reading

  • Mid-Year Book Check-In | Q2 Reading Stats

    Hello! When I made my First Quarter Reading Stats in April, I found the statistics incredibly satisfying but being able to do a direct comparison three months later? It might make me boring to find that exciting but I really… Continue reading

    Mid-Year Book Check-In | Q2 Reading Stats
  • everything I read in June ’23

    Hello! I swear every month I promise I’m going to try and be more present and every month time whizzes by before I can even notice. I swear June started YESTERDAY and now it’s July? Holy moly I can’t keep… Continue reading

    everything I read in June ’23
  • the 3 books I preordered to give future me serotonin

    Hello! I am 100% focused on cutting down my physical tbr at the moment – I’m reading more consistently and making more time for it than I ever have before, and being able to tick books off my tbr is… Continue reading

    the 3 books I preordered to give future me serotonin
  • books that deserve more hype

    Hello! I’ve decided I want to start a new series on tiktok called ‘where’s the hype?’, shouting about books that I absolutely adored that I haven’t seen anyone else talking about that deserve to make it on to the ‘BookTok… Continue reading

    books that deserve more hype
  • why I don’t read classics

    Hello! Amongst avid readers and the general perception of society, reading classics are often attributed to a ‘real reader’ – a sign of true intellectual curiosity and a real appreciation of literature. I would like to call bullshit on that.… Continue reading

    why I don’t read classics
  • how much I read in a week

    Hello! I consider myself a slow-to-medium reader and although it feels like the entire of BookTok reads a million books a day, I’m 90% sure that not everyone reads that fast so I thought I’d show you what a relatively… Continue reading

    how much I read in a week
  • everything I read on my honeymoon

    Hello! I’ve just got back from a lovely two weeks in Kos, Greece with my husband and it was basically everything we wanted – we went on a couple of excursions, there was a Pokemon Go pokestop right outside the… Continue reading

    everything I read on my honeymoon
  • I finally read a Colleen Hoover book | It Ends With Us/It Starts With Us Review

    Hello! Realistically, it’s been about three years since I first properly started to get involved in watching book related content online – BookTok made me impulse buy way more books than I’d been previously buying and bookstagram was a lovely… Continue reading

    I finally read a Colleen Hoover book | It Ends With Us/It Starts With Us Review
  • my honeymoon tbr!

    Hello! Ever since booking our honeymoon back in January, I’ve been umming and aahing about how many books is a suitable number of books to bring with me (as I had zero plans other than ‘reading in the sunshine’). So… Continue reading

    my honeymoon tbr!
  • resisting new books when I’m on a spending ban

    Hello! I spent the entirety of 2022 on a book buying ban (then asked all of my wedding guests for a copy of their favourite book, thus receiving approximately 80 new books and a few book vouchers… which we thoroughly… Continue reading

    resisting new books when I’m on a spending ban