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2021: A Year In Books || new favourites, goodreads statistics and ranking my top ten reads of the year

A Christmas Classic: Letters From Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkein

In Appreciation Of Independent Bookshops | what makes a good independent so special

Classic Book Review: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Random Ramble | Classics vs YA, School and YA Book Of The Month

WHICH HEARTSTOPPER CHARACTER ARE YOU? | my attempt at a personality test

DISCUSSION: Are YA books only for teens? (okay, i'm convincing you to read ya 😳)

Classic Book Review: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte // NEW FAVOURITE BOOK

INTRODUCNG YA BOOK OF THE MONTH!

Christmas Reading Plans 🎄 | seasonal tbr

Book Club Book: Legend by Marie Lu

Autumnal Photo Diary 🍂 | books and autumn colours

Studying Of Mice And Men | migrant workers, american history and character analysis (spoiler free)

YA Book Review: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

PENGUIN ENGLISH LIBRARY BOOKSHELF TOUR | my collection of my favourite edition

VICTOBER 2021 WRAP UP | a new favourite book, some wonderful (and some less wonderful) short stories & MORE!

HOW I READ OVER 50 BOOKS A YEAR | building a reading routine (my top tips)

Halloween Book Recommendations 🎃 | the eerie, creepy and mysterious books on my shelves

A Book Club Book: Lord of the Flies by William Golding

My Week In Books 📚 // Victober diaries #2: Mary Barton, a Sense and Sensibility adaptation and bookshopping!

CLASSICS I WANT TO READ BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR | classics tbr

My Week In Books 📚 // Victober diaries: an underrated Victorian novel, Elizabeth Gaskell and homeschooling📜

HALFWAY VICTOBER UPDATE | A Welsh Witch, Gothic Tales & a general catch-up!

Victorian Quotes| 5 quotes from Victorian literature

MY NEW BOOKSHELF | saying goodbye to my first ever bookshelf and how I organise my books

5 books that...I recommend for #VICTOBER

VICTOBER IS HERE!

Classic Book Review: Sanditon and The Watsons by Jane Austen

DISCUSSION: what constitutes a spoiler, what i think about spoilers & MORE | spoiler chat

YA Book Review: The Cousins by Karen. M. McManus

YA Book Review: As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson (final book in A Good Girl's Guide To Murder trilogy)

My answers to the 'For The Love Of Classics Book Tag'

I'm a Book Blogger: a Reintroduction

5 books that...are perfect for Autumn 🍂

#VICTOBER 2021: the challenges, my reading plans and how you can get involved// i'm so excited!

My Week In Books 📚 //summer diaries week 6: cosy autumn vibes 🍂, a few random comfort reads and my second Daphne Du Maurier novel

How I annotated Sense and Sensibility// a guide to annotation 🖉 (my top tips)

My Week In Books 📚 //summer diaries week 5: sailing, Knife Edge and two new (french) books!

Classic Book Review: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

My Week In Books 📚 //summer diaries week 4: finishing Sense and Sensibility at the beach, gushing about heartstopper with friends and finally getting to France!

My Week In Books 📚 //summer diaries week 3: a literary walk, a production of Romeo and Juliet and a few quiet days at home!

100th Post Celebration and thanking you all! 🎉

My Week In Books 📚 //summer diaries week 2: camping, my second Austen novel and more bookshopping!

My Week In Books 📚 //summer diaries week 1: Fangirl, visiting Bath and lots of new books!

The Hunger Games: a very surprising read 😲

Jane Austen: A Biography// one of my favourite authors ☕

5 books that...made me emotional at the end

Classic Book Review: Anne Of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery // an enchanting read 🌻

A Quote That Really Resonated With Me...

Carnegie 2021: a wrap up of everything I read // eight YA and middle grade reviews

Classic Short Story Review: How Much Land Does A Man Need? and What Men Live By //my first tolstoy

YA Book Review: Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman // a new love

5 books that...are amazing poetry collections //my favourite poets

Classic Book Review: Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens //my second dickens novel

My Favourite Books Of 2021 So Far// 10 books I've loved this year (January-June)

YA Graphic Novel Review: Heartstopper Vol. 4// my new favourite heartstopper volume

The 1900-1950 Readathon// ranking all the books i read

Letters to a Young Poet // reading rilke and an unofficial readathon book

The 1900-1950 Readathon: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

The 1900-1950 Readathon: Animal Farm by George Orwell

The 1900-1950 readathon: Some Short Stories I read

A quote to commemorate Anne Bronte's death 172 years ago today...

YA Graphic Novel Review: Heartstopper Volume #3 //reading another heartstopper

The 1900-1950 Readathon: Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie

YA Book Review: Bookishly Ever After by Lucy Powrie// i cried

1900-1950 Readathon: Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

5 books that...I recommend in Historical Fiction

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY TO BOOKISHLY EVER AFTER aka the LAST Paper and Hearts Society book!

A cosy quote...

Short Story Review: The Yellow Drawing Room by Mona Caird

I'm taking part in Carnegie 2021!

YA Review: All The Things We Never Said by Yasmin Rahman

Historical Fiction Review: Things A Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls

Jane Eyre Quotes- my favourite quotes from a new favourite book!

1900-1950 To-Be-Read (TBR) - a readathon in May

5 books that... inspired me to read (and a new series of posts announcement!)

YA Book Review: The Fault In Our Stars by John Green

Classics Book Review: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (new all time favourite!)

Jane Eyre...Halfway there!

How I find Agatha Christie books and a recent Miss Marple mystery

Taylor and Rose Detectives- sequel to the Sinclair's mysteries

Cilka's Journey By Heather Morris- the sequel to The Tattooist of Auschwitz

The Picture Of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde- review

My Love For Emily Brontë Poetry

Alice Oseman:

Diary Of A Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty

Brexit Romance by Clémentine Beauvais

Recent Reads: Jane Austen Short Story, Greta Thunberg and Oscar Wilde

How To Find Book Recommendations And New Favourites- top tips and things you can get involved with!

Skullduggery Pleasant: an interesting read

A Pride and Prejudice Quote...

Pride and Prejudice: a new favourite!

By the author of One Of Us Is Lying and One Of Us Is Next, Karen M McManus, comes Two Can Keep A Secret- another thrilling murder mystery...

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

Last quote of 2020!

2020: The Best Books I read and my Reading Goals for 2021

The Sinclair Mystery books by Katherine Woodfine

Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell- discovering another Gaskell novel

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

The Hound Of The Baskervilles By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - My Thoughts and a Review

One Of Us Is Lying series by Karen M McManus

Victober 2020: a review and wrap up

A new quote...

The Most Beautiful Books On My Bookshelf!

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time By Mark Haddon

A new bookish quote...

What I am doing for Victober 2020

The Tattooist Of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

Another Quote...

I will not be erased by gal-dem

A small favour...

Summer Holiday Reading Wrap Up 2020!

A new quote!

Old Baggage by Lissa Evans- a Short Introduction and Extract

A First Quote For All Of You Book Lovers!