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Merry Christmas!

Dec 16, 2018Dec 21, 20182 Comments

So, while I'm working on my massive (and late) November Wrap-Up, I decided to fill day 4 of 18 days of 2018 with a fun little post. I'm using books off my TBR to spell out Merry Christmas, as I've seen other blogs use this same tactic to spell out different words. I am also … Continue reading Merry Christmas!

Mini Review Monday #1

Oct 15, 2018Jul 8, 201910 Comments

For day 15 of Blogtober, I thought I'd bump up my review count for this month by including some mini reviews of books I've read this year that I've absolutely loved! First up, it's the gorgeous Goodbye Perfect by Sara Barnard. Goodbye Perfect by Sara Barnard: When I was wild, you were steady . . … Continue reading Mini Review Monday #1

Top Ten Tuesday: 10th July

Jul 10, 2018Sep 23, 20184 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and this week's theme is Best Books I've Read in 2018. I'm up to 173 books on my Goodreads challenge for this year, so it took a long time to cut my favourites down to just ten, but I did it after a lot of deliberating and … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: 10th July

Did I achieve my Monthly Goals in June?

Jul 7, 2018Sep 23, 20181 Comment

Monthly Goals: I want to read at least: At least one book by BAME authors and/or one that contains BAME characters At least one book by an LGBT+ author or that contains LGBT+ themes At least one book containing themes about mental health issues/disabilities I'm going to tackle one bullet point at a time and … Continue reading Did I achieve my Monthly Goals in June?

June Wrap-Up

Jul 1, 2018Sep 30, 20184 Comments

June has come to a close and with it, so has the first week of my new enterprise of book blogging. Now, I haven't been blogging throughout most of June, but oh boy, have I been reading. This month I've read 28 books, so my review for each book will be limited to a sentence, … Continue reading June 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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