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 hope you are having a fantastic week so far. It was my birthday last week and in the process I acquired a handful of books, which lifted my physical unread pile to the 40 mark - or halfway up my bookcase depending on how you would like to measure it! In honour … Continue reading Five Books On My TBR – August 2021
Hello everyone, As always, my TBR barely gets any less substantial while the unread pile that stands rather precariously beside my bookshelf is beginning to teeter. With that in mind and to try and provide myself with an extra slice of motivation, I am taking a look at five of the books I aim to … Continue reading Five Books On My TBR – June 2021
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 … Continue reading Five Popular Books I’ll Probably Never Read
Hello everyone, It is time to take a look at some more of the books on my TBR, which I aim to read at some point in the future though it is difficult to say exactly when. There is every chance I shall read some of them in the next few weeks, but the rest … Continue reading Five Books On My TBR – April 2021
Hello everyone, I hope you are having a nice week so far! Today I am looking back at some of my favourite books containing two separate timelines. The use of dual timelines is a very intriguing narrative technique as it gives the story that little bit more depth and provides the plot with an added … Continue reading My Favourite Books With Dual Timelines
Hello everyone, It is that time where I look back at all of my 2020 reads and choose a top 10! I have been fortunate to read a lot of fantastic books this year, so that made narrowing it down all the more challenging. There has been a great deal of variety and diverse voices … Continue reading Top 10 Books I Read In 2020
Hello everyone, For me, the ending is one of the most important parts of a book. It helps form my lasting impression of a book and it should fit well with everything that has happened already. In my last post before Christmas I am looking back on five books I have read in 2020 that … Continue reading Top Five Memorable Endings I Read In 2020
Hello everyone, I love a good setting. It might be a topic for a future discussion post, but they add so much to a book when they carry such a large degree of atmosphere, sometimes to the extent where they feel like an additional character in their own right. Of the numerous settings I have … Continue reading The Best Settings I Read In 2020
Hello everyone, It is the start of another week, just four days until Christmas, and time for yet another look back at my 2020 reading highlights! This is one of my favourites. I love discussing all the best twists I have come across, and some of the ones I have read this year are among … Continue reading Top Five Most Dramatic Twists I Read In 2020
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