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’ve posted before about book boyfriends but I thought it might be fun to list some of my other favourite fictional crushes, from television shows and movies. I’ve never really crushed on real-life people all that much (even when I was younger). That felt like taking it a step too far. But the characters they play? Well, that’s a whole different story! Fictional Crushes I have fairly eclectic tastes in […]
Well, 2018 had its ups and downs but overall it was definitely a successful reading year for me. I managed to read 120 books last year which, although nothing like I used to be able to get through, is still a really decent amount. My Year in – A Retrospective I finally seemed to get myself out of that horrible reading slump that has plagued me for years. Blogging wasn’t […]
Yikes, I didn’t exactly mean to take over a month-long hiatus from my blog! A combination of being busy at work and having limited internet access is to blame for that but I actually cannot believe it has been THAT long since I last posted. Cover Retrospective This is a post I have been sitting on for a while. I rather liked the idea of looking at book covers (I am very […]
Brin Discusses: Book Blogging vs BookTube vs Bookstagram There has been a lot of unrest and rumblings in the bookish blogosphere as of late. As new(ish) platforms such as BookTube and Bookstagram are gathering speed, it seems as though ye olde fashioned print blogs have been falling a little out of fashion. Out with the Old; In with the New Now, don’t get me wrong, I happen to love Bookstagram […]