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It’s Monday! What are you Reading?
Hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date
#IMWAYR is a weekly meme to connect with fellow readers. It’s a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading. It’s a great post to organise your upcoming week and an opportunity to visit other…
It’s Monday! What are you Reading?
Hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date #IMWAYR is a weekly meme to connect with fellow readers. It’s a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading. It’s a great post to organise your upcoming week and an opportunity to visit other bloggers … and of course, add to your groaning TBR pile! It's a new week and as usual I have a bunch of different books on the go at once. Here's what I'm reading: On my bedside table: Ride Dirty Cowboy by Elle Thorpe…
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 11 January 2026
Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great…
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 11 January 2026
Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. While the Sunday Post is a meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and is a chance to share news. It's a post to recap the past week on your blog and share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead.
My Life in Books Tag: 2025 edition
This is my second year doing this tag, originally created by Shelleyrae @ Book'd Out. I haven't done a tag for quite some time but I was reminded by Becky @ Becky's Book Blog of how much fun I had with the prompts last time and I had to do it again. The Prompts:…
My Life in Books Tag: 2025 edition
This is my second year doing this tag, originally created by Shelleyrae @ Book'd Out. I haven't done a tag for quite some time but I was reminded by Becky @ Becky's Book Blog of how much fun I had with the prompts last time and I had to do it again. The Prompts: 2025 was the year of: Soul Searching In 2025 I wanted to be: The Woman Who Met Herself In 2025 I was: The Mad Wife In 2024 I gained: Love and Other Words In 2025 I lost:
2026 Bookish (and not-so-bookish) Goals
Happy 2026 bookish peeps! I feel like the end of 2025 crept up on me without warning and suddenly I'm staring the new year straight in the face. November and December were incredibly busy, both personally and at work, and I barely even thought about my blog.…
2026 Bookish (and not-so-bookish) Goals
Happy 2026 bookish peeps! I feel like the end of 2025 crept up on me without warning and suddenly I'm staring the new year straight in the face. November and December were incredibly busy, both personally and at work, and I barely even thought about my blog. When I did think about it I didn't have a lot of time or motivation to do anything about it which has meant I've been missing for what seems like forever. This is something I am hoping to rectify in 2026 by simplifying my life and granting myself permission to let the house get a little messy; to take time for the things I love; and to say no when I need to.
Best of 2025
As I go to pick the books I most want to share, I notice that the books I've read have predominantly been four star reads. While I have read a few five star reads, it is these four star reads that have left a lasting impression. It seems odd that a book I clearly loved enough to give…
Best of 2025
As I go to pick the books I most want to share, I notice that the books I've read have predominantly been four star reads. While I have read a few five star reads, it is these four star reads that have left a lasting impression. It seems odd that a book I clearly loved enough to give five stars, is now all but forgotten; the details lost over time. While other books are stuck in my head for one reason or another. Does this happen to anyone else? Or just me?
Wrapping up 2025
Happy New Year bookish peeps! I hope you've had an amazing festive season celebrating with the people you love. For me the weeks and months leading up to the festive season were overwhelmingly busy but the actual celebrations were relaxed and wonderful. I spent time with family…
Wrapping up 2025
Happy New Year bookish peeps! I hope you've had an amazing festive season celebrating with the people you love. For me the weeks and months leading up to the festive season were overwhelmingly busy but the actual celebrations were relaxed and wonderful. I spent time with family and friends, hosted an intimate Christmas dinner with just my kids and spent a fair amount of time at home just pottering around. Hubby and I both had time off work so we played games of UNO, read books, binge watched trash TV and did a little prepping for the new year.
NetGalley Check-in – November 2025
It's been a minute since I had a look at my NetGalley shelf to check my progress...since July since I posted a check-in. I have, however been reading my ARCs gradually and giving feedback as I go. I have kinda stopped doing bigger review style posts for now,…
NetGalley Check-in – November 2025
It's been a minute since I had a look at my NetGalley shelf to check my progress...since July since I posted a check-in. I have, however been reading my ARCs gradually and giving feedback as I go. I have kinda stopped doing bigger review style posts for now, preferring to write little blurbs for each book as I go along. Read: This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page- ★★★★ My Feedback: What a sweet premise for this book – twelve books, twelve months to heal a broken heart.
