384 pages ~ ★★★☆☆ ~ Netgalley eARC Based on loosely on a true story The Smallest Man follows Nat Davy who in 1625 is taken from his quiet village life and presented to the Queen of England as a gift. Nat remains by the Queen's side from the age of 10 through the English Civil… Continue reading The Smallest Man ~ Frances Quinn
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Reposed Book Subscription ~ December 2020 Unboxing
Reposed is a monthly book subscription box costing £12.80 (including postage) each month you'll receive a book as well as a few extra items. A belated unboxing for you today as this was actually the December box, Reposed had a few issues with suppliers which meant the December boxes were late for everyone and unfortunately… Continue reading Reposed Book Subscription ~ December 2020 Unboxing
Beat the Backlist 2021
Another challenge I'm re-participating in this year, this really matches well with my reading goals of reading what's already on my shevles and using my library more. Essentially all you need to do is read non new-releases. A few changes for this year, there aren't any teams this year but there are two prompt cards… Continue reading Beat the Backlist 2021
Audiobook Challenge 2020 Wrap Up
I joined the Audiobook Challenge 2020 via Caffeinated Review back in January, in this post I was aiming to 15-20 audiobooks targeting the level of “Socially Awkward” what I didn't expect was to listen to double that and listen to over 30 audiobooks. This challenge was just the nudge towards audiobooks I needed to really get into them. You… Continue reading Audiobook Challenge 2020 Wrap Up
December 2020 Book Haul
I'm posting this pre-Christmas in the hope that there might get a few book/bookish items under the tree for me to post about afterwards. Mainly physical books this month as I've not actually done badly at avoiding the Kindle Daily Deals. Mr Loverman ~ I've heard really great things about this, I got the audiobook… Continue reading December 2020 Book Haul
2020 Reading Goals ~ Revisited
At the end of last year I set myself some book related goals, little was I to know that there'd be a lot more reading time available this year which definitely helped me meet some of these. Goodreads Reading GoalTick, I set my Goodreads goal to 100 books this year and I'm currently at 158… Continue reading 2020 Reading Goals ~ Revisited
Thank You, Next ~ Sophie Ranald
241 pages ~ ★★★☆☆ ~ Netgalley eARC When we meet Zoe, she's content with her single life, living above the pub she works in with cat Frazzle but feels like there's something missing. She downloads two apps to her phone and starts using them together to find her perfect match. Firstly, Stargazer, an astrological app which gives her… Continue reading Thank You, Next ~ Sophie Ranald
My 2020 Anticipated New Releases Revisited
At the beginning of 2020 I shared a list of 7 books I was really excited to see released throughout the year so I thought it would be interesting to revisit that list and see if I actually got around to reading them and if I did, see if they lived up to the excitement.… Continue reading My 2020 Anticipated New Releases Revisited
Christmas Gift Guide 2020
Can you have Blogmas without a gift guide? Is anyone else feeling a lot less bothered about gifts this year? As cheesy as it sounds but all I want for Christmas this year is for my family to be able to be together and fingers crossed that can happen in some capacity! Last year I published a couple… Continue reading Christmas Gift Guide 2020
Calm Christmas ~ Beth Kempton
228 pages ~ ★★★★☆ ~ Hardback Calm Christmas and a Happy New Year is a beautifully presented guide to surviving the holiday period, focuses on pinpointing what's truly important about the festive period for you, and those you'll spend it with; the idea being when you focus on what's important to you and stop worrying about what… Continue reading Calm Christmas ~ Beth Kempton
