making life a little sweeter
Before the new year begins, I wanted to share my To-Be-Read shelf. Not the whole thing of course. As I previously mentioned in my Book-Buying-Ban post here, the number of books on my shelves that I haven't read is embarrassingly large so I won't share all the titles; but I was thinking of sharing those… Continue reading The TBR Shelf
Autumn is my time of the year. I seem to always see the my style of clothes in autumn, the perfect home decor items to fit my tastes and this year I have truly realised its no different with books too. Recently I have been taking more solace in my reading materials than usually and… Continue reading Books I’ve bought lately
I've been away a lot recently -well twice, but for me that's a lot! We had a wedding and went camping in the Peak District at the end of May-beginning of June, and then we went away to the Brecon Beacons with some friends in July. Of course, it doesn't matter where we go I… Continue reading Books I’ve Bought Lately
Since the moment I got into the first instalment of the Pillow Thoughts Series, I have been completely ensnared by Peppernell's work. I have read a few of her works and still have a couple more on my to be read pile but for today I wanted to share some thoughts about the works I… Continue reading Other Books By Courtney Peppernell
You Are Your Own Fairytale is Amanda Lovelace's second trio of books. I really enjoyed reading her first trio, Women are some kind of magic and quickly fell head over heels for this next trio of books. With strong themes and imagery to fairytales, I took so much comfort in these books. Lovelace seems to… Continue reading You Are Your Own Fairytale, Amanda Lovelace
The Pillow Thoughts series by Courtney Peppernell is a collection of books that I had always been wanting to delve into but just never got round to, that is until 2020. As I've already mentioned numerous times here, I got into reading poetry in a big way at the beginning of the pandemic. It was… Continue reading Pillow Thoughts, Courtney Peppernell
A standalone poetry collection, Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things 'explores the complexity of femininity through alternating wildflower and wildfire poems'. As always their eloquent words touch on sensitive topics such as sexual assault, misogyny, cheating, trauma, child abuse, body image, eating disorders as well as others. This addition to my Lovelace library is very much… Continue reading Flower Crowns & Fearsome Things, Amanda Lovelace
Last year was great for my reading list, which I posted here. I think reading as much as I did last year helped my mental health and the clarity of my mind, especially some of the cognitive symptoms I suffer from with my chronic condition. I should say I'm not advocating for all chronic sufferers… Continue reading Books that I’m excited to read this year
2021 was a great year of reading for me. I really hit a great stride with my reading and the books I came across. Like my reading in 2020, I read a fair bit of poetry and discovered some new writers who I already have a list of their books that I want to read… Continue reading Books I Read in 2021
Nikita Gill is one of the first modern poets who's work I delved into when I first started getting into poetry. I remember seeing some of her work online years ago but it weren't until I read Wild Embers that I really became entranced by her words. As I've mentioned here before, I got into… Continue reading Three Books by Nikita Gill
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