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Friday Reads | 13th January 2017
Read more: Friday Reads | 13th January 2017Another week, another Friday, another Friday Reads. This one is a little special, however, since it’s my first of 2017. Happy 2017, here’s to (probably inevitably) more of the same… at least in terms of reading! On that note, I’m still reading/listening to the audiobook I was listening to in my previous Friday Reads back…
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Top Ten Tuesday | 2016 Releases I Didn’t Get To
Read more: Top Ten Tuesday | 2016 Releases I Didn’t Get ToIt’s yet another Tuesday, so that means 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 Top Ten 2016 Released…
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Review | The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet
Read more: Review | The Long Way To A Small, Angry PlanetTitle: The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet (2015) Author: Becky Chambers Read: 11th-19th November 2016 Genre: science-fiction Rating: 5 out of 5 stars The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet is a science-fiction book that does not read at all like I expected from a sci-fi story. Sure, the entirety of the action takes place…
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Six Degrees of Separation | The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Read more: Six Degrees of Separation | The Girl With The Dragon TattooThat’s right, folks, I bring you another Six Degrees of Separation, book-style! If you don’t know what this meme is then see my previous post or the creator’s website for more details. Basically, every month a book is chosen and participants have to get as far away from the book as possible in six steps. Here…
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Anticipated 2017 Releases (January/February/March)
Read more: Anticipated 2017 Releases (January/February/March)After being suitably retrospective with my ‘Best Of’ and ‘Year in Review’ posts, I’m now looking forwards towards the releases which I personally am anticipating in the first three months of 2017. There are a few sequels being released next year that I’m itching to get my hands on (I need them like yesterday) as well as…
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Bout of Books 18 | Daily Updates
Read more: Bout of Books 18 | Daily UpdatesAs you might have seen from my sign-up post yesterday, I’m participating in this week’s Bout of Books readathon! If you’re at all interested in my TBR, you can find it in my sign-up post – otherwise, this post will be for my daily updates so I’ll be updating regularly with the daily challenges and my reading…
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Bout of Books 18 | Stating My Intentions
Read more: Bout of Books 18 | Stating My IntentionsYes, it’s that time again, it’s the Bout of Books readathon! Bout of Books is such a low-key, friendly, and fun readathon that I always look forward to its next round. The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am…
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My 2017 Resolutions
Read more: My 2017 ResolutionsSo this is Christmas, and what have you done? Another year over… and a new one just begun… Ok, ok, relax, I promise I will stop singing before I really get started! But, if it wasn’t obvious from that introductory lyric, or from the title, this is my Resolutions post. Yes, that’s right everyone, once…
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Best Books of 2016
Read more: Best Books of 2016Welcome one, welcome all, to the inevitable and downright obligatory Best Books of 2016 post that isn’t at all subjective or biased in any way. (Disclaimer: that sentence was entirely a lie.) (If you’re looking for my more stats-based wrap up of 2016 then please do pop over to my 2016: A Bookish Year In…
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2016 | A Bookish Year In Review
Read more: 2016 | A Bookish Year In ReviewWell another year is over… and, if I’m honest, it’s been a mixed bag in terms of life aside from books. This year saw another family member continue to battle with that dreaded C-word, another family member sadly passed away, uncomfortable truths about a loved one have started to become apparent, and another is beginning…