Anne from My Head Is Full of Books has revived the “My Year In Books” Meme and invited other book bloggers to take part (if you are one, this means you!). It’s a fun little post where you use titles of books you’ve read over the past year to respond to prompts – sometimes seriously, READ MORE
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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
SITE ISSUE | WTF???
Hello all! Just a quick note to say that my blog, over night, somehow seems to have completely had an identity crisis. Menus have appeared where there were none, post images have become too big for their boots and distorted themselves, and I have my suspicions the issues have only just begun. As I am READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | A FUNNY ANIMAL VIDEO/STORY/PHOTO ETC.
I think I might have shared this before, but it’s the best I’ve got for amusing and adorable animal imagery. We have a cat called Opie. We adopted him almost by accident. He and his litter had been found in the wall of a house that was being torn down and brought to our READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
It seems that I’m sort of back into reading, though slowly and mostly jumping from one book to another without settling firmly on most of them! I’m including the ones that did stick or that I think will be most likely to hold my attention. In other news I’ve planted my beans in the READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | FUNNY THINGS I’VE GOOGLED
I’ve been working on this post for weeks. Trying to take note of anything funny or interesting that I’ve looked up, or anything even remotely not boring. I’ve got nothing. Most of what I Google is how to plant different seeds, where different plants want to live, phone numbers for doctors or dentists in READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE SOUND OF A WILD SNAIL EATING – ELISABETH TOVA BAILEY
As those of you who have been around here for a while know, I suffer from all kinds of medical issues, both physical and mental. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating is an oddly rich yet short book that manages to encompass an entire piece of nature in incredible detail. Bailey became ill READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | COASTING – ELISE DOWNING
I think most people who are in their 20s – or even 30s+ – can relate to the feeling that wherever you are in life, it’s not where you want to be. Life as a young(ish) adult these days is debt or a job that barely pays the bills or unemployment or relationships that READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | KNITTING YARNS & KNITTING PEARLS – ANN HOOD
I’ve been knitting since I was a kid, and I come from a matriarchal line who also practiced the craft. My grandmother knitted complex patterns that she held entirely in her head, and did it at lightning speed while watching TV – barely ever looking at her hands. My mother learned to READ MORE
READING CHALLENGE | BOOK RIOT’S 2024 READ HARDER CHALLENGE
Book Riot’s annual Read Harder Challenge is an epic reading adventure that is presented to readers at the beginning of each new year. I love that their prompts are always varied, always interesting, and always inclusive. I have trouble sticking to any enforced reading list, so I don’t usually actually attempt to meet each of READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
I haven’t done a Monday post in a little while (and this one is late) because I have been ill and not reading much as a result. But here we go, time to catch you guys up on what I’ve read in the past couple of weeks! Just Shelved READ MORE
BOOK REVIEW | AMAZING GRACE ADAMS – FRAN LITTLEWOOD
The blurb for this book grabbed my attention, because I really loved Ove. I read A Man Called Ove last year and it was one of my favourite books. I even liked the film. Eleanor Oliphant was less of a hit, but more because I took issue with some of the author’s decisions around READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW – A.J. FINN
Have you ever heard so much about a book, for so long, seen it get turned into a movie, and then finally gotten around to reading it and had your main reaction to be, “…..huh?” Of course you have. You’re all book people here. So yeah, that was my experience with this book. I READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | MY FAVOURITE FOOD
I feel like I did this topic last year. And I don’t think I had a great answer then either. I don’t have a specific favourite food, but I do like Christmas dinner as my family did it. Mostly for the roast potatoes and Yorkshire puddings because yum. But I also like it because READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | MOST RECENT ADDITIONS TO MY BOOKSHELVES
My picks for this week are going to be audiobooks – mostly because that’s the only books I’ve bought in the last few months! And, for the first time I think EVER, I didn’t get a single book for Christmas this year! I know, I’m shocked too. So here are my recent audio additions: READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | COSY READS
This is completely my jam. I love books that make me feel hopeful, heartwarmed, connected to characters and, well….. cosy. Any book I can curl up, lose myself in and feel like the book I’m reading is wrapping me up in a soft blanket is going to be a hit with me. I’ve read READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | OVERUSED CHARACTER STEREOTYPES
Well, there’s always the lazy answer to this: All of them. I like characters who have layers, who buck easy categorization, who have unexpected personality traits or interests or skills. That always excites me. I hate all the “-ic” and “-ist” stereotypes in particular. Homophobic, racist, sexist, ableist – all of these make my READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | HOW TO SPREAD A LOVE OF BOOKS
This is a great but also very hard question. I don’t know if I’ve really thought about spreading a love of reading before. I’d like to think I’ve inspired a few people to pick up books they might not otherwise have tried, but even then, mostly they’re people who already have some interest in READ MORE