Happy Monday everyone! Are we all ready to take on the world and get all the things done? I’m determined to have a productive week ahead of my trip to Bruges this weekend and the resulting two-day week when I’m back! Fingers crossed that works! Anyway, back to the point of this post: books! I’ve read… Read more »
Posts Categorized: The Book Corner
The Book Corner: Ten Books That Made Me a Reader
Today is World Book Day, a yearly celebration of books and reading for kids across the UK. It’s a day dedicated to showing kids the joy of reading by celebrating books through author events, free book vouchers and dressing up basically my idea of a good day! So with everyone across the UK celebrating books today,… Read more »
The Book Corner: 2016 Recent Reads – Part 1
These past few weeks have been great ones for reading, so far I’ve read 8 books and counting. If this continues then hopefully I can complete my GoodReads challenge this year, rather than fail miserably. Which is what happened in 2015. For some reason I am making more use of my commute this year and… Read more »
The Book Corner: A Few Favourite Reads
Let’s talk about books. It’s been a while since we’ve had a bookish conversation around here. In truth I fell out of reading at the end of last year. Life just got too busy, there was so much going on, commutes were spent catching up on emails and other life/work admin tasks, weekends and evenings… Read more »
The Book Corner: Bookshelf Decisions
Book worm. Book lover. Bookish. Book obsessed. Those are just some of the words I’d use to describe myself. But the name isn’t important, not really, what’s important is that these words mean one thing: bookshelves were a priority in our new house. Let’s set the scene: In our previous home we had fitted shelves… Read more »
The Book Corner: Harry Potter, the illustrated edition
Let me introduce you to the beautiful illustrated version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. As soon as I knew that this book was planned I began anticipating its arrival. I was intrigued to see how Jim Kay, the illustrator, would interpret J.K. Rowling’s well-known, and well-loved, wizarding world. Once I had my… Read more »
The Book Corner: Holiday Read Recap
One of my favourite things about our recent trip to Portugal was the fact that I didn’t have to do anything except eat, sunbathe and read (unless I wanted to of course). And this is basically what I did for 80% of the time when I was away – talk about blissful. It was even… Read more »
The Book Corner: 36 Hours in Europe
Guys, I’m in Paris and I’m so excited about it! This Paris trip is a short stop on the way to a wedding in Pau. After all what’s the point in living if you can’t do a quick Paris trip once in a while, hey?! I’ll be in Paris for about 46 hours in total, from… Read more »
The Book Corner: Only Ever Yours
Captivating. Horrifying. Intriguing. Uncomfortable. Addictive. These are just some of the thoughts I have about Only Ever Yours by Louise O’Neill. Before I get into all my feelings on this book, let me tell you a little bit about it.This novel tells the story of Frieda and Isabel who are bred (as all girls are) into… Read more »
The Book Corner: Recent Purchases
For the last couple of months I’ve been having such trouble getting into a book. Normally I can read two books a week easily, but since mid-March I’ve only read five books, I just don’t know what is wrong with me! You’d think that with my current reading issues I’d have stopped buying books. After… Read more »
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