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Top 5 things a bookworm would NEVER do
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 things a bookworm would NEVER do!! This month has been all light-hearted, tongue-in-cheek topics (inspired by my TikTok doom-scrolling), and I hope everyone has been enjoying it as the small break I intended it for. Speaking of smol breaks, I inadvertently had one this month. I was…
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Top 5 Tuesday topics: Oct-Dec 2022
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to the Top 5 Tuesday topics post: Oct-Dec 2022!! I know what you’re thinking… these are so VERY late. I really should have put them up a month ago. But life has been weird. And it wasn’t until I went to check (on my own blog no less) what was coming up in July that I realised:…
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Top 5 books with bones
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books with bones!! Yes, we’re back on scavenger hunts ― and I’m happy to say these are the last lot until next year. Yes friends, it is the last week of August, which means that we have made it to the end of the last scavenger hunt…
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Top 5 books with shields
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books with shields!! Yes, we’re back on scavenger hunts ― and I’m happy to say these are the last lot until next year. Last week we had swords, so this week we’re doing shields. It’s a nice juxtaposition. At first I thought “oh, what have I done?!”…
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Top 5 books with swords
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books with swords!! Yes, we’re back on scavenger hunts ― and I’m happy to say these are the last lot until next year. Swords, I would say, could be an indicator or historical fiction, romance, or fantasy, so hopefully this will be a pretty easy week for…
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Top 5 books with crowns
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books with crowns!! Yes, we’re back on scavenger hunts ― and I’m happy to say these are the last lot until next year. Crowns are very symbolic of books about royalty… but also surprisingly dominant on books where they overthrow the monarchy. Particularly fantasy novels!! I had…
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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…
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Top 5 illustrated books
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 illustrated books!! The proviso being that ‘illustrations’ can include fancy chapter dividers, beautiful drop caps, multimedia written books, or pretty end pages. There is no need to limit yourself to picture books on this one. Like most kids, picture books played a huge part of my childhood.…
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Top 5 magic systems
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 magic systems!! Of course, if you don’t read fantasy books, then you are more than welcome to take a *freebie* this week. Not sure about everyone else, but I find some magic systems a bit of a miss… and some are fine, but never really explained that…
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Top 5 books set at school
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books set at school!! Hilariously, I don’t actually think anyone is at school at the moment. I stand corrected that the northern hemisphere is still on summer break, and even in Australia most schools are on their two-week winter break this week. So… I guess I just…
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Top 5 anticipated reads for Jul-Sep 2022
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 anticipated reads for Jul-Sep 2022! Semi related, but I spent this past weekend building an actual database of everyone who I have ever discovered (and linked back to) who has done a Top 5 Tuesday topic. Which means, I will be able to come and visit blogs…
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Top 5 books of 2022… so far
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books of 2022… so far! I don’t know about you all, but I am having a HARD TIME wrapping my brain around the fact that we are halfway through the year already. Like, how is it the end of June 2022?! My tiny little brain cannot fathom…
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Top 5 Tuesday topics: July-September 2022
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to the Top 5 Tuesday topics post: July-September 2022!! I know what you’re thinking… these are so VERY late. I really should have put them up a month ago. But life has been weird. And it wasn’t until I went to check (on my own blog no less) what was coming up in July that I realised:…
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Top 5 rainy day reads
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 rainy day reads. The summer sun was not meant for boys like me. Boys like me belonged to the rain. Benjamin Alire Sáenz said it best, and with skin like mine, I definitely belong to the rain. Which includes being indoors, on a comfy armchair, snuggled under…
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Top 5 books that remind you of a season
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books that remind you of a season. The season here is freaking cold. Hence my desire to run away for a tropical island holiday last week. But, instead of making the getaway plans that I so desperately want to plan, let’s talk about all the books that…
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Top 5 books with a holiday
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books with a holiday. Huh… I feel like maybe the June topics are really starting to line up. Because I really want a holiday and this is a welcome distraction!! It’s proper winter here now, and it is COLD. And I know I technically went on a…
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Top 5 queer books I don’t scream about enough
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to this week’s Top 5 Tuesday!! My post for the freebie is top 5 queer books I don’t scream about enough. I haven’t put any ‘pride’ related topics on for June, because it’s my opinion that we should ALWAYS celebrate and promote LGBTQ+ (or queer) books. And as a bisexual person, I try and read queer books…
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Top 5 reading accessories
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 reading accessories. I actually love talking about my reading accessories. If you’ve been on my insta (where, admittedly, my posting is even way less frequent than here 😓) you have probably seen several posts where I gush about creators who make things that I just cannot live…
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Top 5 places to read
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 places to read. So far in May I have been hungry and then thirsty. Now I have the travel bug… This post has made me remember all the amazing places that I have read books and I want to go out into the world again!! But first,…
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Top 5 drinks for reading
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 drinks for reading. Last week I was hungry… This week I am thirsty. Seriously, I’m so parched!! *cough* *flails dramatically* I am the person who is likely to forget how drinking works though, so I have to be VERY careful when reading. Alas, you cannot brush liquid…
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Top 5 snacks for reading
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 snacks for reading. Wow… I think in my quest to make an easy month of top 5’s, I might have gone too far on the easy train for May. But, we’ll make the most of it before I decide what to do for July-September. (Also, if you…
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Top 5 books about a death
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books about a death. Thankfully this topic is easier again than last week. Death is one of those BIG topics that authors tend to write about, and I understand why. Grief is such a powerful emotion. The need to talk about it to work through feelings can…
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Top 5 books about a wedding
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books about a wedding. I can categorically say that this week is much easier than last week. At least, it is for me. That could be because I’m about to hit you with five of my fave romance books. (JOKING!! Please don’t leave!!) If you missed the…
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Top 5 books about a birth
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books about a birth. Well… I gave us a reprieve last week. And now all of a sudden we’re back at hard topics. I’m not sure why I thought this would be easy. I was clearly out of my mind when I wrote them. Oh yes, Easter…
…books, baking, and other questionable hobbies…
