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Friday Reads | 9th September

Just a quick Friday Reads post from me today! Here I’ll share what I plan to read this Friday and into the weekend ahead but, as we all know, I rarely follow through on reading plans once I document them here. However, I’m hoping this one sticks since I have the house all to myself this weekend and…
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Tag | Book Scavenger Tag

Today I bring you the Book Scavenger Tag. I snagged this from Miguel over at the aptly named The Life & Times of Miguel Olmedo Morell. The basic premise of the tag is to go looking (one might say even scavenging) for books which match the conditions listed. I love any excuse to stare at my bookshelves and…
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Summer TBR Review & My Autumn TBR

Since we all enjoy a bit of bookish reflection as much as we enjoy a good bookish list, as is evidenced in the abundance of monthly wrap-ups and monthly TBRs, I thought I would take a look at my intended reading plans for this past summer and review how they actually went. Spoiler alert: they didn’t go as disastrously…
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Friday Reads | 2nd September

Just a quick Friday Reads post from me today! Here I’ll share what I plan to read this Friday and into the weekend ahead but, as we all know, I rarely follow through on reading plans once I document them here. However, there is one book in particular that I have to finish this weekend because it’s getting embarrassing now…
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Review | A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin

Title: A Storm of Swords (2000) published as Part 1: Steel and Snow, Part 2: Blood and Gold Author: George R.R. Martin Read: Part 1: 18th July – 17th August | Part 2: 21st August – 29th August Genre: fantasy Rating: Part 1: 3.5 out of 5 stars | Part 2: 4.5 out of 5 stars The third book in George R.R.…
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T5W | Books To Be Read By the End of the Year

Welcome one, welcome all, to ‘Emma Remembers Top 5 Wednesdays Exists And Decides To Join In’… again. Top 5 Wednesday is a weekly meme/challenge which was created by the wonderful Lainey from gingereadslainey and is now overseen by the equally lovely Sam from Thoughts of Tomes. Every Wednesday, participants devise their Top 5 based on a given topic. This…
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Top Ten Tuesday | Earliest TBR Books I Still Haven’t Read Yet

Another Tuesday, another Top Ten Tuesday. For those who don’t know, Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by the book bloggers and list lovers, The Broke and the Bookish, and each week they post a topic for bloggers to respond to. This week’s theme is about admitting some of the books we still haven’t read although we completely…
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Bout of Books 17 | Updates Post

For those who have no idea what’s going on, see my recent Stating My Intentions post. As with most intentions, these ones are good, and I hope to participate in the Bout of Books 17 readathon as much as I can this week. (Caveat: I have an interview Thursday morning so I’m very sure that Wednesday…
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Bout of Books 17 | Stating My Intentions

That’s right, you read the title correctly – it’s Bout of Books time again! I took part in the last round of this readathon (Bout of Books 16 funnily enough) and I thoroughly enjoyed myself, so I thought why not commit myself to it again? If nothing else this low-key readathon is very much my speed…
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#readasoiaf | Progress Update

Well, since we’re over halfway through August I thought it was high time to share my progress in the #readasoiaf readalong challenge. For those unaware, I’ve been meaning to read George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series for years at this point and, whilst I was at university, the TV show blew up in…
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