As December occurred and is now over I thought I would look back at some of the books I read, bought for myself and gifted. December is a funny month for me. There are still books I want to buy but I know that Santa is coming so I have to stop myself! These are … Continue reading December books
Once again I put myself through the torture misery delight of #SundayYAthon. Rachel made these categories for those of us who wanted to use, but they weren't compulsory! It took me a while to get my reading pile sorted. I just wasn't sure what I was going to read or what I would be in … Continue reading #SundayYAthon
So earlier today you all got to see my YA/fiction favourites of 2016, but I am SO LUCKY in that I get to read an awful lot of MG books and picture books, so I figured I would do a MG/picture book favourites too! Again these are books that I've read (to myself/with the kids) … Continue reading Favourite reads of 2016: MG edition
Now is the time... I must bite the bullet and list my favourite reads of 2016. (I say reads because some of these were released before 2016 and I only got round to reading them in 2016, sorry!) Here we go... They are by no means in any order... and they're mostly YA. But there … Continue reading Favourite reads of 2016
It's Wednesday, you know what that means! It's GUEST BLOG POST TIME! This time you get the joy of hearing from one of my favourite people in the world. Readers, this is Rachel. Rachel is the absolute mastermind behind #SundayYA (which is an incredible twitter chat which happens between 6 and 7 EVERY Sunday where … Continue reading What I’m Reading This Christmas
I've been meaning to do one of these posts for forever... but my bookshelves look NOTHING like everyone else's. I have utter bookshelf envy of some of my awesome book blogger's shelves. I mean just look at Grace Latter's bookshelves. That is SOME shelf envy. I should organise mine by colour... but I know I am getting … Continue reading My bookshelf
Winter is the perfect time to snuggle in to bed, or by the fire and just read because you can. Who wants to go out and bother with the cold, battle with the wind or just get drenched? Not me. Winter is not a happy time for me. It makes me sad sad sad. Staying … Continue reading Winter books
During my amazing October trip to London for YAShot 2016 I was lucky enough to get talking to the amazing author Sarah Govett! We made arrangements to do something together for my blog and here we are and it's featuring in my lovely blogmas!! I was also lucky enough that Sarah sent me a copy … Continue reading BOOKMAS: Sarah Govett
It's Saturday! You know what that means! It's guest blog time! This time, our guest blog comes from the wonderful Darran. I have followed Darran on Twitter for a while now and I recently got to meet him at YAShot and he's lovely. He's northern, he likes books and he's funny - what more would … Continue reading Christmas magic!
For me, books are the PERFECT Christmas present! I always have books on MY Christmas list. Last year my Christmas list was primarily books. Let's have a think about this. Why are books the perfect present? They're personal - they show you know the person well enough to pick something you know they'll like. You … Continue reading Reading for Christmas?
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