Desert Island Books is just like Desert Island Discs (BBC Radio 4) but with books instead of music. So, I’m going to choose 8 books that I would take if I were to be cast away on a desert island. Usually, you’d choose a luxury item too but I’m going to skip that bit. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters… Continue reading Desert Island Books
The Sunday Post is hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. This post is an opportunity to recap the past week on my blog and in my personal life. It’s also a chance to set up some goals for the upcoming week and talk about anything else that I want to talk about. See the rules here. Personal: I’m finally… Continue reading The Sunday Post #100
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme brought to you by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was previously hosted at The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is: Longest Books I’ve Ever Read I haven’t included any anthologies because they’re always super long and you don’t read them in the same way that you would read a… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Longest Books I’ve Ever Read
I try to write book reviews as soon as possible but sometimes I forget and here are a few books I forgot to review… Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier I read this earlier this year but I just never wrote a review for it. I think I’ll need to reread it if I want to… Continue reading Book Reviews I Really Need to Write Soon
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme brought to you by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was previously hosted at The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is: Authors I’d Love to Meet Most of the authors I want to meet are dead but I’m going to include them anyway because I just don’t want to meet… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I’d Love to Meet
I’m currently in Orlando, FL and this is a scheduled post so I hope it works. I posted a holiday TBR a few days ago, just before I left the UK for my vacation, but I decided that I still wanted to post an October TBR about the book I want to read when I… Continue reading October 2018 TBR
It’s the end of September and whoa, what a month. I can’t believe it’s over but I am so ready for October because I have so many fun plans for next month! Okay, let’s get on with this wrap-up. Personal: I spent the beginning of the month on a narrowboat which was an experience but… Continue reading September 2018 Recap
September is over. I’m finally on holiday and I’m not thinking about university or my thesis. It’s wonderful. I didn’t do much this month but here’s a quick rundown of what I did do. 1st to 9th I was a narrowboat on the Leeds-Liverpool canal from the 3rd to the 7th so I got absolutely nothing done… Continue reading PhD Life: September 2018 Recap
I’m going on vacation! For two whole weeks, I will be in Florida. I won’t be working on my thesis, I won’t be working on my conference paper, and I certainly won’t be worried about my confirmation review. I’m free and I’m going to take this opportunity to read a few books. So, these are… Continue reading Travel TBR: September/October 2018
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme brought to you by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was previously hosted at The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is: Books By My Favourite Authors That I Still Haven’t Read 1. The Shepherd’s Crown by Terry Pratchett I have read the first four books of the Tiffany Aching series… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books By My Favourite Authors That I Still Haven’t Read
