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I suppose I could say 'wow, I can't believe it's the end of January already!' But I feel like that every single month. I'm just not very good with the concept of time, I guess... Still, January 2023 has come to an end and you know what that means. With the end of a month…
Continue reading ➞ January Favourites 2023 | Books, Skincare, Second-hand Shopping | Rosie Abigail
Does anyone else struggle to read in everyday life? For months now, I’ve been struggling to pick up a book, despite having a TBR list the length of the UK. However, as soon as I had a week off for my mini-moon, I found myself raiding my bookshelves like it was nobody’s business. During the…
Continue reading ➞ The Books That Made Me | National Book Lover’s Day 2022 | Rosie Abigail
With November coming to an end, we are jumping headfirst into the winter months now folks. Goodbye crispy brown leaves, hello freezing your tits off in the car as you wait for the windscreen to defrost. We say adios to pumpkin spice, and hola to peppermint, baubles, and the pure panic of remembering you are…
Continue reading ➞ November Favourites 2021 | Autumn Style, Books, Chronic Illness Aids
Another day, another blog post to rip up the classics (metaphorically of course, I’m not a monster). Whilst I love reading, classic novels are not really my thing. When I say ‘classic novels’, I’m sure you can already conjure them up in your mind. Books by Dickens, Hardy, Tolstoy, Austen, Dostoevsky etc. You know, the…
Continue reading ➞ Top 10 Classic Novels to Read If You *Hate* Reading the Classics
Is it over? The random spate of 30 degree heat that brought the country to a standstill? Oh I hope so. I am not built for the heat; I am built for cosy jumpers and rainy evenings and days where there’s limited under-boob sweat. Still, there is one plus side that comes with a British…
Continue reading ➞ Literary Girl Summer | Top Five Books on My Summer Reading List 2021
I don’t want to be that person who says ‘it’s been a tough year for us all’, because we’ve heard it over and over and over. So I’ll just say ‘bloody hell, it’s been shit, hasn’t it?’ For me, there have been pockets of joy (I started my Masters, got engaged, and my blog started…
Continue reading ➞ What’s Been Getting Me Through the Pandemic? | Books, Culture, Lifestyle
Christmas seems like months ago now, not merely nineteen days ago. Did we even have Christmas? It’s all a bit of a blur. That pandemic life, eh? Despite having a very different Christmas this year, (I didn’t get to spend it with family, but I did get to spend it with my fiance and our…
Continue reading ➞ Books I Got for Christmas! | rosie abigail
Goodbye New Year's Resolutions, hello New Year's Books! Eight of the best books I've pledged to read in 2021.
Dear anyone who enjoys reading: you have to give audiobooks a go. No no, don’t scrunch your face up, hear me out. I didn’t think I’d enjoy audiobooks; I’ve never gotten on with eBooks, so the thought of a non-physical book made me stir in my seat and mutter ‘no, no, it's not for me’,…
Continue reading ➞ You Need to Give Audiobooks a Try | Top Five Audiobooks on Audible!
My cardigan’s on, the asthma’s out to play, and the leaves are dropping off the trees; it must be autumn! It might be the petrichor in the air, or the big comfy jumper speaking, but autumn is my favourite season. As the nights get longer, the air gets colder, and my mugs of hot chocolate…
Continue reading ➞ Books to Get You Feeling ~Autumnal~ | rosie abigail
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