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Revisiting Reading Goals

Dec 18, 2018Dec 17, 20181 Comment

To follow-up yesterday's late wrap-up, I realised I had another gap that I needed to fill. I haven't checked my reading goals for October and November yet, so I decided to combine them into one post! 1. Books that feature BAME characters and/or are own voicesYou're Not Proper by Tariq Mehmood Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin … Continue reading Revisiting Reading Goals

A (Late) November Wrap-Up

Dec 17, 2018Apr 19, 20201 Comment

For day 5 of my 18 days of 2018, I wanted to share all the books I read in November and my quick thoughts on them (fifty words or less ish), even though it's exactly halfway through December. In total, I read 14 books, which I'm really happy with. All The Books I Read in … Continue reading A (Late) November Wrap-Up

18 Books With Great Mental Health Representation

Dec 15, 2018Apr 18, 201910 Comments

It's day 3 of my 18 Days of 2018 feature and if you missed the last two parts, you can find them here and here. Today, I'm sharing 18 books I've read this year that have what I consider to be good mental health representation. My criteria for this is that it isn't the defining characteristic of the … Continue reading 18 Books With Great Mental Health Representation

18 Days of 2018: My Top 15 Non-YA Books

Dec 14, 20181 Comment

Today is day 2 of my 18 days of 2018 countdown, which kicked off yesterday with eighteen of my favourites series of this year. I feel like I talk an awful lot about YA books on here and it is my favourite genre, but I do also enjoy reading other things, so today I wanted to … Continue reading 18 Days of 2018: My Top 15 Non-YA Books

18 days of 2018: Favourite Series

Dec 13, 2018Apr 19, 20203 Comments

There are only 18 days left in 2018 and I want to try and share a bookish post each day that relates to a certain theme. A lot of them will be my favourite books of the year that fit a certain category, but essentially I just want to celebrate this year, as I created … Continue reading 18 days of 2018: Favourite Series

Beat The Backlist TBR

Dec 12, 20189 Comments

This is a really interesting challenge created by Novel Knight, which I saw at The Perks of Being Noura and I've decided to try it out next year! Here are the guidelines: The book must have been published in 2018 or earlier to count. It can be in any format (including an ARC/eARC) as long as the … Continue reading Beat The Backlist TBR

Bookish Naughty or Nice Tag

Dec 11, 2018Dec 11, 20184 Comments

I was tagged by the lovely Amy from Amy's Bookish Life and the amazing Rose from Life Amongst The Pages to have a go at the original tag Jenn from Jenniely created. I have a sneaking suspicion that I'll end up on the Naughty list, but we'll have to see how it goes. Rules Tag & link the person who … Continue reading Bookish Naughty or Nice Tag

My December TBR

Dec 5, 2018Dec 5, 20185 Comments

Another delayed post, but it made it here eventually. Today I want to share all the books I want to read before 2019: My December TBR: 1. People Like Us by Dana Male: This is my current read and it's the perfect blend of private school politics, gripping mystery and snarky comebacks. 2. Siege and … Continue reading My December TBR

Tuesday Thoughts

Nov 27, 2018Nov 30, 20183 Comments

So, I've had a bit of time out of blogging due to a hectic month, which means that I haven't quite be as regularly posting as I'd hoped to be. However, I want to make up for this today with a couple of reviews for some books that I think need a lot more love. … Continue reading Tuesday Thoughts

October Reading Wrap-Up

Nov 11, 201810 Comments

Sorry for the big gap between posts! Time just seems to have slipped away from me recently and here we are, nearly halfway through the next month. Last month, I participated in Blogtober, which I reflected on recently and somehow also managed to read a whole bunch of books! In October, I read a grand total of … Continue reading October Reading Wrap-Up

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Rating System

Updated on the 4th August 2019 to differentiate between disability and mental health representation, so will be used going forward in future posts

⭐️ = BAME authors/characters

🏳️‍🌈 = LGBT+ authors/characters

💙 = disability representation

🧠 = mental health representation

Star Ratings:

⭐️ = Hated it

⭐️.5 = Strongly disliked it

⭐️ ⭐️ = Disliked it

⭐️ ⭐️.5 = It was just ok

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ = I enjoyed it, but it was forgettable

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ .5 = Had great moments but something was missing for me

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ = Really enjoyed it

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ .5= Loved it, would probably buy a copy of it

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ = Obsessed with it – will read everything I can in the series or by the author

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