Top 5 books that made me cry
Some books leave a lasting impression, while others leave me reaching for tissues. These are five stories that broke my heart, made me ugly cry, and stayed with me long after I finished reading.
Top 5 books I acquired on my hiatus
I may have been on a blogging hiatus, but that didn't stop me from acquiring books. These are five additions to my shelves that followed me home while I wasn't posting.
Top 5 books with stars on the cover
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books with stars on the cover!! ✨ It is mini scavenger hunt week 2, and we are all dazzled by the stars in our eyes!! Or on our book covers!! Hopefully the brightness is not too blinding, and we have all found some great books to share.…
Top 5 books set in Australia
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books set in Australia!! Ok, I know, the whole topic is top 5 books set in Africa, Australia and New Zealand, but, this is my home country. And while I wouldn’t necessarily call myself patriotic (too many US connotations and I’m much more on the British end…
Top 5 books of 2024
Hello friends!! Welcome to the last Top 5 Tuesday of 2024!! This week’s topic is top 5 books of 2024!! Yup, we’ve hit the ultimate propmt for the year, and now we get to see what books everyone loved in 2024. And maybe add them all to our TBRs for 2025. This year I read a lot of books (for…
Top 5 old-to-me authors of 2024
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 old-to-me authors of 2024!! OK, so I am fully aware that ‘old authors’ sounds not so great. Mainly because no one wants to be thought of as OLD. However, we always do a top 5 new authors, and last year I thought “why aren’t we celebrating our…
Top 5 books that made me sob in 2024
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is a freebie, and I am writing about the top 5 books that made me sob in 2024!! I don’t know about anyone else, but if a book makes me sob my eyes out, it’s automatically a favourite. Yes, if I am reaching for the tissues because I can barely…
Top 5 books to recommend for Halloween
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books to recommend for Halloween!! I can’t believe we’re two days out from Halloween!! I haven’t watched any scary movies or bought anything Halloween related this year. We don’t always decorate because we live in an apartment and you need to be buzzed up to our floor,…
Top 5 anticipated reads for Q4 2024
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 anticipated reads for Q4 2024!! It is the LAST QUARTER for 2024!! ARGHHHH!! Which means it’s our final chance to scream about new books coming out this year. LOL, only joking. We should always scream about new books. Because books. Also, I only got through October releases……
WWW Wednesday — 18 September 2024
Hello friends!! Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday — 18 September 2024!! WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words, where you answer the three following questions: What did you recently finish? What are you currently reading? And, what do you think you’ll read next? Let’s see what I have been reading……
WWW Wednesday — 11 September 2024
Hello friends!! Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday — 11 September 2024!! WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words, where you answer the three following questions: What did you recently finish? What are you currently reading? And, what do you think you’ll read next? Let’s see what I have been reading……
Top 5 anticipated 5 star reads
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 anticipated 5 star reads!! Sometimes in life you just know that you’re going to enjoy something. Maybe it’s dinner out a restaurant you’ve been dying to try, or a holiday destination. Maybe it’s a new movie you’ve been waiting for or that trip to Disneyland. Or maybe…
September 2024 TBR
Hello friends!! Welcome to the September 2024 TBR. A post where I will attempt to take my best guess at what I will feel like reading for the month of September. Ok, so for my August 2o24 TBR I decided to go easy on myself. Mainly because there’s been a bunch of books that I have started this year that…
July 2024 TBR
Hello friends!! Welcome to the July 2024 TBR. A post where I will attempt to intuit what I feel like reading for the month of July. If you cast your mind back to my June TBR post, I drafted it with the assistance of ChatGPT. And… I absolutely failed. I read a grand total of one book out of the…
Top 5 PRIDE books
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 PRIDE books!! Yes, it is PRIDE month!! 🏳️🌈 🏳️🌈 🏳️🌈 🏳️🌈 🏳️🌈 HUZZAH!! Honestly, June is one of my most favourite months (not just because it’s my birthday month). I love all things PRIDE, not least because it’s my people. But it’s also fun and joyous and…
June 2024 TBR
Hello friends!! Welcome to the June 2024 TBR. A post where I will attempt to intuit what I feel like reading for the month of June. Or rather, ChatGPT will, because I decided to try something new and different. So, I’ve been playing with ChatGPT to do other things in my life, and today I was like “why don’t I…
May 2024 TBR
Hello friends!! Welcome to the May 2024 TBR. A post where I will attempt to intuit what I feel like reading for the month of May. Ok… so, I still haven’t posted my quarterly wrap up yet, which I was planning to do in April. Or, like, any of the other posts I was planning on doing. But it’s fine.…
Top 5 books with neurodiverse characters
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books with neurodiverse characters!! April is Autism Awareness Month (somewhere) and to celebrate, we’re getting all up with our fave neurospicy book characters. Something I had completely forgotten though, was that two years ago I did a post on characters with Autism by own voices authors. Which…
April 2024 TBR
Hello friends!! Welcome to the April 2024 TBR. A post where I will attempt to intuit what I feel like reading for the month of April. AJDNFBDJFSKNAJKBCH… How in the world is it almost April already?? Honestly I think this year just needs to calm down. Also, this means that I really need to write up my quarterly check ins…
Top 5 books about music
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books about music!! According to the British Indian Ocean Territory’s National Holidays Calendar (I had no idea it was a BIO calendar when I did the prompts), 2 February is National Ukulele Day. So, because my brain melted when I did the prompts for this quarter and…
Top 5 series I will finish in 2024
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 series I will finish in 2024!! Because I just need to tick some series off my TBR… Please. In case you’re new around here, this is another post we now do every year (noting that the topic has changed slightly over the past few years, but here…
Top 5 smol books
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 smol books!! Yes, last week we did the huge books, and this week we are celebrating the teeny books. You know, the ones that make it easy to pack 17 of in your handbag (or large pockets). Just in case you get some time. At that social…
2022 mid year book tag
Hello friends!! Welcome to the 2022 edition of the mid year book tag. We sometimes call it the mid-year freak out… but that implies I only freak out at mid-year. Which is categorically untrue. So, I’m now calling it a book tag. The mid year book (freak out) tag was created by Ellie (EarlGreyBooks) and Chami (formerly at ReadLikeWildfire). The…
Top 5 books with keys
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books with keys!! Yes, we’re back on scavenger hunts ― but I swear on my life, there will be no more until 2023!! After August that is. I’d like to give myself some credit on the synchronicity of the scavenger hunts. Last time we started with top…
