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In Five Years’ Time | Thoughts on Goal Setting
Read more: In Five Years’ Time | Thoughts on Goal SettingSo, I haven’t written anything in just over a week, which doesn’t seem like a long time but I was on something of a roll back there and it was nice whilst it lasted, wasn’t it? You will have to indulge my self-centred nature for a post (or two) because the topic at hand is…
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T5W | Vampires!
Read more: T5W | Vampires!Welcome 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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Review | My Salinger Year by Joanna Rakoff
Read more: Review | My Salinger Year by Joanna RakoffTitle: My Salinger Year (2017) Author: Joanna Rakoff Read: 23rd – 27th September 2017 Genre: non-fiction; memoir Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars “At twenty-three, after leaving graduate school to pursue her dreams of becoming a poet, Joanna Rakoff moves to New York City and takes a job as assistant to the storied literary agent for J. D.…
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Discussion | Studying vs. Reading Books
Read more: Discussion | Studying vs. Reading BooksToday, we begin with unpacking the very title of this discussion post: I realise that it’s never a simple dichotomy of ‘studying’ a book and ‘reading’ a book simply “for the sake of it”. However, I chose the title for this blog post because I wish to unpack some thoughts I’m having regarding enjoying a book for…
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The House Cup Reading Challenge | Sign Up & TBR
Read more: The House Cup Reading Challenge | Sign Up & TBRGuess what everyone? I haven’t learnt from any of my mistakes in the past few months (don’t join in on multiple readathons and readalongs, folks) and I’m enthusiastically signing up for the House Cup Reading Challenge. That’s right, it’s a Harry Potter themed readathon… so you can see why I had an issue saying no, right? The readathon is taking…
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Tag | The Harry Potter Tag
Read more: Tag | The Harry Potter TagGuys, it’s Thursday again so you know the drill – it’s time for Tag Thursday. *cue moderate applause* This week I bring you the excitingly named Harry Potter Tag and yep it does what it says on the tin – this tag is about all things Potter! I was tagged by my good friend Liz from Travel…
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T5W | Favourite Creepy Settings
Read more: T5W | Favourite Creepy SettingsWelcome 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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Discussion | Finding Your Blogging Voice
Read more: Discussion | Finding Your Blogging VoiceHi all, I bring you a semi-rare post today in the form of a discussion post. This time, I’d like to discuss the struggle of finding your own personal voice and blogging tone, as it has been something that’s been on my mind a lot over the last few months and it definitely affects how…
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Review | The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
Read more: Review | The Princess Diarist by Carrie FisherTitle: The Princess Diarist (2016) Author: Carrie Fisher Read: 24th July – 3rd August Genre: non-fiction; memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “When Carrie Fisher recently discovered the journals she kept during the filming of the first Star Wars movie, she was astonished to see what they had preserved—plaintive love poems, unbridled musings with youthful…
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My 2017 Resolutions | Quarterly Check-in #3
Read more: My 2017 Resolutions | Quarterly Check-in #3Greetings folks! Today I bring you the third of my quarterly check-ins on my 2017 Resolutions. As you may, or may not (I often don’t!), remember, I set some resolutions or goals for this year. I do it every year and every year, without fail, I forget my goals unless I keep them on a…
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