Category: Link-Up

  I’m sort of on a constant spring clean of books – I find that every time I get rid of the books that are on the bottom of my list, new ones move down that just a week earlier I didn’t think I could part with. So I try to constantly re-assess my shelves READ MORE

  This one is both easy and hard. Easy because I’m going to repeat myself with the same job (or a similar one) in a few different books – obviously anything related to books is a go-to! And hard because finding jobs that aren’t working with books is not as easy as I though it READ MORE

  There is not much better in this world than a good book that makes me laugh so hard I run the risk of peeing. Unfortunately the British in me means I’m not big on showing emotion, including laughter. It takes a lot to get me to laugh on the outside (less on the inside, READ MORE

  I like this theme, mostly because several years ago I was in New Orleans for the beginning of Mardi Gras, and those memories are some of my best. Here are my picks for the theme:                                          This is READ MORE

  I’m not, as those of you who know me will already know, big on romance. I don’t believe in the power of flowers to right a wrong, I’ll eat chocolates if they’re given to me but don’t really get the point of boxes of them that are half the gross fruity ones no one READ MORE

  Oh man. Talk about an endless topic! I think I’m going to choose some of my all-time favourites, but really this is only a small selection. .    .    .      .    .    .      .    .    .      There are so many more that I READ MORE

  Well, 17 of the books I read last year were by new-to-me authors, so this one should be easy. Here are ten of the ones I’m happiest to have discovered:                                         I found some fantastic books and READ MORE

  Well, this post could go on forever. I only read 30 books last year (though sadly that is pretty much normal for me in the past few years), so the list of books I didn’t read is way, way longer. Here are a few that I either started and haven’t finished yet or that READ MORE

  This week’s entry is a bit late because our internet was down and then… life. But here it is: Welcome to 2021 with zero bells on. Speaking for myself and my immediate family, the only humans with whom I have had any contact in so long I don’t really remember what other people look READ MORE

  One of the best parts of ringing in a new year is the prospect of all the wonderful books that will come along with it. I try not to get too far down the rabbit hole of books that aren’t out yet because I need to limit my spending and I only have so READ MORE