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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 Classics Novels to Read If You *Hate* Reading the Classics
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.
If you know me, I am one bookish girl, and I think there’s no greater gift than giving someone a book you think they’ll enjoy. So with Christmas coming up and buying gifts online being the safest bet, I thought I’d make a kind of gift-giving-guide for books! I’ve (loosely) taken the five types of people you are bound to have in your life, and racked my brain to work out what books would be great gifts for them.
Long time, no see, book tag! I was tagged by Janet over at The Storyteller to give this one a go. Now, I’m a fussy lass when it comes to tags, once in a blue moon kind of post. However, this one seems really fun! I suggest you give Janet a follow (and Beth over…
Continue reading ➞ The Bibliophile’s Night Out Book Tag! | rosie
Three months into lockdown and boy oh boy, the wanderlust is still strong. Since COVID has hit, I’ve made a travel journal (despite not being able to travel), a list of stay-cation ideas (despite not being able to travel), and planned my dream holidays for the next five years (despite not being able to travel…
Continue reading ➞ Five Bookish Places I Want to Visit! | Travel
In these tough times, I am all about finding moments of joy and sunshine to revel in. Luckily for me, I can find a lot of that in books! Here are the five books that I can pick up off the shelf, that I know will bring a smile to my face. The Princess Bride…
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I’m now entering week seven of working from home thanks to the coronavirus pandemic (I think? It could be week thirteen-hundred, I’ve lost track of time). I’m an asthmatic, so I was always going to be on isolation and lockdown. Like everyone else in the UK, not being able to go out or see fellow…
Continue reading ➞ Books I’ve Read in Lockdown | Chat & Reviews
I’ll be honest, I’m not one for partaking in tags but this one piqued my interest. Why, you ask? Because - books! I’m a sucker for anything book related or bookish. I saw this tag on my friend Janet’s blog and thought I’d give it a go! (I have also seen she's tagged me in…
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