So as every year, I’m here to say I don’t do resolutions. I don’t like starting off the year with the pressure of a bunch of pie-in-the-sky goals I know I’m not going to be able to complete. Basically if I set resolutions I’m planning to fail. I know they work for some people, and READ MORE
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LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Surprisingly, it’s been a very good reading week! I thought I’d be too busy/tired to read much, but I was lucky in picking a couple of books that immediately hooked me, so I was reading in any spare moment before I even noticed it! And I’ve found some great books that I’m super excited to READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | ARE WE HAVING FUN YET? – LUCY MANGAN
Motherhood is hard. And that’s coming from a mother who has a supportive partner, doesn’t have to work and parent, and who has a secure home and food on the table. I’m incredibly privileged, something that I am highly aware of. I’ve got a lot of health issues – chronic medical conditions, ADHD that I’m READ MORE
BOOK BLOGGER HOP | HOBBIES THAT GO WELL WITH READING
This week’s prompt: January is National Hobby Month. Do you have any pastimes or interests other than reading that go well with your love of books and literature? Hmmm. I do have various hobbies that I cycle through as the year passes. In spring and summer I garden, in fall and winter I do crafts READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | WHAT DO I THINK OF AI?
This seems to be a very hotly contested issue these days. But the dawn of AI becoming widespread coincided with my efforts to avoid reading stressful things in online news, so I haven’t read that much about it. But I would assume that, like with many technological advances, there is the potential for great benefits READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | MOST EXCITING BOOKS COMING OUT JAN-JUNE 2025
I haven’t really been paying that much attention to anything that’s supposed to be happening in 2025. Quite frankly, I’ve only just recently mastered writing 2024 instead of 2023 at the end of the date. I’m not ready for another new year yet, guys! But no one seems to be listening to my complaints, and READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
It’s been quite the week! We had new year’s, which the adults in the house don’t give a f*** about, but the tiny one wanted to try and stay up for, which very nearly happened! Ask me how that felt the next day. Then we had some fun playdates and catch ups, visited family, ran READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE MOSTLY TRUE STORY OF TANNER AND LOUISE
This was one of the books recommended to me (by Pam at Read! Bake! Create! – thank you!) when I discussed how much I enjoy intergenerational friendships. But this book has the refreshing twist of not just being about an intergenerational friendship, but being between two people who need each other and being quite the READ MORE
BOOK BLOGGER HOP | BOOKISH ANTICIPATION FOR 2025
This week’s prompt: It’s 2025; are you looking forward to any highly anticipated book releases or reading events in January or the following months? I’ll have a full list of upcoming releases I’m excited about for January-June 2025 coming out on Tuesday and Wednesday Blogging Challenge post that went up a couple of days ago READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | NEW BOOKS I WANT TO READ
Happy New Year, everyone! Now the real challenge begins – not resolutions (for me, anyway, you do you), but attempting to write “2025” instead of “2024,” which I had only just got the hang of. I could have used an extra month to enjoy that! Anyway, I have a whole Top Ten Tuesday post coming READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BEST BOOKS I READ IN 2024
I’ve been lucky this year and I’ve read a lot of really fantastic books. The hardest part of this post will be picking which ones to include! Here are some of them: Rescuing Ruby by Nicola Baker Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune Frank & Red by READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Well, we made it through Christmas week (if you celebrate it too), so congratulations to all of us, particularly the parents who had so much organizing and preparing to do that you feel like someone gave you a lobotomy when you weren’t looking. New year’s doesn’t mean much to me now that I’m ancient, but READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | HOW TO BE CHAMPION – SARAH MILLICAN
For those of you who aren’t familiar, Sarah Millican is a British comedian who I know, mostly, from her many appearances on the show QI. Being one of my all-time favourite shows, I’ve seen most of the episodes, so I’ve gotten the pleasure of seeing Millican in action many times as well. She has a READ MORE
BOOK BLOGGER HOP | READING GOALS FOR 2025
This week’s prompt: Do you have any reading goals for the new year? I’ll be doing a whole Top Ten Tuesday post about this very topic on January 14th that I’ve already written, so I’m not going to get too detailed here. Suffice it to say that I’m not doing any hard and fast reading READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I HOPE SANTA BRINGS
I’ve been trying very hard over the past couple of years not to spend as much time with my ear to the ground listening out for new books to add to my TBR. It’s hard for me to resist something new and shiny, so the best way to manage my book spending (which needs to READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
I didn’t manage to write a post last week but! I finished a thing! And I finished another thing this week! So that’s TWO THINGS! *pats self on back firmly* Hopefully this means I’m getting back on track, but as it’s still hols and Christmas is in a few days (!) I’m not going to READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER – FERN BRADY
I wish I could remember where I came across this book, because I owe the person who mentioned it to me a huge thank you. I’d never heard of Fern Brady before reading this book, but apparently she’s a well known Scottish comedian. This book, however, isn’t all fun and giggles, because it’s not READ MORE
BOOK BLOGGER HOP | MY FAVOURITE WINTER READING VIBE
This week’s prompt: In December, many people like snuggling up with a nice book and a warm beverage. What kind of reading environment do you prefer during the winter? These days most of my reading is done in the format of audiobooks. I read while I’m cleaning, while I’m tidying, while I’m preparing meals or READ MORE