Hello everyone, It is all very autumnal now here in the UK and miraculously we find ourselves in November in the blink of an eye! As far as reading goes, my chances of reaching my Goodreads goal of 55 books is in the balance, so I need to fit a lot in over the next … Continue reading Authors I Have Read The Most
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
Hello everyone, I hope you are having a nice week so far. I am barely coping with the heat wave we have been experiencing here in the UK - it is hard to remember a time where I have had to actively take shelter from the sun! Today I have one of my list posts … Continue reading My Favourite Books With Multimedia Formats
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
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?
Hello everyone, I have decided to share a list post today, and that brings me on to the subject of multiple perspectives. They are a fascinating literary device which seem to be used more and more across all genres, and it is incredible how they can sometimes vary. When using dual perspectives, the author can … Continue reading Discussion – My Favourite Books With Multiple First-Person Narratives
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
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
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
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
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