Ten things for a successful reading afternoon

Posted June 24, 2014 by Brin in Fun/Off-topic / 14 Comments

Ten essential things for a successful reading afternoon: There’s nothing I like better than settling down in the afternoon and getting engrossed in a really great book. However, there are some key ingredients that definitely make an afternoon reading more enjoyable. Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Email Address Subscribe Join 1,921 other subscribers.

Ten Book Cover Trends I Like

Posted June 24, 2014 by Brin in Memes, Top Ten Tuesday / 25 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and The Bookish. This week’s theme is: Ten Book Cover Trends I Like I was trying to come up with covers trends I actively dislike (and believe me there are a few!) but I was having a lot of difficulty trying to remember which covers in particular. I have come to the conclusion that pretty covers stick in my […]

My Birthday Haul

Posted June 23, 2014 by Brin in Personal Post / 21 Comments

my birthday haul Today is my birthday but I will not depress myself by thinking about how old I’m getting. 😉 Instead, I would rather focus on all the bookish gifts I received today! Here are the books I received: Here are the bookish gifts I received: Sorry for the poor quality of some of the pictures – my camera battery was running out so I had to take these […]

Tristant and Elijah by Jennifer Lavoie

Posted June 22, 2014 by Brin in Reviews / 0 Comments

I really enjoyed Jennifer Lavoie’s debut novel Andy Squared so when I saw this book on Netgalley I just knew I had to request it. I was over the moon when I was approved – thank you Bold Stroke Books! Tristant and Elijah was a really sweet story about an out high-school boy called Tristant who, along with his long-time crush Elijah, uncovers a somewhat illicit-sounding letter in amongst his great-uncle’s belongings. The […]

The Very Inspiring Blogger Award

Posted June 21, 2014 by Brin in Awards / 8 Comments

The Very Inspiring Blogger Award I have been nominated for The Very Inspiring Blogger Award by Amanda @ Amanda’s Nose in a Book and by Anna @ Anna’s Reading List! I was extremely happy to be nominated for this award by these two lovely ladies. 🙂 Amanda’s blog is one I have been following obsessively for quite some time. Anna’s blog is one I have only recently started following but I wish I had […]