WWW Wednesday – what have you been reading lately?

WWW Wednesday is a meme led by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. I've always loved this meme, so thank you Sam for keeping it alive! If you want to take part, just answer the following three questions: • What are you currently reading? • What did you recently finish reading? • What…

Spooky, fun and freaky – 3 books to help your Halloween withdrawal symptoms

Still kind of wishing it was still Halloween? Here's a couple of books to keep this autumnal holiday alive! I've not read much spooky fiction lately - I've been too busy freaking myself out with non-fiction about the current state of the world. But when I unexpectedly got approved for 2 ARCs on NetGalley, and…

I’ve been away a looong time…again…

I seem to make dropping off the radar a habit! I've not been blogging for over a year now, and to be honest it's been a difficult year. On the up side, I had my gorgeous baby girl in November 2017, and she's an absolute delight. It's been difficult getting used to being a parent,…

Reading challenges – #ARCAugust

I've been loving reading challenges just lately - I've found them to be a great way of focusing my reading a bit more, at a time when I seem to be finding that difficult. With a baby on the way in November, I'm finding myself increasingly distracted. This seems to happen to me whenever a…

24 in 48 readathon – my weekend in books

Did you take part in the #24in48 readathon this weekend? I didn't manage 24 hours (not even close), but I really enjoyed taking part! The 24 in 48 readathon is my kind of reading challenge - the aim is to read for 24 hours in a 48 hour period. The creator and host, Rachel, holds…

Why I’m diving into Camp NaNoWriMo with zero preparation

Every year, I find myself wandering over to the NaNoWriMo website and getting really excited. Maybe this year is the year I'll get involved, I think to myself. And then, inevitably, I put it off. I don't have time to write 50,000 words in a month. I don't have an idea. I haven't done any…

WWW Wednesday – 21 June 2017

I don't usually take part in memes, but I think this one sounds interesting and gives me a good way to share what I'm reading with other bloggers and find out what they're reading too. This is hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words - thanks Sam! If you want to take…

The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry – 3 minute review

I love the quote at the beginning of this book from Michel de Montaigne: If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I. It sums up the relationship between Cora Seaborne, a recently widowed woman from London, and William Ransome,…

Why have kids? 3 books that helped me solve “the baby dilemma”

I haven't always been enamoured with the idea of having kids and, to be honest, I'm still not sure I am! But when the topic came to the forefront, I did what I always do - I looked to books for guidance! I had a lot of concerns when my husband and I first had our…

What I’m reading and why I’ve been away so long…

After two months of no blogging, I'm finally sitting down to write! One of my resolutions for this year was to write on this blog more regularly, and I fell flat on my face with this one for the last two months! I've barely read anything, and I certainly was in no mood to blog…