Clik here to view.
Thoughts #23: Looking Back On My Bookish Resolutions
At the beginning of the year, I shared my Bookish Resolutions with you all. I wanted to take a look and review them, and perhaps look at them again at the end of the year or the beginning of the next!...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thoughts #26: ‘I Don’t Have Time To Read…’
I’m sure you know the sort of person. You’re chatting, and suddenly the topic of reading comes up. You say that you read maybe a couple of books a week and that you spend a lot of your spare time...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Top Reads of 2014
As the title suggests, it’s time to share my top reads of 2014! I read so many good books this year that it’s not a top ten, but a top fifteen… And now, in no particular order: Lexicon by Max Barry...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Year In Books 2014
So it looks like 2014 has been a pretty good year, lots of four and five star books! I’m also writing this ten days before the end of the year, so it’s entirely possible that there may be even more of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My Bookish New Year Resolutions 2015
Last year I set myself some Bookish New Year’s Resolutions, and I thought I’d do the same for 2015! Try not to feel guilty when reading for pleasure. I had this during my Bachelors, and I have it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thoughts #32: The Influence Of The Book Award
A couple of weeks ago, whilst writing my post on my new challenge, A Decade Of Award Winners, I noticed a common occurrence on Goodreads. Many of these award-winning books, that experts had deemed the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thoughts #33: The Three Star Rating
To me, three stars has always felt like a solid rating. I know not every reader and reviewer sees it that way, but I feel like it says a book was good, but not great – and definitely nowhere near that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My Top Ten Summer Reads
Now that I’m back in the UK, I have access to ALL MY BOOKS! This is so exciting – although my Kindle was a bit of a godsend in that it allowed me to read a wide variety whilst in the Netherlands, I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thoughts #40: Book to Film Adaptations
In today’s post I want to discuss film and television adaptations of books. I always find it really exciting when a book that I love is chosen for the screen, whether big or small. Being able to see...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thoughts #45: Contemporary for Cynics
I’m not typically one for contemporary fiction. I tend to like my books with adventure, time travel, dragons or wizards. But occasionally I find a contemporary novel that really works for me....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thoughts #46: I Don’t Get ‘Book Boyfriends’
Unpopular opinion time: a lot of book bloggers talk about ‘book boyfriends’, e.g. characters in books that they would date if they could. I don’t get it. I don’t think I’ve ever had a ‘book...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thoughts #47: Books I’m Unsure About Reading
Are there any books out there that you keep seeing, that your friends seem to love, but when you look at them, read the blurb, think about it, you’re all… eh? *shrug* Part of me wonders if I’m being...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My Bookish New Year’s Resolutions 2016
Last year I shared my bookish New Year’s Resolutions for 2015, so I thought I’d do the same this year! Let me know if you have any resolutions, bookish or not, in the comments below. Finally get round...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anticipated Releases 2016
2016 looks to be another fabulous year of new releases, and will definitely see plenty of books added to the ‘to read’ pile. Here are some of my most anticipated releases for 2016. Let me know if...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My Top Ten Series To Continue Reading in 2016
Inspired partly by Amber reminding me that I need to hurry up and read the rest of the Mistborn series, here are the series I want to continue reading in 2016. This only includes books that are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Series I Won’t Be Continuing
Last week I posted my top ten series to continue reading in 2016. This week I thought I’d do the opposite and discuss series that I’ve given up on, or definitely don’t plan on giving any more chances....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thoughts #50: What Makes You Pick Up A Book?
One thing I’ve never really discussed on the blog, and that sort of surprises me, is what makes me pick up a particular book before I’ve even looked at the blurb. I thought I’d share that with you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thoughts #53: The Problem with Reading Slumps
This post was written at the beginning of April, and doesn’t apply to me so much now – but I still wanted to share it! As well as struggling with a blogging slump lately, I’ve been having a bit of a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thoughts #55: The Life of a Bookworm (in GIFs!)
Who doesn’t love GIFs? They can be used to demonstrate a wide range of situations, and you can express so much through them. So what about the life of a bookworm, as shown through GIFs? Obviously this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Novel Experiment #3: A Bookish Family
A Novel Experiment is a new feature of mine where I try some experimental reading over the space of a month or so, and then report back at the end of the month. What is experimental reading, you may...
View Article
