Good morning bookworms! Well, you know how I said I wanted to turn 2019 up a notch on my blogging? And then remember how I signed up to the A-Z reading challenge? Well, I'm signing up to a few more challenges for 2019. Including, Beat the Backlist which is hosted by Austine at The Novel Knight.... Continue Reading →
Good morning bookworms! Quick life update: We have moved!! I am still living in a sea of boxes, but the cats were ok with the 8 hour car trip and settlement went through without any issues, so cheers all around! I will be returning to my regular scheduled posting in a couple more days. I... Continue Reading →
Good morning bookworms! Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday! What is this, you ask? Well, it’s a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words (to be updated when Sam posts). All you have to do is answer the three following questions: What did you recently finish reading? What are you currently... Continue Reading →
Good morning bookworms! Today’s Top 5 Tuesday post is actually a TOP 10 Tuesday this week (I think Shanah knows us well enough by now to know none of us will stop at 5...) and the subject is 'ALL TIME FAVOURITES'! *SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE* Top 5 Tuesday is hosted by the super lovely Shanah over at the Bionic... Continue Reading →
Release date: 13 June 2019 Goodreads link Book Depository link Rating Darkwood (The Darkwood Series #1) blurb: Magic is forbidden in Myrsina, along with various other abominations, such as girls doing maths. This is bad news for Gretel Mudd, who doesn’t perform magic, but does know a lot of maths. When the sinister masked Huntsmen... Continue Reading →
Good evening bookworms! I somehow forgot today was Sunday, so I didn't schedule this post (also I am so tired from travel and packing)!! Today, albeit later than usual, we are doing another Off Tangent Thoughts (OTT) which was created by Charvi @ Not Just Fiction. This fortnight's topic is thoughts I have when someone... Continue Reading →
Good morning bookworms! Is it just me, or is this year going crazy-fast?! May wrap-up So, I read 7 books in May, which is definitely my smallest monthly count for this year so far. I am still having a crazy fantasy-slump... so I decided to read a lot of enemies-to-lovers contemporary / romance books to... Continue Reading →
Release date: 14 August 2014 Goodreads link Book Depository link Rating Book 1: Anna and the French Kiss Book 2: Lola and the Boy Next Door Isla and the Happily Ever After (Anna and the French Kiss #3) blurb: The café is boiling. The atmosphere is clouded with bittersweet coffee. Three years of desire rip... Continue Reading →
Good morning bookworms! Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday! What is this, you ask? Well, it’s a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. All you have to do is answer the three following questions: What did you recently finish reading? What are you currently reading? What do you think you’ll... Continue Reading →
Good morning bookworms! Today’s Top 5 Tuesday is 'debut novels', and I am KEEN. Top 5 Tuesday is hosted by the super lovely Shanah over at the Bionic Bookworm. You can visit her here, and join in for Top 5 Tuesday by checking out all the amazing topics that are coming up! Finding new authors is... Continue Reading →
Release date: 9 August 2016 Goodreads link Book Depository link Rating The Hating Game blurb: Nemesis (n.) 1) An opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome 2) A person's undoing 3) Joshua Templeman Lucy Hutton has always been certain that the nice girl can get the corner office. She's charming and accommodating... Continue Reading →
Good morning bookworms! During 2019 I am participating in the ABC Book Challenge! Previous letters: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J Please keep in mind that books that literally start with 'A', 'An' or 'The' will be posted in the group of the second word, as per the... Continue Reading →
Good morning bookworms! We are getting back to our regularly scheduled content now... Our new normal categories are as follows: book boxes book purchases (book mail, instore and digital) review copies (book mail and digital), and bookish items (book related, but not actual books). May book boxes I subscribe to three monthly boxes: OwlCrate, FairyLoot... Continue Reading →
Good evening bookworms! Remember that time I said something along the lines of... But this year I had a plan... And sometimes I miss a day, or I don't post what I was going to, but that's life. I try and schedule posts when I can, but it's not always easy. I imagine I'll probably... Continue Reading →
Good morning bookworms! Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday! What is this, you ask? Well, it’s a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. All you have to do is answer the three following questions: What did you recently finish reading? What are you currently reading? What do you think you’ll... Continue Reading →
Good evening bookworms! Today’s Top 5 Tuesday is 'summer reads', but I'm in the southern hemisphere where it's FREEZING at the moment, so I'm going to flip this one (I also did 'summer reads' 6 months ago when everyone else did 'winter reads'). Top 5 Tuesday is hosted by the super lovely Shanah over at... Continue Reading →
Good evening bookworms! So, most of you are probably thinking 'What the hell, Meegs? WE READ YA!' Don't get me wrong – I'm totally with you. But sometimes I like to change things up. (Not very often though... I am a creature of comfort.) I was, weirdly, reading adult books before there was a defined... Continue Reading →
Good morning bookworms! Today we are doing another Off Tangent Thoughts (OTT) which was created by Charvi @ Not Just Fiction. This fortnight's topic is thoughts I have when someone interrupts my reading. I need to start this one with a disclaimer... 99% of the time my reading is interrupted it's my husband. The other... Continue Reading →
Good morning bookworms! Before we get started today, I just wanted to let you guys know that I am playing in this current round of The Bookish Games. I won't talk about the actual game itself, but if you've read Nevernight by Jay Kristoff (this game's theme, and there ARE SPOILERS), and you're interested in... Continue Reading →
Release date: 18 September 2018 Goodreads link Book Depository link Read it online! Rating Check Please Vol 1 #Hockey (Check Please, #1) blurb: Eric Bittle may be a former junior figure skating champion, vlogger extraordinaire, and very talented amateur pâtissier, but being a freshman on the Samwell University hockey team is a whole new challenge.... Continue Reading →
Good morning bookworms! Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday! What is this, you ask? Well, it’s a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. All you have to do is answer the three following questions: What did you recently finish reading? What are you currently reading? What do you think you’ll... Continue Reading →
Good morning bookworms! Today’s Top 5 Tuesday is 'unputdownable' reads. Top 5 Tuesday is hosted by the super lovely Shanah over at the Bionic Bookworm. You can visit her here, and join in for Top 5 Tuesday by checking out all the amazing topics that are coming up! So I'm taking 'unputdownable' as books that I... Continue Reading →
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