I will be reading 12 books in 12 different genres in 2020. Here's a list of them all throughout the year with a little update why I haven't been active recently.
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Should Authors Respond to Reviews | 30 Days of April #24
Today’s post was inspired by Drew (@SarcasticEnigma, also known as The Tattooed Book Geek). A tweet caught my eye this morning where he was talking about how he wrote a 2000 word review. He was very pleased with it, thought it did the book justice and generally couldn’t have done it any better. A response from the publicist was less positive and they wanted him to add few bits about a book in the series he had not even read yet. Now, I’m shocked to hear this! Maybe I’m naive, but please, that’s shocking. I read the review, it’s very well written; goes right into the book, tells us how…
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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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Thursday Quotables | Eleanor Oliphant
Time for another quotables post! I am obsessed with Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine. I didn’t want the book to end and I have the worst book hangover! Gail Honeyman has created a character who grew so close to my heart, I miss her already.
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Top 3 Books of 2019 (so far) | 30 Days of April #15
We’re half way through April! Hurrah! This also means that we’re more than a quarter through 2019 and it’s time to give an update on the books I’ve got through so far this year. To be honest, I haven’t been reading an awful lot, but have managed to get through 16 books in the last few months. Here are my top 3 books of 2019, so far: Let Me Lie 2019 started off strong! Let Me Lie was the first 5* read this year. It’s incredible emotional roller-coaster and everything a thriller should be. Twists coming at you at every corner until the very end. At no point can you…
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TBR Shelf Shame | Updated TBR | 30 Days of April #11
My boyfriend made a point the other day when he noticed that I had bought yet another book. (It was Pet Sematary, so totally okay!) He accused me of storing books everywhere; that anywhere he looked there were stacks of books and I can’t even fit them on the bookshelf anymore! (I personally think that we just don’t have enough shelves!!) It got me thinking that surely I’ve made a bit of progress with my TBR and there aren’t actually THAT many unread books in our house. Right?! Riiiiight, so back in January I wrote a post about the TBR from Hell and how I planned to tackle it. You…
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Book Review | Blacklands by Belinda Bauer
Today’s post is a review for Belinda Bauer Blacklands. So it’s now officially official. I love Belinda Bauer’s books, and there’s nothing you can do about it! I fell in love with Bauer’s writing when reading Snap (see review here), and have since also read Rubbernecker (my thoughts about that one here) and it is no surprise Blacklands was equally enjoyable.
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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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Why Do I Love (Suspense) Thrillers | 30 days of April #8
If you take one look at my reviews (here), you’ll notice that I am a thriller junkie! Suspense thrillers especially. Ever since I can remember I’ve always liked to be scared by films. Way back when I was, say twelve or maybe even younger, my best friend and I used the opportunity to rent horror/thriller films from the local “Blockbuster” type video renting place. It was run by my neighbour so no age restrictions applied to us! Winning! But what is it that makes me reach for those type of films and books now? Let me explain. 🤡 Horror and gore no longer scare me Now, whilst I find it…
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Audio Books’ Pros and Cons | 30 days of April #6
Audio books – yay or nay? Honestly, I cannot remember audio books being so popular a few years back as they are now. Is it just me? It’s like every published book has an audio format. As a child I loved to listen to fairy tales. Those were the days we used to have, brace for it.. CASSETTES! Those were my first “audio books”, and I absolutely loved them. Now, as an adult I do enjoy them, but no-where near as much as I used to as a kid.
