Blogmas Day 23: Review – On a Night Like This

Author: Lindsey KelkPublisher: Harper CollinsFormat: DigitalRelease Date: November 11th, 2021 Rating: 5/5 Stars Fran Cooper is stuck. She’s left behind a good career in London to move to Sheffield with her fiancé, Stew. Being a PA in Sheffield isn’t the same as being one in London, and when Fran finds herself out of work inContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 23: Review – On a Night Like This”

Graphic Novel Review: Secret Invasion

Publisher: Panini ComicsRelease Date: Feb 4th, 2009Genre: Sci-Fi Rating: 4/5 Stars Note to self for future: don’t try and read a Marvel comic such as Secret Wars #1, then read a Marvel cross-over event graphic novel such as Secret Invasion, then pick up something like Secret Wars #2. You will end up a little confused.ContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Secret Invasion”

Blogmas Day 21: My Favourite Christmas Trope

Over the last year, I have been reading more Romance than I have previously. It was a genre I very much liked when I was younger, but it’s not one I had a proper chance to return to until this year. I’m loving the variety of different Romance books I’ve been reading, and absolutely loveContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 21: My Favourite Christmas Trope”

Blogmas Day 20: Christmas Books Ranked

As I’m still working on writing up the reviews for the Christmas books I’ve read this year, I thought I’d just do a post sort of ranking them. They’re all very different and no doubt will appeal to different tastes, but you can read more of my thoughts in the full reviews, which, I’m hoping,ContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 20: Christmas Books Ranked”

Blogmas Day Nineteen: Christmas Albums

I was thinking yesterday, as I shifted from one type of Christmas song to the next, how the wonderful thing about Christmas music is it can come in all sorts of different genres. There’s a lot of variety out there, so even if someone doesn’t like – or is fed up of – the usualContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day Nineteen: Christmas Albums”

Blogmas Day Eighteen: End of Year Book Tag

I did this Book Tag originally back in 2019, and thought I’d revisit it this year as part of my Blogmas posts. The tag was from Jenniely, who provided the inspiration for my 2019 Blogmas posts. 1. Are there any books you started this year you need to finish? I’m reading a few different booksContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day Eighteen: End of Year Book Tag”

Blogmas Day Seventeen: Revisiting 2020

Why in all hell would I want to revisit that awful year??? Well, here’s the thing, back in 2019, I managed to get some Blogmas posts up during December. And as I was pondering what to do for my next post, I decided to look through the old ones and see if there was anyContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day Seventeen: Revisiting 2020”

Blogmas Day Sixteen: Last Christmas

Yay, another Festive Film taken off the list! This one, staring Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding, as well as Michelle Yeoh and Emma Thompson, was a Universal film released in 2019, a romantic comedy featuring and inspired by the music of George Michael. What more else could you want from a film? Is the plotContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day Sixteen: Last Christmas”

Book Review: Anti-Social by Nick Pettigrew

Publisher: CenturyFormat: MOBIRelease Date: July 23rd, 2020 Rating: 5/5 Stars I received this book from the publishers via NetGalley. Reviews remain my own. I usually end up saying this in the reviews I do of non-fiction, which probably tells you the kind of non-fiction I’m drawn to, but this is not an easy read. Yes,ContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Anti-Social by Nick Pettigrew”

Blogmas Day Fourteen: Looking Forward to 2022

After my ‘reflections’ post I thought it would a good idea to see what I’ve got coming up next year! And I really am looking forward to next year – I don’t know what it holds, but so far there is some exciting things happening that have me hopeful. In the writing part of things,ContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day Fourteen: Looking Forward to 2022”