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  • February 6, 2025

    Edinburgh Trip & Book Haul ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿ“š

    To close out January I took a little trip to Edinburgh. I love visiting this city, its so beautiful all year round. Every good Edinburgh trip starts with visiting a local cafรฉ! The Wall Coffee & Design House is a… Continue reading

    Edinburgh Trip & Book Haul ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿ“š
  • February 4, 2025

    5 Most Anticipated Books of 2025

    2025 is gearing up to be another incredible year for book releases. Here’s 5 traditionally published books I’ve already pre-ordered for this year. (Indie edition coming soon!) Ambessa by C.L. Clark (February 18th) I admit it, I used to be… Continue reading

  • January 5, 2025

    Does anyone care about book blogging anymore? ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ“š

    This post is inspired by Pages Unbound’s latest blog post Trends I Think We’ll See in Book Blogging in 2025. I was writing a comment under the post then realised I was beginning to write an essay so figured I… Continue reading

  • January 4, 2025

    2025 Reading Goals ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ

    2024 was a failure for me and my reading goals. I started the year off well but any hope of achieving them completely fell off the cliff in the second half of 2024. When writing this yearโ€™s goals I decided… Continue reading

  • January 1, 2025

    Happy New Year! | January TBR ๐ŸŽ†๐Ÿฅ‚

    Hope youโ€™ve all had a fantastic holiday season. Mine has been very chilled out though didnโ€™t exactly go according to plan. I ended up with symptoms of Tonsillitis on Christmas Eve but couldnโ€™t get antibiotics until Boxing Day, so have… Continue reading

  • November 29, 2024

    NetGalley Update | Nov 2024

    After taking a little break from reviewing over the summer (and most of Autumn, oops) I’ve started requesting books to review on NetGalley again! I tried logging back into my account but it seems to have vanished (can’t remember if… Continue reading

    NetGalley Update | Nov 2024
  • August 8, 2024

    Turns out I own 308 Kindle books ๐Ÿ˜ต๐Ÿ“‘

    I can’t remember the last time I went through my Kindle library and actually paid attention to the amount of eBooks I owned on the device. Usually I just see “99p Kindle deals” pop up on my Twitter feed and… Continue reading

  • July 27, 2024

    Horror Book Recommendations Needed! ๐Ÿ‘ป๐Ÿ’€๐ŸŽƒ

    I’m looking for horror book recommendations to build my September/October TBRs. I’ve read a couple classics in the genre and am familiar with Stephen King’s novels. Main themes/vibes I’m looking for: Some of my favourite horror movies include the Scream… Continue reading

  • April 1, 2024

    Every Book I’ve Read This Year… So Far | Jan-Mar 2024

    This post started out as a January Wrap Up that I never finished! ๐Ÿ˜ฌ I have no idea how it got lost in my draft folder. Does this happen to any other book bloggers or am I just disorganised? Anyway,… Continue reading

  • February 4, 2024

    NetGalley Update | Feb 2024

    This feels very much like a nothing update because I have nothing to update you on. I’ve barely started the first (and only) book I need to review and have been rejected from another. But hey, I just want to… Continue reading

    NetGalley Update | Feb 2024
  • January 21, 2024

    Review | Twilight by Stephenie Meyer ๐ŸŽ

    I haven’t read Twilight since I was 12 years old but for some strange reason at 26 I decided it was time for a reread. The Twilight Saga had a little resurgence in popularity again in the Autumn of 2023,… Continue reading

    Review | Twilight by Stephenie Meyer ๐ŸŽ
  • January 9, 2024

    NetGalley Update | Jan 2024

    I’ve been reading “NetGalley Update/Check In” posts for the majority of my time in the book blogging community but never done one myself as I didn’t use the book reviewing site. I wanted to get back into reviewing ARCs but… Continue reading

    NetGalley Update | Jan 2024
  • January 8, 2024

    My Bookish Goals for 2024

    Read 36 Books Last year I read 21 books, even though I had two whole months where I read nothing at all! In 2024 I plan on increasing that number a little bit with an ambitious 3 books per month.… Continue reading

    My Bookish Goals for 2024
  • January 2, 2024

    Happy New Year! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿฅ‚ | Jan 2024 TBR

    Happy New Year everyone! Hope you had a good NYE celebration, I was definitely a little hangover the next morning. ๐Ÿ˜… Last year I was terrible at sticking to any kind of reading schedule but this year I certainly need… Continue reading

    Happy New Year! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿฅ‚ | Jan 2024 TBR
  • January 1, 2024

    What I Read in 2023 | StoryGraph Stats ๐Ÿ“Š

    Welcome to to my 2023 wrap up! I read 21 books this year though I’m actually pretty disappointed with this, despite smashing my yearly reading goal. I originally set my challenge to 12 as I did not complete my 2022… Continue reading

    What I Read in 2023 | StoryGraph Stats ๐Ÿ“Š
  • December 18, 2023

    End of Year Book Haul | December 2023

    How is it the end of 2023 already? This year has absolutely flown by! I’ve bought a lot of books this year and this is my final haul (excluding the books I’ll probably be gifted at Christmas). Frankenstein by Mary… Continue reading

  • September 19, 2023

    Self-Published Book Haul | The Shadow Gate & Palom by L.L. MacRae

    With the recent release of The Shadow Gate in paperback (check out L.L. MacRae’s website for details), I decided to treat myself to a couple new books. The Shadow Gate by L.L. MacRae (Dragon Spirits book 2) My review for… Continue reading

  • September 18, 2023

    What I Read Last Week | 18/09/2023 ๐Ÿ“š

    Last week was very quiet and uneventful. I managed to incorporate some reading into my bedtime routine every day which is probably why I managed to finish a book in 5 days! I finish reading Bitterthorn by Kat Dunn, a… Continue reading

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Photo dump from Christmas at the Castle Unfortunately I didn't wake up to any snow today but here's a pic I took at Warwick Castle last weekend, with some chunky frost. Like many other readers, one of my bookish goals for 2026 is to bring down my physical TBR. I figured it'd be best to start reading the fantasy trilogies I already own before I buy anything new. ๐Ÿ˜… I'm still figuring out all my reading goals for 2026 but I know for certain I'll be reading all of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series! Got the original Five Nights at Freddy's trilogy for christmas ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ„ Merry Christmas! My grandad gifted me his copy of The Lord of the Rings from 1970! Its the Fifth Impression of the revised second edition. Goes for a few bob on ebay, apparently. Though I will be keeping them forever! ๐ŸŽถ and it's Michael Caine in a Christmas film ๐ŸŽถ Been tempted by The Stormlight Archive since it started coming out. I'm not really interested in reading Sanderson's entire backlog just to started The Way of Kings - the series is already so long on its own!

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