Weekend Book Haul

Hello everyone, For the first time ever on my blog, I have a book haul to share with you! Recently I have fallen into a wonderful though expensive habit of buying lots of books. I don't think I have much space for them all, but they will fit somewhere. Here are the first three books, …

Back to Blogging

Hello everyone, After a two-month hiatus, I am very excited to be returning to my blog! It feels a little strange after many weeks of being away doing other things, but I am so glad to be back. I look forward to interacting again with you all and sharing my bookish thoughts. Before I move …

Hiatus Announcement

Hello everyone, This is a bit of a sad post to have to write. I love interacting with you all, reading your posts and sharing my thoughts on books, but I have reached a stage where I simply have to take a short break from blogging. For a number of months now, I have posted …

Tag | 50 Things That Make Me Happy (Blogmas #18)

Happy Christmas Eve everyone, I have another tag today, and I thought my final Blogmas post of 2018 was the perfect time to do this one. Many thanks to India for nominating me, and do check out her amazing blog! 50 Things That Make Me Happy Sitting comfortably and reading a book Writing Friends Learning …

The Blogger Recognition Award

Thank you so much to Darina for nominating me for this award. I always love to read her wonderfully written posts, so do check out her blog. THE RULES Thank the blogger who nominated you; Write a post to show your award; Give a brief story of how your blog started; Give two pieces of …

The Versatile Blog Award

First of all, thank you very much to Dora for nominating me for this tag. She has a wonderful blog, so please do give her a follow! RULES • Thank the person who gave you the award • Include a link to their blog • Select 7 blogs/bloggers that you’ve recently discovered or follow regularly …

One Lovely Blog Award

First of all I would like to thank Merv, of Merv Reads for nominating me and tagging me. It was a really lovely surprise! Please do click the link to see her One Lovely Blogger Award post! Most of the facts coming up will be book-related. Coming up with seven interesting and random facts about …

A Tribute to the Blogging Community

First of all, Happy New Year! I hope that 2018 brings prosperity and fulfilment to you all, whatever you do and wherever you may be. Now, I just wanted to write a post on the wonderful blogging community that WordPress has helped to create and facilitate. When I began blogging I didn't really appreciate that …

My 2017 In Brief

On the face of it, 2017 seems to have flown by. But now, with time to reflect and to consider how much I've done over the last 12 months, I can conclude that it's been a really eventful time. It's not the most varied year I've ever had, but I can certainly say that I've …

Top 10 random facts I learned in 2016

As a lover of random facts and general knowledge, I am always looking to pick up pieces of trivia which could come in useful for answering quiz questions I may be faced with in the future. Even if such facts are only needed once in my life, retaining them would have been more than worthwhile. …