Hello everyone, This is the penultimate post in my mini-series marking five years since I began book blogging, and here I am looking back on some of my previous posts. I have published over 600 posts since the beginning of 2018 including over 200 book reviews. When I started and for a long time afterwards, … Continue reading Five Year Blogging Anniversary – My Favourite Posts
Category: Discussion
Discussion – Male Readers And Female Authors
Hello everyone, A recent post on the Twitter account for the Women's Prize for Fiction claimed that of the bestselling books by female authors, men make up only 19% of their readers. This statistic really caught my eye, but sadly it did not surprise me in the least. I have had conversations with friends and … Continue reading Discussion – Male Readers And Female Authors
Discussion – What Should Define A Young Adult Book?
Hello everyone, I hope you are having a lovely week so far and enjoying your current reads. Today I have my first discussion post in a while, and it touches on a subject that book bloggers have debated for some time - what constitutes a young adult novel. The reason for this post is that … Continue reading Discussion – What Should Define A Young Adult Book?
Discussion – Seasonal Book Blogging Themes And How I Approach Them
Hello everyone, It is my first discussion post of 2022 and today I am talking about themed months in book blogging, where you publish blog posts more frequently than normal, or even every day. We recently reached the end of the most well-known of these, which is called Blogmas, and I take part in that … Continue reading Discussion – Seasonal Book Blogging Themes And How I Approach Them
Best Book Blogging Friends Of 2021 – Part Two
Hello everyone, Yesterday I posted a list of nine other book bloggers who have become or continued to be amazing friends to me in 2021, and today I have nine more! I adore all of the content they post and in general they just epitomise why I love being part of an online bookish community. … Continue reading Best Book Blogging Friends Of 2021 – Part Two
Best Blogging Friends Of 2021 – Part One
Hello everyone, One of my absolute favourite things about being a book blogger is that there are so many wonderful people to interact with! I am grateful for everyone I have been able to connect with in the past few years and it is those interactions which more than anything, have made blogging so rewarding. … Continue reading Best Blogging Friends Of 2021 – Part One
Discussion – My Favourite Authors By Category
Hello everyone, It's discussion time! And brace yourselves, for this is going to be long one. The idea for this post came when I had a particular question on my mind: What makes the ultimate perfect book? Away from thinking about my generic reading preferences, I decided to think about particular authors and which of … Continue reading Discussion – My Favourite Authors By Category
Discussion – The Beauty Of Acknowledgements, Author’s Notes, And Associated Paratext
Hello everyone, I have taken a week away from blogging, but now I am back with a new discussion post which I am excited to share with you! When we read a book, we naturally place almost all of the emphasis on the story contained within it, along with the occasional gush about the cover … Continue reading Discussion – The Beauty Of Acknowledgements, Author’s Notes, And Associated Paratext
Discussion – The Pros and Cons of Historical Fiction
Hello everyone, I am back with another discussion post and having written last year about the pros and cons of thrillers, I have decided to write something similar about another genre. This time it is historical fiction. Since I first decided to try out historical fiction towards the end of 2018, it has become my … Continue reading Discussion – The Pros and Cons of Historical Fiction
Five Popular Books I’ll Probably Never Read
Hello everyone, It is perhaps time for me to put my tin hat on and hide, as today I will be sharing some very popular and much-loved books that I currently have no interest in reading. A couple of them are titles that are talked about really often in the book community, but the main … Continue reading Five Popular Books I’ll Probably Never Read