Top Ten Tuesday · weekly features

Top Ten Tuesday // Hopes and goals for 2021

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week’s theme is: January 12: Resolutions/Hopes for 2021 I’ve got a post about… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday // Hopes and goals for 2021

Book Features · books

Can you ever recapture the feeling of reading a book for the first time?

There’s nothing quite like reading a book for the first time and realising it’s going to be a 5 star read. That feeling of being under a book’s spell, loving every chapter and seeing the plot, writing style, and character development all come together is a special kind of magic. One that can be hard… Continue reading Can you ever recapture the feeling of reading a book for the first time?

Book Features · events · YALC

7 things to do this weekend instead of attending YALC

Please continue supporting the Black Lives Matter movement. The Black Lives Matter cardd is constantly being updated with new information, petitions, and resources. If you’ve attended YALC in the past, you’ll know that this coming weekend, 24th – 26th July, should have been YALC 2020. Sadly, Covid had other plans and the convention had to be cancelled. YALC… Continue reading 7 things to do this weekend instead of attending YALC

Announcements · Readathons

PositiviTea and Books Readathon Announcement // Join us for a weekend of reading and fun

That’s right folks, Beth @Booksnest and I are hoping to brighten your weekend with a brand new readathon. Join us for the PositiviTea and Books Readathon from Friday 20th at 6pm until Sunday 22nd at 11.59pm. We’ll be hosting reading sprints and challenges throughout the weekend in the hope of lifting people’s spirits and helping y’all… Continue reading PositiviTea and Books Readathon Announcement // Join us for a weekend of reading and fun

Book Features · LGBTQIA

Graphic novels that stole my heart in 2019

Following my best and worst books of 2019 posts, I wanted to spotlight some graphic novels that I ADORED last year. Heartstopper Volume 2 This series has my heart. Honestly, it’s so S O F T, sweet and gently queer, that I make heart eyes every time I read it. The exploration of sexuality and… Continue reading Graphic novels that stole my heart in 2019

Top Ten Tuesday · weekly features

Top Ten Tuesday // 10 Ways my Reading Life Has Changed

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week’s theme is: November 19: Changes In My Reading Life The way I… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday // 10 Ways my Reading Life Has Changed

Book Features · LGBTQIA

What do queer readers want to see in LGBTQIA+ books?

There’s been a lot of discussion in the book community recently about diversifying LGBTQIA+ representation and including more own voices rep. For pride month, I wanted to delve deeper into this, and look at what queer readers themselves want to see more of in LGBTQIA+ books. I asked a group of fantastic bloggers, bookstagrammers, and… Continue reading What do queer readers want to see in LGBTQIA+ books?

weekly features

Off Tangent Thoughts // What I think about while organising my bookshelves

Off Tangent Thoughts (OTT) is a bi-monthly meme run by Charvi @NotJustFiction that has a basic list-based format. Bloggers express their points in the form of a short or long list with the points under the list being merely a couple lines or even complete paragraphs. Here’s Charvi’s post for this week! The first prompt… Continue reading Off Tangent Thoughts // What I think about while organising my bookshelves

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday // The most extra things I’ve done for the love of books

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week’s theme is: April 9: Outrageous/Crazy/Uncharacteristic Things I’ve Done for the Love of… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday // The most extra things I’ve done for the love of books

Blogmas · Book Features

Blogmas Day 10 // Favourite blog posts of 2018

I follow a lot of other book bloggers in the community, and I really enjoy reading other people’s posts. I love features on community topics, salty reviews, incredibly excited reviews, recommendations, list posts, and more. Since I’ve read some really thought-provoking and fun blog posts this year, I thought it was finally time to do… Continue reading Blogmas Day 10 // Favourite blog posts of 2018