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: The Temporary Roomie by…
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: The Temporary Roomie by Sarah Adams What happens when you have to play nice with your greatest enemy? Revenge. Drew Marshall may have let me move into his spare bedroom while my house is being renovated, but don’t think for one second his kindness comes without strings.
It’s Monday! What are you Reading?
Hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date
#IMWAYR is a weekly meme to connect with fellow readers. It’s a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading. It’s a great post to organise your upcoming week and an opportunity to visit other…
It’s Monday! What are you Reading?
Hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date #IMWAYR is a weekly meme to connect with fellow readers. It’s a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading. It’s a great post to organise your upcoming week and an opportunity to visit other bloggers ... and of course, add to your groaning TBR pile! The last book I read: Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister It is June 21st, the longest day of the year, and new mother Camilla’s life is about to change forever.
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 9th November 2025
Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great…
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 9th November 2025
Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. While the Sunday Post is a meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and is a chance to share news. It's a post to recap the past week on your blog and share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead.
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: It's the first week of my…
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: It's the first week of my first teaching period at university and I've already fallen behind on my blogging. Thankfully, I haven't fallen behind on my reading and I've reached my 100 book goal and then some. As always I have 3 books on the go - the latest release from Lyla Sage, a thriller (not my usual book genre) and an ARC.
It’s Monday! What are you Reading?
Hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date
#IMWAYR is a weekly meme to connect with fellow readers. It’s a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading. It’s a great post to organise your upcoming week and an opportunity to visit other…
It’s Monday! What are you Reading?
Hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date #IMWAYR is a weekly meme to connect with fellow readers. It’s a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading. It’s a great post to organise your upcoming week and an opportunity to visit other bloggers ... and of course, add to your groaning TBR pile! The last book I read: Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth There are two kinds of people no one ever expects to be: little girls and old ladies. Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick is eighty-one years old.
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 26th October 2025
Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great…
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 26th October 2025
Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. While the Sunday Post is a meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and is a chance to share news. It's a post to recap the past week on your blog and share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead.
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: My reading hasn't changed…
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: My reading hasn't changed much since my last WWW post. I'm still reading the cowboy romance, although I am very close to being finished. I can already tell that I'll be picking up the other books in this series. Also I'm still reading my ARC.
In My Audiobook Era Book Tag
Happy Tag Thursday! Today I'm planning on doing the In My Audiobook Era tag. I first saw this tag on Jillian the Bookish Butterfly and I have been saving it for a little while, waiting until I had time to really think about my answers. Here are the prompts if you'd…
In My Audiobook Era Book Tag
Happy Tag Thursday! Today I'm planning on doing the In My Audiobook Era tag. I first saw this tag on Jillian the Bookish Butterfly and I have been saving it for a little while, waiting until I had time to really think about my answers. Here are the prompts if you'd like to give this tag a go. If you do decide to, please link back to this post so that I can visit yours. I'd love to get to know you better through your answers. The prompts: What was the first audiobook you ever listened to?
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: I've making a considered…
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: I've making a considered effort to finish my reading year on a roll. I am 2 books away from my 100 book goal and I am excited to see how much further I can go this year. This is the first time I've ever made it to 100 books in a year and it feels great to be almost done by mid October.
It’s Monday! What are you Reading?
Hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date
#IMWAYR is a weekly meme to connect with fellow readers. It’s a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading. It’s a great post to organise your upcoming week and an opportunity to visit other…
It’s Monday! What are you Reading?
Hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date #IMWAYR is a weekly meme to connect with fellow readers. It’s a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading. It’s a great post to organise your upcoming week and an opportunity to visit other bloggers ... and of course, add to your groaning TBR pile! The last book I read: Love at First Psych by Cara Bastone This Psych 312 assignment just might send me off the deep end. Determining whether love at first sight really exists with Robbie Moravian as my project partner of all people?
