In October of last year Sky Arts asked 2000 people if they had ever lied about reading a book and if they had what books they had lied about. 56% said they had lied, 31% of them saying it was to look smarter and 37% saying it so they could be involved in a conversation. …
So at Christmas I did a post where I talked about good gifts for literary friends and today I wanted to do something a little like that but talking about useful things that could enhance your reading experience. This is mostly because I spoiled myself a little and I want to show you Book accessories …
I’m honestly not sure how I felt about it. I enjoyed the story mostly but I found I struggled to read it and some parts of the writing itself was hard to read. But I have carried on to the second one because of the amount of people who have said I need to finish …
So I bloody love inspirational speeches or quotes, the amount of times I’ve read something inspirational and got a little emotional. So when I was looking to spend a book gift voucher I got for Christmas and spotted this book I knew it was perfect. Outspoken: 50 speeches by incredible woman by Deborah Coughlin was …
So for Christmas I got a lot of novelty books from my mum and I don’t mind at all, they’re normally very funny and it’s a good talking point. And this year mum really won first prize for the best novelty book that I genuinely read and enjoyed. Fairy Tales for Millennials by Bruno Vincent …
So I thought I would do the festive Christmas book tag as a way to kind of break up all the other posts I’ve been doing lately. It’s something fun and a bit more relaxed. This tag was created by booktuber GirlReading and I found it on jenniely’s blog. So here we go! 1. A …
So I just read What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton and it was interesting for sure. A lot of people have asked me if I liked the book and what it was like the best way I could explain it was that it was a strange read and not at all what I expected. Let’s …
The importance of bedtime stories. Some of my fondest memories are of a book my parents used to read to me every Christmas, Favorite Christmas Stories. It was a book that belonged to my brother and is a book I now treasure massively. The whole routine of reading to a child before bed is something …
I do love a book challenge and I’ll happily take any excuse to look through my bookcase and admire it so I thought I would do the ‘Do I have that book’ challenge. It’s 20 questions that allow you to go through your bookcase and explore the books you own. 1. Do you have a …
The format of a printed book has stood the test of time for many years, only really changing when the paperback was introduced in 1935. But of course like most things in this world books can be improved on, or at least that’s what Dutch publisher Royal Jongbloed thought as in 2006 when the first …