Ten Authors Who Shaped My Reading Life

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to …

February 2026 Reading Wrap-Up

The One-Book Month February was… quieter. Not in life – absolutely not in life – but in reading. I finished one book. And instead of pretending that didn’t happen, or dressing it up as something hyper-productive, I want to be honest about it – because this year I’m trying to …

…a soft “here’s where I’m at”

It feels like the reading brain is coming back online, not with a triumphant roar but with the quiet, creaky stretch of a creature emerging from hibernation. And honestly? That’s exactly the pace I want right now. Slow. Curious. A little bewildered. Gentle. Here’s where I’m at this week — …

🦴 What Lies Beneath: Why I’m Fascinated by Burials and Bones

There’s something about bones. Maybe that sounds morbid, maybe it is morbid, but I don’t think I’m alone in the quiet fascination that settles in when a burial site is uncovered. When a skull is lifted from the soil. When archaeologists brush back the earth from a femur that last …

📚 Books I Borrowed from the Library This Month 📚

aka: I definitely don’t have a problem, I just love options There’s nothing quite like walking into the library and emerging with a stack of books that whisper hope and potential — and maybe a touch of delusion about how much free time I actually have. But listen, it’s not …

📚 Reading This Week: Love, Loss & the Layers Beneath

This week’s reads are taking me from heartache to hard ground, in the best possible way. 💞 Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez Abby Jimenez always knows how to hit me right in the feelings, and this book is no exception. It’s tender, romantic, and bittersweet — about love, …

Genres

Do you ever think you know what your reading year will look like, only to find it turns out to be completely different? I honestly thought this year would be jam-packed with action/adventure thriller-type novels. I discovered and fell in love with Matthew Reilly’s books last year – completely OTT …

TBR w/c 17.06.24

My reading list for the coming week looks something like: finish BBC Science Focus June 2024 (currently 28%) finish Neil Gaiman – Neverwhere (currently 81%) finish Alix E Harrow – The Ten Thousand Doors of January (currently 19%) finish Neil MacGregor – A History Of The World in 100 Objects …

Sunday Reading Wrapup

What are you currently reading? M.T. Clanchy – From Memory to Written Record: England 1066-1307 47% read. I’ve said this before – this book was written to be written, not to be read. It’s utterly fascinating but it’s a serious slog DK Publishing – SuperSimple Chemistry 18% read. I picked …

Series I’d Like to Start/Catch up on/Finish

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to …