to snapshots page. it now contains a recent funny/interesting photo or anecdote in my life
  • misc: set up an RSS feed (see icon above!)
  • blogpost: monthly March posted + appreciation post for kingfishers
  • new page: /inspo where i post images that inspire me
  • misc: overall refresh
  • layout: made some style changes to layout, colours, etc. new page: /palettes. sitewide image optimalization
  • layout: moved imood and status to /now
  • new page: /sitemap!
  • two new pages: /coffee-table and /site!
  • misc: reworked /artwork page
  • layout: reorganized pages into menus
  • misc: added site descriptions to links page
  • new page: /archive
  • layout: added fixed nav bar
  • layout: added static sidebar
  • layout: changed library layout and added reviews under 'details'
  • new page: /now
  • layout: lots of layout changes, with thanks to Ari!
  • blogpost: sitewide minor style changes and more consistency. november diary uploaded
  • layout: added buttons of sites i follow to links page
  • misc: sitewide small tweaks in colour
  • layout: book reviews have been moved to library. blog got an overhaul: monthly recaps instead of microblogging
  • bookreview: uploaded Fahrenheit 451 review
  • bookreview: added review for perfume. newpage: added inspo page
  • misc: updated the library with more book covers, uploaded traditional art, small tweaks. i also joined Petrapixel's indie web contest!
  • misc: added stamps and some minor adjustments
  • misc: have a status cafe now!!
  • misc: some style changes, minor updates on links page, updated my 'currently reading', and posted my first book review
  • added two 'latest' boxes on my homepage, one for blog entries and one for art. i do need to style these properly but for now it works.
  • made a Kentish Glory favicon!
  • some style changes. i didn't like the yellow sidebar so much and I added borders and fixed some alignments
  • fixed art and links page layout
  • updated info page
  • added minimal sidebar on homepage with flower art, changed header
  • added site updates section
  • SITE CREATION

Currently reading

Lord Of The Flies (William Golding, 1954)

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