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Friday Reads | 20th November
Read more: Friday Reads | 20th NovemberLast week the unthinkable happened – I actually successfully read every book on my Friday Reads over the course of the weekend. I’m as surprised as anyone. However, none of them were particularly taxing reads, so that’s quite possibly how I managed to actually stick to a TBR for once. This weekend I’m hoping to…
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Top Ten Tuesday | Favourite Quotes From Recent Reads
Read more: Top Ten Tuesday | Favourite Quotes From Recent ReadsTop Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme which was created by The Broke and Bookish and each week those lovely ladies decide on a topic around which you create lists (because who doesn’t love a good list) of ten books that fit the given theme. This week’s topic is: Quotes I Loved From Books I Read In The Past…
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Making Up For Monday | 16th November
Read more: Making Up For Monday | 16th NovemberAnother dreary Monday which means only one thing – I remember that ‘Making Up For Monday‘, a weekly meme created by Tiffany at An Avid Reader, exists and I gladly riff off this week’s prompt which is: What is your favourite book set in the past? Taking a look at my favourites shelf on Goodreads will illustrate that…
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Friday Reads | 13th November
Read more: Friday Reads | 13th NovemberUnsurprisingly I have fallen so far behind with NaNoWriMo that I feel like I’ve stopped trying to catch up. I had put reading on the backburner a little in favour of writing but in the past few days I’ve realised that, if I’m falling behind with writing anyway, I might as well read a little…
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T5W | Books You Did Not Finish
Read more: T5W | Books You Did Not FinishCourtesy of the wonderful Lainey, this week’s Top 5 Wednesday topic is ‘Books You Did Not Finish’. Now, I used to be the sort of reader who diligently stuck with books and soldiered on to the very bitter end, even if I wasn’t enjoying the reading experience one bit. However, lately I’ve realised (and we all come to this…
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Making Up For Monday | 19th October
Read more: Making Up For Monday | 19th OctoberIt’s Monday morning which means only one thing – I remember that ‘Making Up For Monday‘, a weekly meme created by Tiffany at An Avid Reader, exists and I gladly riff off this week’s prompt which is: If you had money to buy a book today, which book would it be? It should come as no surprise that…
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Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon: On the Day
Read more: Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon: On the DayAs mentioned in my Intentions post, I’m terrible at sticking to TBRs so this is just the stack of books I’ll be choosing from during the readathon: Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo (x) Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (x) Reasons To Stay Alive by Matt Haig (x) The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick…
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Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon: Stating My Intentions
Read more: Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon: Stating My IntentionsAfter having known about Dewey’s Readathon for years through watching booktubers’ videos on the day, this is the first year that I’ve actually committed myself to taking on the challenge. I’m under no illusions – I will not be sacrificing sleep (it’s physically impossible for me to keep myself awake for 24 hours, I’ve tried…
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Autumn Reads
Read more: Autumn ReadsThere is something of a trend in the book blogging and Booktube world once October rolls around, entirely because of a certain little celebration at the end of the month. Following this theme, most people seem to skew their reading towards the horror or crime or thriller genre. Now, this would be fine, should you enjoy these…