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Reading in the Time of Corona
Read more: Reading in the Time of Corona2020 has not been a great year for reading so far. It just has not been in my priority. Between bereavement at the start of the year (expected, but still shakes up the routine), feeling overwhelmed with work and then, the big one, COVID-19, 2020 is not going to be a very good reading year.…
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Discussion | Assigning ‘value’ to genre books
Read more: Discussion | Assigning ‘value’ to genre booksThis is going to be something of a discussion post, but also something of a wake-up call for myself. It is all spurred on by one particular book: The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren. (Before we start this: I know this is an incredibly privileged position to be in. The fact that I have the means to buy…
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Discussion | The Scrutiny of Reading Progress in the Age of Goodreads
Read more: Discussion | The Scrutiny of Reading Progress in the Age of GoodreadsThe title of this blog post might seem a little dramatic and fanciful but it’s nothing if not apt. I am a reader. I am a reader who is visible online. I am a reader who considers myself part of the reading community online as a book blogger. I am a reader who LOVES Goodreads…
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Discussion | Collecting Books, Hauls and Unhauls, and Marie Kondo
Read more: Discussion | Collecting Books, Hauls and Unhauls, and Marie KondoToday, I’m going to do a post that is, probably, a month or so behind the curve. A short while ago book bloggers across the Internet were a mixture of alarmed and flabbergasted by the idea, attributed to tidying-up goddess Marie Kondo, that people should own 30 books in their collection. Of course, as with…
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Discussion | What’s Your Number (Of Unread Books)?
Read more: Discussion | What’s Your Number (Of Unread Books)?For months now I have had a plan, a dream if you will – that makes it sound far too inspirational, it’s really not – to finally, properly catalogue my books, not for bragging purposes or even really for inventory purposes, but rather because I actually want to make a concerted effort to curate my…
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Discussion | The Perils of Star Ratings
Read more: Discussion | The Perils of Star RatingsInspired by Sam from Thoughtsontome’s recent video on the subject, I thought today I’d talk about rating books and how the numbers/stars might not always tell the whole truth. As you can see from Sam’s video, I think there’s a misconception around the bookish world that rating something 3 out of 5 stars means it…
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Discussion | TBRs – Guidelines or Rules?
Read more: Discussion | TBRs – Guidelines or Rules?Welcome folks, on this rather late evening, to another discussion post. Today, I’ve been (once again) poring over my remaining challenge prompts for an annual reading challenge, the reading prompts I want to cover in an upcoming readathon, and the TBR I set for myself back at the start of December. Trying to juggle all…
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Discussion | Rating Favourite Authors’ Books
Read more: Discussion | Rating Favourite Authors’ BooksHowdy folks! Today I bring you the lesser spotted discussion post in which I muse on something that’s caught my attention lately. For today’s post, I was inspired by my recent read of Vicious by V.E. Schwab, a book which I enjoyed but struggled to settle on a rating for. I thought I’d unpack why and, when…
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Discussion | When Childhood Favourites Are Republished
Read more: Discussion | When Childhood Favourites Are RepublishedThis post comes to you from nostalgia, which I’ve just been hit full in the face with, due to seeing the Matilda at 30 marketing. For those unaware, to coincide with the thirtieth anniversary of the book, Puffin have teamed up with illustrator Quentin Blake to produce special editions of Roald Dahl’s Matilda with brand new covers,…
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Discussion | My Relationship with Exercise (inspired by Eat Sweat Play by Anna Kessel)
Read more: Discussion | My Relationship with Exercise (inspired by Eat Sweat Play by Anna Kessel)This is a post I didn’t ever think I’d have cause to write, particularly not on a bookish blog, but I suppose it’s been bottled up inside of me for long enough for me to need to get it all out of my system. And, as you will see by the time you (/if you,…
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