I lost my grandad last week and I've looked at my bookshelves wondering what would be the most healing for me to read right now. Grief isn't easy, quick or linear. Along the journey, you may need different things. One week, you want to feel the sadness and explore the grief. Another week, you want… Continue reading Book Recommendations for the Grieving Process
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Reading Around the World: How Am I Doing?
Before you get overwhelmed, this is a LIFE-LONG challenge! No one is expecting you to read some 195 books this year, let alone one from every country. I want you to look at this as something you keep in mind every year until you can't read any longer! When thinking about your TBR or visiting… Continue reading Reading Around the World: How Am I Doing?
The Day Read and the Night Read: Optimise Your Reading
It's simple really, yet I haven't heard any of the many book content creators I follow talk about this! If you haven't either, let me introduce you to the concept of the "Day Read" versus the "Night Read". What is a Day Read? A day read is a book that takes more concentration. A book… Continue reading The Day Read and the Night Read: Optimise Your Reading
Book Review of Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng: Masterclass in Social Storytelling
I don’t often do book reviews on here but this book deserved more than just a YouTube short or snippet review on my StoryGraph. This book was a unique read for me. I've come to understand that I like horror novels but not your typical horror (haunted house, slasher, demons) but horror that says something.… Continue reading Book Review of Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng: Masterclass in Social Storytelling
Discovering My Reading Tastes ~ Literary Niches within Genres
I'm slowly but surely narrowing down my reading tastes so that I am able to source and read more books that are 4 stars or more, something I used to struggle with immensely. Defining my reading tastes has been pivotal and vital in my reading enjoyment. It's not enough to know you like a genre,… Continue reading Discovering My Reading Tastes ~ Literary Niches within Genres
Get to Know Me: My Favourite Things / My Tastes
If you like these things too, we could be friends! Instant buy authors: (Not every book of theirs is a hit, but I trust them and will keep returning to their work) R. F. Kuang / Rebecca Kuang Olivie Blake Juno Dawson Taylor Jenkins Reid Sally Rooney Mona Awad NoViolet Bulawayo John Green Ava Reid… Continue reading Get to Know Me: My Favourite Things / My Tastes
Gift-able Books: Book Recommendations for Gift-Giving This Season
Tis the season of gift-giving and my favourite thing to gift is books! There's just something so special about a book. You can gift it new or secondhand. You can give one of your own, even with your tabs or scribbles in the margins, sharing a piece of yourself with someone you care about. A… Continue reading Gift-able Books: Book Recommendations for Gift-Giving This Season
Accessible Books to Educate and Inspire During Times of Political Divide
The aim of this post is to share books that I feel are profound and educational, as in they educate on how others live. I think divide and hate stem from ignorance. Not in a cruel way, but literally. As in, we don’t know how other people live. If you haven’t walked in their shoes,… Continue reading Accessible Books to Educate and Inspire During Times of Political Divide
Black History Month: Book Recommendations from Black Authors
Books I’ve read by black authors that I enjoyed: Ring Shout (current read, very interesting so far) - horror, fantasy, historical We Need New Names - set in Zimbabwe The Secret Lives of Church Girls - short stories, spicy, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - literary, historical fiction Hello Mum - contemporary Dear Martin… Continue reading Black History Month: Book Recommendations from Black Authors
How to Choose the Right Books for You: why do you read?
This question stemmed from my mini reading rut that I’m in. I am considering DNF-ing another book and I really don’t know what I want to read next that will engage me for the length of a book. Am I just too impatient and don’t give a book enough time to get good? Do I… Continue reading How to Choose the Right Books for You: why do you read?
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