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. …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Discussion – To What Extent Should We Compare Books?

Hello everyone, It is about time I wrote another discussion post! Today I am looking at how we compare certain books to others and how useful this is for us as readers, as I believe it plays a very subtle yet critical role in shaping our overall opinions and impressions. We all love to compare …

Discussion – How Do We Hear About Upcoming Releases?

Hello everyone, Today I have a discussion on a topic which has been on my mind quite often of late. As we have just entered a new calendar year, this is a time where many book bloggers have published posts containing a list of their most anticipated 2021 releases - some of them fairly lengthy. …

Best Blogging Friends Of 2020 – Part Two

Hello everyone, Yesterday I posted a list of nine fellow book bloggers who have become or continued to be amazing friends to me in 2020, and today I have nine more! Once again, there are so many I could mention here as this is just such a magnificent community to be a part of. I …

Best Blogging Friends Of 2020 – Part One

Hello everyone, I love being a book blogger. I love writing posts, coming up with interesting new ideas, writing reviews, compiling lists, having a platform to talk about what I enjoy doing. Yet perhaps the thing I love the most about it is the amazing book blogging community. Every single day I feel extremely grateful …