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Friday Reads | 23rd December
Read more: Friday Reads | 23rd DecemberAs you might have seen from the last time I did a Currently Reading sort of post back on 10th/11th December, I was reading J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See and I’m happy to report that I have finally finished both those books! I’m especially pleased that…
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Top Ten Tuesday | Books I’d Like to See Under the Tree
Read more: Top Ten Tuesday | Books I’d Like to See Under the TreeIt’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 Ten Books I Wouldn’t…
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Six Degrees of Separation | Revolutionary Road
Read more: Six Degrees of Separation | Revolutionary RoadI’m a little late to the party this month but 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…
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Review | Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
Read more: Review | Carry On by Rainbow RowellTitle: Carry On (2015) Author: Rainbow Rowell Read: 20th-23rd November 2016 Genre: young-adult; fantasy; LGBT Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Carry On is an unconventional “spin-off” from Rainbow Rowell’s widely-popular YA Fangirl, a book which I loved and which probably gave me much too high expectations for this novel. Bold and brash in its Harry Potter similarities, Rowell tells a story of a…
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Strictly Saturdays | The One With The Final
Read more: Strictly Saturdays | The One With The FinalIt’s that time of year again – dust off your ballgowns, get out those sequins and glitter I know you have, or just get the snacks in and settle down for this year’s Strictly Come Dancing. That’s right folks, everyone’s favourite prime-time British TV show is back! No, not Bake Off, the other one – the one where celebrities…
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Weekend Reads | 10th and 11th December
Read more: Weekend Reads | 10th and 11th DecemberThis weekend ought to be a very Christmassy weekend – I have an advent calendar, our decorations are finally up in the house as of last night, and Liz and I plan to visit the Christmas markets in Liverpool today. I desperately need to get going on the Christmas shopping and card writing because, even…
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T5W | Books To Finally Read in 2017
Read more: T5W | Books To Finally Read in 2017Welcome one, welcome all, to ‘Emma Remembers Top 5 Wednesdays Exists And Decides To Join In’… again. 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 | Blogging Stats and Validation
Read more: Discussion | Blogging Stats and ValidationThis might be a relatively brief ‘discussion’ which, actually, is pretty much summed up by the title of this post. I’ve never been much of a numbers girl. I’m well and truly a right-brained, artsy, wishy washy, literature girl through and through – to the extent that I sometimes struggle now with remembering how to…
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Strictly Saturdays | The One At The Musicals
Read more: Strictly Saturdays | The One At The MusicalsIt’s that time of year again – dust off your ballgowns, get out those sequins and glitter I know you have, or just get the snacks in and settle down for this year’s Strictly Come Dancing. That’s right folks, everyone’s favourite prime-time British TV show is back! No, not Bake Off, the other one – the one where celebrities…