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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! 😬 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
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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
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Review | Twilight by Stephenie Meyer 🍎
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
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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
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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
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Happy New Year! 🎉🥂 | Jan 2024 TBR
Happy New Year everyone! Hope you had a good NYE celebration, I was definitely a little hangover the next morning. 😅 Last year I was terrible at sticking to any kind of reading schedule but this year I certainly need… Continue reading
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What I Read in 2023 | StoryGraph Stats 📊
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
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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
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I completed my Goodreads Reading Challenge for 2023!
Before anyone gives me judgement for only setting my reading goal to 12 books a year, let me explain. The Goodreads Reading Challenge, in general, doesn’t matter. I set it to 12 because that’s 1 book per month. This is… Continue reading
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What I Read Last Week | 04/09/2023 📚
Of course as soon as I start a weekly post schedule I miss the second week! Apologies for no update last week, time just got away from me. Unfortunately I was unable finish any books the past couple weeks but… Continue reading
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End of Year TBR 📚 Will I read it this year?
With only 4 months left of 2023, lots of readers are starting to panic over how their yearly reading goal is going and usually, how they can catch up. This year I set my Goodreads Reading goal to only 12… Continue reading
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What I Read Last Week | 21/08/2023 📚
One of my New Year’s resolutions for 2023 was to be more consistent with my blog but unfortunately, I have been unsuccessful so far. There’s a couple reasons for this. The first is due to the nature of my job… Continue reading
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Review | Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
“I’ve gone from “sole-surviving space explorer” to “guy with wacky new roommate.” It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out.” – Ryland Grace, Project Hail Mary Continue reading
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Books I’m giving a second chance
I try and avoid DNFs. I don’t like leaving bo0ks unfinished or giving up on them because it feels a little bit like failure. I’ve found I’m quite intuitive when it comes to choosing books to read and often hit… Continue reading
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Back to Blogging
How is it August already? I feel like I haven’t read enough books yet! I’m back at work and for the next few months in Falmouth, which is a small coastal town in Cornwall, UK. It’s a beautiful little place… Continue reading
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Read-a-long announcement | V.E. Schwab’s Shades of Magic trilogy
“Bad magic, Kell had called it. No, thought Lila now. Clever magic.And clever was more dangerous than bad any day of the week.” V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic A Darker Shade of Magic was one of the first… Continue reading
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