Format: ebookPublished: March 13th, 2025Age: AdultGenre: Non-Fiction – Memoir Rating: 2/5 Stars Although there are some entertaining parts to Bookish, I found it overall more irritating than anything else. Where the author tries to come off as funny (I think), the humour often falls flat, feeling more judgemental or simply ignorant. This is a sequelContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Bookish: How Reading Shaped Our Lives by Lucy Mangan”
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One Sentence Book Reviews – Part 3
I keep meaning to do these a bit more often, but other stuff often gets in the way and, well, it’s been a long time! But they seem to be popular posts so here’s another one. These are one sentence book reviews for the last 5 books I’ve read at the time of writing. OneContinueContinue reading “One Sentence Book Reviews – Part 3”
Book Review: A Childhood in a Welsh Mining Valley by Vivian Jones
Format: PaperbackPublished: June 22nd, 2017Age: AdultGenre: Non-Fiction – MemoirGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars I picked this up ages ago for research purposes, and because the blurb made it sound like a great way to find out what life was like in mining valleys towards the start of the 20th century. The mines are such a keyContinueContinue reading “Book Review: A Childhood in a Welsh Mining Valley by Vivian Jones”
Recommended Biographies
I thought I’d do something just a little different today and highlight a few biographies I’ve really enjoyed, and would recommend to others! I’ve tried for ones that cover a wide range, but with my interests there might be some slight crossover in the themes. But if you’re looking for non-fiction and are interested inContinueContinue reading “Recommended Biographies”
Blogmas Day 13: My Favourite Books of the Year – Part One
I always find it really hard to do best or top books lists, how do you pick out of 100 books which ones you loved the most? So, for 2023, I thought I’d highlight my favourite books by month – that is, which book each month I enjoyed the most. I really have read someContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 13: My Favourite Books of the Year – Part One”
Blogmas Day 4: #5OnMyTBR – Titles Starting With A ‘C’
#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook and you can learn more about it here. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. And first of December’s #5OnMyTBR is perfect for Blogmas – Titles Starting with a ‘C’! Weirdly I actually didn’t have any that started with theContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 4: #5OnMyTBR – Titles Starting With A ‘C’”
Blogtober Day 1: Audiobook Review – Selling Dead People’s Things by Duane Scott Cerny
Narrated by: Duane Scott CernyPublisher: Thunderground PressAge: AdultGenre: Non-Fiction – MemoirFormat: AudiobookRelease Date: July 15th, 2022Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars I was really intrigued by this book right from the cover and title. I admit, the world of antiques and vintage items isn’t something I’m overly familiar with, outside of the occasional wander around antique shopsContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 1: Audiobook Review – Selling Dead People’s Things by Duane Scott Cerny”
#5OnMyTBR: Not Set in UK/USA
#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook and you can learn more about it here. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. I amended this one – the actual prompt is ‘In Translation’, but I’m not sure how many translated books are currently on my TBR! GotContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Not Set in UK/USA”
#5OnMyTBR: Siblings
#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook and you can learn more about it here or in the post announcing it. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. This was kind of a tricky one! Siblings as a topic isn’t something that can be gleaned from title or genre, soContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Siblings”
#5OnMyTBR: Classics
#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook and you can learn more about it here or in the post announcing it. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. I have to admit, there’s not that many ‘classics’ on my TBR – they’re not something I often seek out to read,ContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Classics”
Unwrapping Words 