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 12th October 2025
Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great…
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 12th October 2025
Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. While the Sunday Post is a meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and is a chance to share news. It's a post to recap the past week on your blog and share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead.
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: Oh my goodness! It's been…
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: Oh my goodness! It's been a minute since I've shared my 3Ws. My blogging has been non-existent for the past 5 or 6 weeks and I'm trying to feel okay about that, while re-joining the blogging community. It's funny how much I've missed blogging but also how hard it has been to motivate myself to blog.
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 5th October 2025
Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great…
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 5th October 2025
Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. While the Sunday Post is a meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and is a chance to share news. It's a post to recap the past week on your blog and share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead.
Monthly Bookish Wrap Up – August/September 2025
I'm not sure where the past couple of months went but I know I spent no time blogging and I barely picked up a book. I went away for my birthday on the last weekend of August and so didn't get a chance to post, then all book related things fell off…
Monthly Bookish Wrap Up – August/September 2025
I'm not sure where the past couple of months went but I know I spent no time blogging and I barely picked up a book. I went away for my birthday on the last weekend of August and so didn't get a chance to post, then all book related things fell off my radar. This is super ADHD of me and shouldn't come as a surprise, however it always does. When I realised I hadn't posted for 5-6 weeks, I went down a motivation/doubt/guilt spiral that I am only just now dragging myself out of.
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: Still reading Love…
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: Still reading Love Overdue by Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus because I keep falling asleep too early in the evenings that I don't even get to pick it up. I will definitely be packing it for my weekend away and hopefully I'll get it read then.
Top Ten Tuesday: Countries I want to visit IRL (not just in books)
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week’s TTT topic is a non-bookish freebie so I want to share…
Top Ten Tuesday: Countries I want to visit IRL (not just in books)
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week’s TTT topic is a non-bookish freebie so I want to share the Countries I want to visit IRL (not just in books). There are, for sure, way more than 10 places I want to visit in real life but as this is Top Ten Tuesday I'm only going to list the first ten that come to mind.
20 Books of Summer: Completed
I did it!! I completed the 20 Books of Summer Challenge hosted by Annabel @ AnnaBookBel and Emma @ Words and Peace for 2025. Last year I chose to read only ten books for the challenge, keeping things realistic for my first time participating in the challenge. This…
20 Books of Summer: Completed
I did it!! I completed the 20 Books of Summer Challenge hosted by Annabel @ AnnaBookBel and Emma @ Words and Peace for 2025. Last year I chose to read only ten books for the challenge, keeping things realistic for my first time participating in the challenge. This year, however, I decided to go the whole hog - 20 books from my TBR but to keep this year's list realistic, I decided to pre-choose 10 of my books and leave the other 10 open to cater for mood reading. I found that this really worked, taking the pressure off and resulting in me not having to switch books in and out of the list.
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 24th August 2025
Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great…
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 24th August 2025
Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. While the Sunday Post is a meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and is a chance to share news. It's a post to recap the past week on your blog and share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead.
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: My latest bedside read is…
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: My latest bedside read is Love Overdue by Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus, a feel good, second chance romance which, so far, is living up to expectations. I've read these authors before, quite a while ago, so I have a fair idea of what to expect and at only 50ish pages in I'm enjoying it.
Top Ten Tuesday: Books with a High Page Count
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week’s TTT topic is: Books with a High Page Count Let me start by saying that,…
Top Ten Tuesday: Books with a High Page Count
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week’s TTT topic is: Books with a High Page Count Let me start by saying that, lately I tend to read books that are between 350 -450 pages and anything above that would have to come with some pretty good references for me to pick it up. I just don't have the stick-with-it-ness to read those door stopper style books, knowing that any book getting close to the 500 page has a tendency to drag on and may potentially send me into a reading slump.
