As it turns out, I am fashionably late with this year’s Mid-year book freak out tag. Oops! Still, I always think that it’s better late than never. (Although never late is better!) A lot has happened to us in 2020 from disastrous wild fires, hurricanes, murder hornets to an actual pandemic! No wonder our grasp on time has gone slightly out of the window. Personally, I consider the morning I remember what day it is a success. 2020 has undoubtedly provided me with immeasurable amount of unoccupied time that I have chosen to fill with books. For that I am eternally grateful. It has already been the best year not…
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The Book Cake Tag | 30 Days of April #25
What the hell, Kat. Not Another tag, again?! Hey, hey stop judging! There is a bit of a reason why today is the best day for Book Cake tag. It’ll be my birthday in two days and I WANT CAKE. Believe this tag has been around for a long-long time and I’m not entirely sure who actually came up with it. Who every you are- what an absolute legend! Such a great idea (and now I want cake even more). FLOUR: A book that was really slow to start but picked up as it went along Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn. It was a struggle at first, and I wished…
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Goodreads Shelves | 30 Days of April #19
It’s Good Friday and with that the 4 day weekend in the UK has begun! I’m also on holiday until the end of the month, so life is good! I look forward to flying home to see my family. I will also have a lot of time over the next week or so to tackle all the books left to read in April. How exciting! Tell me, how do you guys use Goodreads? I’m trying to get myself into using it more. Before now, I’ve only really used it to add books that I’ve read either after I finished them, or as I’m reading them. But I realised there’s so…
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Reading Habits Tag | 30 days of April #9
Found this fun tag on Vivatramp. Looks like the original creator’s video nor channel exist anymore, so unfortunately I’m unable to link them! But lets discuss reading habits today, anyway! A friend of mine has the funniest, and most annoying habit when she reads – she strokes the page she’s on with her thumb. Omg that noise! Anyone else do that?! I like to smell books before I read them. Yes, a weirdo, but tell me honestly is there a better smell in the world than a new book? No. That’s right!
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A Chat With a Genie | 30 days of April #7
I recently finished “A Whole New World- A Twisted Tale” (review here) which made me think – what would I wish for if I was to bump into a Genie one day? As a greedy human I would definitely have more than three wishes, but I’ve tried my hardest to narrow it down to three bookish wishes. 📖 I wish I was a fast reader. My first wish is definitely to become a speedy reader. I average about 1.5 books a week and come nowhere near the super fast readers I see in this community. How can anyone read in excess of 16 books a month is absolutely beyond me.…
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Blogger Recognition Award | 30 Days of April #5
Wednesday night took an interesting turn after I scrolled through some new blog posts on WordPress – as you do. Stephanie, over at shesprobablyatthelibrary, had published a post about the Blogger Recognition Award. I thought it was so nice that someone had taken time to nominate her and recognise the hard work and effort she puts into her blog. I had planned something similar, a blogger love share, post for today and of course clicked to read her’s. To my absolute surprise I saw my own name on her list of book bloggers who she in turn wanted to shout out. My little heart ALMOST couldn’t take it. Thank you so much…
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Thursday Quotables | Pinterest Book Quotes
Happy Thursday book friends! Today’s quotes are brought to you by Pinterest. Of all places, huh? I’ve tried to get on board with this site before, but to be honest I have no idea how it works! If anyone wants to teach me how to use it to it’s full potential, please feel free.
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Reasons Why I Love Reading | 30 Days of April #4
I grew up with my nan and I’ve mentioned the massive book shelves in our living room, that eventually overflowed into my bedroom, very too often. For as long as I can remember my grandmother has always read books. Up until her eye sight got pretty bad, and even now she’s trying to read a bit using the magnifying glass. She would forever gift me books and to this day she is still buying books that I end up bringing to the UK with me every time I visit her. She is the #1 person in the world to me and the #1 reason why I love reading. Reading is…
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What’s on my TBR | April 2019 | 30 Days of April #3
To put it lightly I failed March’s TBR Jar picks bigtime, because I had so many other great books that got approved on NetGalley and I just.. chose to read those instead. So for April, arguably the best month of the year, I’ve chosen the books off my shelf that I just cannot wait to read any longer. Bookshelf Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – Gail Honeyman This book was on everyone’s reading list last year, and I am so late to jump on. I can wait no longer, and getting myself a fix of Eleanor and her highly praised story. The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle – Stuart Turton…
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Big, obscure words | Tell Me Something Tuesday
Happy April, and welcome back to another Tell Me Something Tuesday! Rainy Day Ramblings has another great prompt for us to discuss for this week’s post. Lets talk big, obscure words in books.
