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
Use Your Privilege.
I had scheduled a happy-go-lucky blog post today about small and sustainable changes I’d made in my life. But to post something so light and cheery seemed so disingenuous to me. For those stumbling across this post in the future, or simply those who have not been looking at the news, eight days ago, George … Continue reading Use Your Privilege.
Books I’ve Read in Lockdown | Chat & Reviews
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
Bookish Bucket List Tag! | Literature, Books, and more…
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 … Continue reading Bookish Bucket List Tag! | Literature, Books, and more…
My All-Time Favourite Books (By Genre!) | rosie abigail
Books, books, and more books; the only thing to have kept me company during my sick leave! Thanks to an un-yet diagnosed issue with my very well prodded and tested intestines, I’ve been off for the past three weeks. In between the bouts of pain and codeine sleepiness, and not being able to leave the … Continue reading My All-Time Favourite Books (By Genre!) | rosie abigail
Five Best Books I Read in 2019! | rosie abigail
The same thing that happens every year happened again. ‘And what’s that?’ I hear you ask. I didn’t hit my reading goal (sigh, booo me). In all honesty, I don’t actually mind not hitting it, because setting a target was enough to get me reading more than I did in 2018! I also think starting … Continue reading Five Best Books I Read in 2019! | rosie abigail
Seven Deadly Sins Book Tag | rosie abigail
Last month, I was scrolling through my blog feed and a post immediately caught my eye. I excitedly scrawled down the title in my blog planner, to be saved for another day. Lo and behold, the post was 'Adventures of a Bibliophile’s' Seven Deadly Sins Book Tag! I have never done a tag, let alone a … Continue reading Seven Deadly Sins Book Tag | rosie abigail
Women in Writing | rosie abigail
I love women supporting women. I also love books. So it makes sense that I am finally writing about my top books written by women! This post is meant to open people’s eyes to the wonderful world of women writers, when education and academia is full of boring, old, white, male authors talking about the … Continue reading Women in Writing | rosie abigail
Books That Didn’t Live Up to the Hype | rosie abigail
Oh, am I prepared to get some stick for the books on this list. Hearsay, word-of-mouth, blog reviews, TV spots, Insta posts - there are so many ways to hear about books nowadays. The general consensus? The more hype a book has, the more likely people are going to read it. And it’s not just … Continue reading Books That Didn’t Live Up to the Hype | rosie abigail
Ten Years On: ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ | rosie abigail
When I was a young teenager, my favourite book was J.D. Salinger’s ‘The Catcher in the Rye’. I don’t recall how I found it, but I assume I stumbled across it during my ‘classic literature is the only literature/rock music is the only music’ phase. Yeah, I was one of those teenagers. In all honesty, … Continue reading Ten Years On: ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ | rosie abigail