Goodreads Monday: Room Mating by Meredith Schorr
Goodreads Monday is a really simple weekly meme, hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog, where you choose a book at random from your Goodreads TBR and explain why you want to read it. This meme is also an opportunity to share any progress you have made on…
Goodreads Monday: Room Mating by Meredith Schorr
Goodreads Monday is a really simple weekly meme, hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog, where you choose a book at random from your Goodreads TBR and explain why you want to read it. This meme is also an opportunity to share any progress you have made on your current books, Goodreads Reading Challenge or anything else Goodreads related. This week’s pick is: Room Mating by Meredith Schorr Sabrina is too busy with grad school and her job as a library page to think about dating. Until her elderly roommate Marcia invites her estranged grandson Adam to move into their two-bedroom apartment in Manhattan temporarily to “find himself.” Sabrina doesn’t mind sharing the small space with Adam if it helps Marcia repair her relationship with her grandson.
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 17th August 2025
Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great…
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 17th August 2025
Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. While the Sunday Post is a meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and is a chance to share news. It's a post to recap the past week on your blog and share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead.
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: I've just started reading…
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: I've just started reading Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood as my bedtime read and can hardly put it down. I've only ever read a novella by this author before and I'm loving being able to read something with more of a story.
TBR Check-in – Audiobook Edition – July 2025
The beginning of the month signals a good time to check-in with my TBR on all my different formats, starting with this post. At my last audiobook check-in I had read all of the outstanding books from 2024 and added quite a few more books in 2025, that…
TBR Check-in – Audiobook Edition – July 2025
The beginning of the month signals a good time to check-in with my TBR on all my different formats, starting with this post. At my last audiobook check-in I had read all of the outstanding books from 2024 and added quite a few more books in 2025, that I'm making making my way through. I've listened to 40 audiobooks so far this year, 14 since my last check-in, and I'm hoping to reach my Audiobook Challenge Goal of 50 books in the not too distant future. Here's what I've read and what's still waiting:
Goodreads Monday: Love Overdue by Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus
Goodreads Monday is a really simple weekly meme, hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog, where you choose a book at random from your Goodreads TBR and explain why you want to read it. This meme is also an opportunity to share any progress you…
Goodreads Monday: Love Overdue by Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus
Goodreads Monday is a really simple weekly meme, hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog, where you choose a book at random from your Goodreads TBR and explain why you want to read it. This meme is also an opportunity to share any progress you have made on your current books, Goodreads Reading Challenge or anything else Goodreads related. This week’s pick is: People Watching by Hannah Bonam-Young Prudence Welch has found solace in her introverted life in Baysville, a charming tourist town in Northern Ontario. Despite once dreaming of a life beyond its borders, she now finds contentment in her working at her father’s gas station, writing poetry, and caring for her mother, who was diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer's shortly after Prue’s nineteenth birthday.
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 27th July 2025
Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great…
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 27th July 2025
Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. While the Sunday Post is a meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and is a chance to share news. It's a post to recap the past week on your blog and share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead.
Monthly Bookish Wrap Up – July 2025
Happy August everyone! This month is my birthday month and even though I'm getting older I still get excited. We have planned a little weekend away at the end of the month to celebrate me turning 52 and hopefully we'll be able to visit some new-to-me bookstores…
Monthly Bookish Wrap Up – July 2025
Happy August everyone! This month is my birthday month and even though I'm getting older I still get excited. We have planned a little weekend away at the end of the month to celebrate me turning 52 and hopefully we'll be able to visit some new-to-me bookstores along the way. As is tradition for my birthday, I'm sure hubby will let me run amok in a bookstore or two, treating myself. Last month, I completed my Goodreads Reading Challenge of 75 books and am now on my way to my first year of reading 100 books (a long-held dream).
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: I'm still reading The…
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: I'm still reading The Menopause Brain by Lisa Mosconi PhD and expect to be for a little while. Being a non-fiction, it doesn't have the same capacity for holding my attention as some of my other books. I'm deeply involved in reading…
Goodreads Monday: Love Overdue by Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus
Goodreads Monday is a really simple weekly meme, hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog, where you choose a book at random from your Goodreads TBR and explain why you want to read it. This meme is also an opportunity to share any progress you…
Goodreads Monday: Love Overdue by Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus
Goodreads Monday is a really simple weekly meme, hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog, where you choose a book at random from your Goodreads TBR and explain why you want to read it. This meme is also an opportunity to share any progress you have made on your current books, Goodreads Reading Challenge or anything else Goodreads related. This week’s pick is: Love Overdue by Ali berg and Michelle Kalus Lauren Green thinks her first love story is shelved for good—until life decides to write a surprise chapter. A sexy, quirky rom-com for fans of Emily Henry.
