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T5W | Bookish Things You’re a Grinch About
Read more: T5W | Bookish Things You’re a Grinch AboutWelcome one and all to this week’s Top 5 Wednesday post! For those of you who don’t know 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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Down the TBR Hole #11
Read more: Down the TBR Hole #11Welcome folks to the eleventh round of Down the TBR Hole. For those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about, check out my tenth!, my ninth, my eighth, my seventh, my sixth, my fifth, my fourth, my third, my second or my first round post or check out Lia at Lost in a Story who is the creator of this wonderful meme/project. I’m trying to make this…
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Taking Stock & December TBR
Read more: Taking Stock & December TBRWell folks, somehow it is December already – when did that happen, right?! I’m pretty sure I blinked sometime in September and now it’s the last month of 2017. December means that it’s almost the end of the year, which means that it’s high time to panic about meeting reading goals so this year I…
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NaNoWriMo 2017 | This Year’s Failure & What I Achieved
Read more: NaNoWriMo 2017 | This Year’s Failure & What I AchievedI don’t know if you recall from my NaNoWriMo 2017 post, but I fully intended to participate in this year’s National Novel Writing Month by using the time to plan (and I mean properly plan and plot) my novel which I’ve been trying (unsuccessfully) to write for the past couple of years/NaNoWriMos. Sitting somewhere between gaslamp fantasy…
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November 2017 | Wrap Up
Read more: November 2017 | Wrap UpWelcome one, welcome all to my Wrap Up post for November. After a rather dismal month in October, I was determined to pick up my reading pace in November, if nothing else to make sure that I was hitting my reading goals and challenges. Happily, as the days get colder and the nights get darker,…
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DC/NYC Trip 2017 | “Getting There is Half the Fun”
Read more: DC/NYC Trip 2017 | “Getting There is Half the Fun”“Getting there is half the fun”… or so the saying goes, and to paraphrase the Ed Byrne joke: “If getting there is half the fun, surely getting home is the other half, you’re having no fun on your holiday, go somewhere else next year”. Well, for once, getting there was indeed half the fun for me. Until…
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Currently Reading | 18th November 2017
Read more: Currently Reading | 18th November 2017Although I am quite the fan of the ‘Currently Reading’ style post, it has been a few weeks since my last reading update so I thought I’d let you guys know what I’ve been reading lately. Also contained therein: the reason I’m not participating in Tome Topple for the first time since it started… I know,…
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Review | The Killers, Wonderful Wonderful Tour at Liverpool Echo Arena
Read more: Review | The Killers, Wonderful Wonderful Tour at Liverpool Echo ArenaOnce upon a time, I was very confused as to why Rosianna would buy tickets to see The Killers on multiple successive nights; it’s safe to say that, after going to one of their Wonderful Wonderful tour gigs, I’m no longer confused at all. Five years to the day after their last visit to the city, the band graced Liverpool…

