I would love to say that 2021 was an improvement over 2020 but that would be a lie… still, it wasn’t all bad – there were some good things to be had (such as some great books, shows and films!) 2021 End of Year Book Survey It’s time for the annual End of Year Book Survey. I haven’t seen this on Jamie’s blog this year but I decided to keep […]
Confession Time: I Don’t Like Smut I bet I got your attention with this headline, huh? It might be closer to the truth to say I get embarrassed reading sex scenes in books. Not because I’m a prude or anything (I’m really not, or I don’t think so anyway…) I’m also in no way shaming people for enjoying smutty scenes in books and it’s true that I do enjoy a […]
I’m going to have to hold my hands up here for not realising (since bloody August last year!) that my blog security was blocking anyone from commenting on my posts! I’d noticed the lack of comments but chalked it up to me being a bit of a hermit over the last few years and not always responding to comments (I read each and every comment made and appreciate the hell […]
Well, 2020 has been the year of the suck but the forced downtime has meant that I managed to get plenty of reading done. When you can’t leave the house, what else is a girl to do, amirite? 😉 2020 End of Year Book Survey I thought it was fitting to complete this annual survey (which I’ve taken part in since 2013) at the end of 2020 to round out […]
Cover Retrospective: Sweet Valley High The Sweet Valley High covers (the originals, at least) were iconic. I first came across them in my local library and I was hooked in by the glamorous cover models and soft pastel palettes. The covers were painted by James Mathewuse, a book cover artist known for his work on the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series (incidentally, he also created the cover art for […]