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 27th July 2025
Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great…
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 27th July 2025
Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. While the Sunday Post is a meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and is a chance to share news. It's a post to recap the past week on your blog and share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead.
Stacking the Shelves: July 2025
Hosted by Reading Reality, Stacking the Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, whether they be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, ARCs, gifts…
Stacking the Shelves: July 2025
Hosted by Reading Reality, Stacking the Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, whether they be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, ARCs, gifts and of course e-books! And audiobooks. Don’t forget audiobooks! In other words, if you can read it or if it can be read to you – no matter how you got it – it belongs in Stacking the Shelves. Let’s take a peek at what I purchased, downloaded or received in July.
NetGalley Check-in – July 2025
It's time to take a look at where I am up to with my NetGalley ARCs and share the progress (if any) I have made since last month's check-in. Read and reviewed: The Woman Who Met Herself by Laura Pearson - published 23 May 2025 Clementine Crane Prefers Not To by…
NetGalley Check-in – July 2025
It's time to take a look at where I am up to with my NetGalley ARCs and share the progress (if any) I have made since last month's check-in. Read and reviewed: The Woman Who Met Herself by Laura Pearson - published 23 May 2025 Clementine Crane Prefers Not To by Kristin Bair - expected publication 14 October 2025 What's on my shelf? The Book of Autumn by Molly O'Sullivan - expected publication 28th October 2025 The Mad Woman by Meagan Church - expected publication 4 November 2025 Feedback ratio: 82%
The Goodreads Book Tag
Happy Tag Thursday! Today I'm going to do the Goodreads Book Tag as seen on Kate's blog Once Upon An Ordinary. Like Kate, I love Goodreads for keeping track of my reading and building my TBR, so I thought this tag would be perfect for me. Here are the prompts if you'd like…
The Goodreads Book Tag
Happy Tag Thursday! Today I'm going to do the Goodreads Book Tag as seen on Kate's blog Once Upon An Ordinary. Like Kate, I love Goodreads for keeping track of my reading and building my TBR, so I thought this tag would be perfect for me. Here are the prompts if you'd like to give this tag a go. If you do decide to, please link back to this post so that I can visit yours. I'd love to get to know you better through your answers. The prompts:
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: As always I have more…
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: As always I have more than one book on the go. I'm listening to The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen in the car to and from work, and reading What If I Never Get Over You by Paige Toon…
Book Review: Clementine Crane Prefers Not To by Kristin Bair
Publication date: 14 October 2025 Publisher: Alcove Press Pages: 320 Genre: Contemporary Women's Fiction Format read: ARC - e-book For years, Clementine Crane has been the invisible force holding her Byrock, Massachusetts, home…
Book Review: Clementine Crane Prefers Not To by Kristin Bair
Publication date: 14 October 2025 Publisher: Alcove Press Pages: 320 Genre: Contemporary Women's Fiction Format read: ARC - e-book For years, Clementine Crane has been the invisible force holding her Byrock, Massachusetts, home together—juggling three demanding kids, a husband who’s more hindrance than help, a soul-crushing boss at the local library, and a mountain of invisible tasks reserved for women. But when her first hot flash hits, marking the onset of perimenopause, Clementine starts to wonder: When is enough, enough? As the pressures mount and mysterious, almost mythic signs of the extraordinary punctuate her days, she takes a stand—one small refusal at a time.
