Monthly Wrap-Up: May 2015 May didn’t start off too great for me. The weather was awful, work was pretty stressful, and I was still trying to deal with everything that happened a year ago. I lost my mum at the beginning of May last year and I am still trying to process that loss. It’s been pretty tough. It picked up a little bit towards the middle of the month and I […]
Stacking The Shelves – a weekly meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews Stacking the Shelves Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks! Participants are to create their own Stacking […]
Famous People on Book Covers #1 Anyone following this blog on a regular basis is probably aware how much I love certain book covers. I always attribute it to the fact that I have a very visual-orientated memory – I can remember covers clearly whilst authors names and book titles tend to fade out of my memory banks pretty quickly. I am very thankful for sites like Goodreads and LibraryThing […]
OK, so I was at work yesterday, on a backshift, when I get a call from my other half to tell me the kitchen had flooded! I immediately switch into panic mode but there is very little I can do when I still have about 45 minutes of my shift to go (except, well to be blunt, get even more anxious and stressed out). I rush home (after the longest 45 minutes […]
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and The Bookish. This week’s theme is: Ten Books I Plan To Have In My Beach Bag This Summer Nothing like sitting sunning yourself at the beach with a great book for company! I love the beach – nothing like the sea air to encourage a bit of impromptu/planned reading! 1. Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson: I really […]