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  • January 2020 Reading Wrap-Up

    Since deciding to go on a no buy for the entire year, I really wanted to get back into my favourite hobby of reading as well as trying to dedicate my time to more productive things. To see how everything else went in January, see my check-in post here. Today I wanted to talk about Read more

  • Non-Fiction New Year | A Tentative TBR For January

    Happy New Year, readers! I hope you’ve had a fun and safe holiday season and are now ready to get into 2020. To kick things off for the new year, I thought I take things back to basics and talk about one of my favourite things – books. I try to read a lot as Read more

  • What I Read On Holiday (Ft. NetGalley)

    If you follow me on Instagram, then you will know that I have just come back from a 10-day holiday with my family. It was the first summer holiday I’ve had in a few years and the break was very much appreciated! You know by now that one of my favourite things to do is Read more

  • Top 5 Mysterious Reads Of 2018 | What I’m Reading Wednesday

    I’ve read a lot of pretty great books this year! Now is the time for me to get all reflective and attempt to make a big decision; what was my favourite book of 2018? But while I’m not at that stage yet, I do have five incredible reads to share with you today. By documenting Read more

  • How Do You Rate Books? | What I’m Reading Wednesday

    I read an awful lot. As I mentioned in a post a long time (this one here) 2017 was the first time I actually recorded every book I read. I’ve stepped it up a little bit this year and finally started rating my books too. I watch a lot of booktubers (that’s people who talk Read more

  • What I’m Reading Wednesday | A THRILLING Beginning

    Hello and welcome to a new series that I’m attempting to produce for this little blog! As you might have guessed, if you’ve been here before or follow me on Instagram, I love books. But as much as I love them I can’t find a decent way to bring them to this site. I’m going to Read more

  • The ‘Quarter-Life Crisis’ Book Haul: A Showcase

    As I’ve already discussed I have recently graduated from university and I am currently still trying to get into the swing of a new life. I’m living with my parents again, in my childhood home, and I have recently started a new job. There’s a lot of things I’m trying to wrap my head around. What’s Read more

  • How To Get Out Of A Reading Slump

    I love reading. It’s been a hobby of mine for as long as I can remember and I love nothing more than getting lost in another world built by someone’s words. It’s something I even talk about occasionally on here too. If you’re also a lover of books then you’ll understand the upset and torment Read more

  • Five Non-Fiction Books To Gift This Christmas

    Buying Christmas presents can be a real struggle. You want something that will be perfect, something you hope they’ll love and treasure for a long time. But also, let’s be real, without spending too much money. Books are such an under-rated gift I feel and are something that can be easily slept on. Okay they’re Read more

  • Four Chilling Reads For A Rainy Day

    Even though it’s summer the weather just doesn’t want to cooperate. So on the likely event of a rainy day, I’m going to recommend four books that are perfect for curling up with and forgetting the world for a few hours. For a rainy day I like to pick books that are gripping, to keep Read more

  • Feel-Good Female Reads for Mother’s Day

    It’s Sunday once again and I’m back with another bookish post. In honour of mother’s day and celebrating the wonderful women in our lives, I’m here with three books written by women for (mostly) women that are sure to make you feel good. HOW TO BE A WOMAN: Caitlin Moran Buy it here I owe Read more

  • Five Books You Might Not Have Read

    The other week I was at home and sorting out one of the many boxes of books I have there, when I stumbled across a few gems that I thought would be interesting to share with you today. If you’re like me, then you’re always looking for something new to read. Hopefully these may catch Read more

  • Book Haul: The Non-Fiction Edit

    Happy Sunday people! Today is a totally different post to anything I have done before on this blog- as you can tell from the title, it’s a book haul. I love books but I don’t often like to spend a lot of money on them (as a poor student I often feel too guilty, ha!). Read more