Book Review: The Woman Who Met Herself by Laura Pearson
Publication date: 23 May 2025 Publisher: Boldwood Books Pages: 306 Genre: Contemporary Women's Fiction Format read: ARC - e-book What would you do, if you met your double? Debbie Jones thinks life is an adventure. Even having lost her husband…
Book Review: The Woman Who Met Herself by Laura Pearson
Publication date: 23 May 2025 Publisher: Boldwood Books Pages: 306 Genre: Contemporary Women's Fiction Format read: ARC - e-book What would you do, if you met your double? Debbie Jones thinks life is an adventure. Even having lost her husband a year ago, she’s ready for whatever the world might throw her way. Being in her sixties doesn’t mean it’s all over for her yet, and she loves her new job doing neighbourhood support for a charity. Then she knocks on a stranger’s front door. Ruth Waverley doesn’t like surprises. Her life isn’t perhaps all she once dreamed off, but what other options are there for a woman in her sixties?
Goodreads Monday
Goodreads Monday is a really simple weekly meme, hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog, where you choose a book at random from your Goodreads TBR and explain why you want to read it. This meme is also an opportunity to share any progress you have made on your current books, Goodreads…
Goodreads Monday
Goodreads Monday is a really simple weekly meme, hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog, where you choose a book at random from your Goodreads TBR and explain why you want to read it. This meme is also an opportunity to share any progress you have made on your current books, Goodreads Reading Challenge or anything else Goodreads related. This week’s pick is: Good Girl Complex by Elle Kennedy She does everything right. So what could go wrong? Mackenzie "Mac" Cabot is a people pleaser. Her demanding parents. Her prep school friends.
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 13th July 2025
Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great…
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 13th July 2025
Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. While the Sunday Post is a meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and is a chance to share news. It's a post to recap the past week on your blog and share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead.
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 13th July 2025
Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great…
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 13th July 2025
Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. While the Sunday Post is a meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and is a chance to share news. It's a post to recap the past week on your blog and share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead.
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: I started one of my ARCs…
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: I started one of my ARCs - Clementine Crane Prefers Not To by Kristin Bair - and I'm loving it. It's witty, a smidge relatable and the perfect read before I go to bed. I think I'll miss it when I've finished reading it.
Favourite reads – January to June 2025
2025 has been abundant in 4 star reads, with hardly a 5 star read to be seen. I'm unsure if I've been tougher on books when rating them or if the books I am choosing are just not living up to what I hoped. That said, I have read a lot of good books, worthy of…
Favourite reads – January to June 2025
2025 has been abundant in 4 star reads, with hardly a 5 star read to be seen. I'm unsure if I've been tougher on books when rating them or if the books I am choosing are just not living up to what I hoped. That said, I have read a lot of good books, worthy of recommendation, and I would like to share my top picks for each month of the year so far. January: Starling House by Alix E. Harrow A grim and gothic new tale from author Alix E.
Bookish Mid-Year Review 2025
It's that time of the year...time to look back at the progress I've made on my reading and blogging goals...and to make a plan for the rest of the year. I love these kinds of posts....writing them and reading the posts of others. I get great pleasure out of tracking my…
Bookish Mid-Year Review 2025
It's that time of the year...time to look back at the progress I've made on my reading and blogging goals...and to make a plan for the rest of the year. I love these kinds of posts....writing them and reading the posts of others. I get great pleasure out of tracking my stats, seeing tiny improvements and sharing small wins throughout the year. So let's take a look at how I'm tracking so far this year. Reading goals: Read 75 books this year - I am well on my way to reaching this goal having read 66/75 books to the end of June.
Goodreads Monday
Goodreads Monday is a really simple weekly meme, hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog, where you choose a book at random from your Goodreads TBR and explain why you want to read it. This meme is also an opportunity to share any progress you have made on your current books, Goodreads…
Goodreads Monday
Goodreads Monday is a really simple weekly meme, hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog, where you choose a book at random from your Goodreads TBR and explain why you want to read it. This meme is also an opportunity to share any progress you have made on your current books, Goodreads Reading Challenge or anything else Goodreads related. This week’s pick is: Soul Searching by Lyla Sage Home is where the heart is—and this one is haunted. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Rebel Blue Ranch series returns with a brand-new story, featuring a small-town upholsterer in need of a fresh start, a photographer whose life has come to a screeching halt .
