Book-related posts.
The Lone February Read: The Silent Companions
Having miraculously managed two posts in January, I thought I’d turned a corner with this blogging malarkey and may actually start committing to more than one a month. But life happened, I got ill, and though February was very speedy, my stress levels were rather high and meant very little outside of work actually got…
Reading Challenge 2018 – Around the World in Books
There are so many reading challenges that are dotted all over book blogs and bookstagram, choosing one that was both do-able (for me) and helped me achieve my aims (reading a book from each continent) was quite tricky. The Around the World tag that I have seen looks amazing, but that would take such dedication…
“Another year gone.”
So that’s that, 2017 is now making way for 2018. I’ve been very fortunate this year in so many ways: I finished university and graduated; found a job that I am enjoying very much; and I moved to a new city and met a group of new people that I feel like I’ve known for…
Nearly Christmas
Rather amazingly, it’s been nearly a full two months that I have been in my new job, living in my new town, and I can’t have wished for a better start to it all. As my first foray into the publishing industry, I’ve lucked out with a great team, and a really interesting, almost niche…
Never set a reading target, & other stories
Rather predictably, my little challenge to read three books by the end of September is incomplete. I didn’t even finish my little 150 page book. It should’ve been easily accomplished, really, but the cat was thrown amongst the pigeons when I received a job offer. The excitement of finally securing a position took over one…
Mini September TBR
I’ve been in a bit of a reading slump recently. I think it’s partly to do with being a little bit stressed and not being quite mellow enough to just sit and read, and I’ve also been exhausted, so any time I have sat down, I’ve been asleep within seconds. Not exactly conducive to reading.…
Women in translation
Two years ago today I flew to Portugal to start my year abroad. Those two years have gone by so quickly, and that year was hands down the best of my degree. No question. Being a languages student for the best part of 10 years – including school and everything – I thought I was…
Reading Challenge Update – 6 months
I’ve just finished my tenth book of the year, which is convenient, as that marks the halfway point in my reading challenge for 2017 just as we’ve passed the halfway point of the year. I haven’t done an update, as such, before, so I thought I’d do a quick round up of the books I’ve…
Ever growing TBR list
My birthday is just around the corner, and I shouldn’t have bought books, but I did. I only bought two, thanks to Waterstones’ buy one get one half price offer on at the moment (even if this wasn’t running, I probably would have still bought them). I picked up The Girl of Ink and Stars…
Get Listening (in French)
After singing the praises of audiobooks in my last post, I was eagerly waiting for the next monthly credit to appear in Audible so I could choose my next book. I’d finished reading/listening (even after that post, I still can’t quite decide how you consume an audiobook) Agnes Grey, and although it cannot touch The Tenant of…
Book-ish
So it’s been a month since my post about Turin – it’s crazy how time is flying away this year, but then again I feel we all say this every single year, so maybe it’s not. In the last month, I finished up my French course in Lyon, had a bit of time at home,…
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