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
Hello everyone, It is time for another 2020 top five countdown! Today I am looking back on the best and most character-driven books I read over the course of this year. For me, there are not many things better when reading a book than connecting strongly with a character or just seeing life through their … Continue reading Top Five Character-Driven Books I Read In 2020
Hello everyone, Today I have my second post looking back at the most memorable books I read in 2020. This time I am revisiting the five books which have left the biggest emotional impact, which will stay with me for quite a long time. The books on this list are because of the way they … Continue reading Top Five Powerful Books I Read In 2020
Hello everyone, It is time to look back on the most beautiful books I have read in 2020! I absolutely adore a pretty, decorative cover, and I feel very lucky to own all of the ones on this list. All of my favourite covers seem to be for historical fiction novels by a lot of … Continue reading Top Five Beautiful Book Covers I Held In 2020
Hello everyone, I hope you are all doing well and having a lovely week. It is time again for me to look ahead to some of the books I have added to my TBR relatively recently, and there are a lot of them. Some I hope to read soon, others will have to wait a … Continue reading Five Books On My TBR – July 2020
Hello everyone, It is time to take another look at my TBR and see which books I have recently added. One of my current aims is to reduce the volume of books on the list, which we all know is much easier said than done! My progress so far has been mixed at best. Here … Continue reading Five Books On My TBR – May 2020
Hello everyone, It is time to look back at the most excellent and truly outstanding books I read in 2019. This has been a year where I have read more genres than ever, and discovered so many interesting voices which a may not have tried out previously. In total I read 59, but they included … Continue reading Top 10 Books I Read In 2019
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. Today I have picked out five books I read in 2019 that all contained memorable endings, which felt ideal … Continue reading Top Five Memorable Endings I Read in 2019
Hello everyone, Before the start of 2019, I had only been to one event with an author. That was David Nicholls, and even then he spoke mostly about his screenwriting work and how he had adapted certain classic novels for television. This year, I have tried to put that right, and although living in the … Continue reading Discussion – The Authors I Saw In 2019
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