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 meant 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
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS ON MY WINTER 2024-25 TBR
As usual, I don’t have a proper TBR set for my winter reading. I’ll either be too busy to read much, or I’ll breeze through a whole bunch of random books that strike my fancy at the particular moment I’m looking for something to read for no specific reason. You know how I do. But READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE QUEEN AND I – SUE TOWNSEND
Sue Townsend is one of those authors I grew up with. Her Adrian Mole books were introduced to me by one of my cousins, Chris (I still have the copy of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 with his inscription in it), and were some of the first I couldn’t get enough 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 | MYTHS OR LEGENDS FROM WHERE I LIVE
I don’t know that many myths or legends from my area, but I do know there are a lot of them because we live on the unceded land of multiple first nations, including the Squamish (or Skwxwúʔmesh). One of their legends that I’ve heard about is of The Two Sisters (or Twin Sisters) – a READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS TO READ DURING A STORM
Oooh this is a fascinating prompt! I love it! Of course, now I have to actually find books that match the emotions I’m pairing with it, which may be little more challenging! Let’s see how I do. Books that feel as stormy as the weather: The Witching Hour by Anne READ MORE