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NetGalley Check-in – November 2025

It's been a minute since I had a look at my NetGalley shelf to check my progress...since July since I posted a check-in. I have, however been reading my ARCs gradually and giving feedback as I go. I have kinda stopped doing bigger review style posts for now,…
NetGalley Check-in – November 2025
It's been a minute since I had a look at my NetGalley shelf to check my progress...since July since I posted a check-in. I have, however been reading my ARCs gradually and giving feedback as I go. I have kinda stopped doing bigger review style posts for now, preferring to write little blurbs for each book as I go along. Read: This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page- ★★★★ My Feedback: What a sweet premise for this book – twelve books, twelve months to heal a broken heart.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:40 AM
WWW Wednesday

WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: The Temporary Roomie by…
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: The Temporary Roomie by Sarah Adams What happens when you have to play nice with your greatest enemy? Revenge. Drew Marshall may have let me move into his spare bedroom while my house is being renovated, but don’t think for one second his kindness comes without strings.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
It’s Monday! What are you Reading?

Hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date #IMWAYR is a weekly meme to connect with fellow readers. It’s a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading. It’s a great post to organise your upcoming week and an opportunity to visit other…
It’s Monday! What are you Reading?
Hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date #IMWAYR is a weekly meme to connect with fellow readers. It’s a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading. It’s a great post to organise your upcoming week and an opportunity to visit other bloggers ... and of course, add to your groaning TBR pile! The last book I read: Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister It is June 21st, the longest day of the year, and new mother Camilla’s life is about to change forever.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 9th November 2025

Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great…
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 9th November 2025
Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. While the Sunday Post is a meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and is a chance to share news. It's a post to recap the past week on your blog and share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:31 AM
WWW Wednesday

WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: It's the first week of my…
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: It's the first week of my first teaching period at university and I've already fallen behind on my blogging. Thankfully, I haven't fallen behind on my reading and I've reached my 100 book goal and then some. As always I have 3 books on the go - the latest release from Lyla Sage, a thriller (not my usual book genre) and an ARC.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
It’s Monday! What are you Reading?

Hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date #IMWAYR is a weekly meme to connect with fellow readers. It’s a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading. It’s a great post to organise your upcoming week and an opportunity to visit other…
It’s Monday! What are you Reading?
Hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date #IMWAYR is a weekly meme to connect with fellow readers. It’s a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading. It’s a great post to organise your upcoming week and an opportunity to visit other bloggers ... and of course, add to your groaning TBR pile! The last book I read: Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth There are two kinds of people no one ever expects to be: little girls and old ladies. Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick is eighty-one years old.
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October 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 26th October 2025

Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great…
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 26th October 2025
Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. While the Sunday Post is a meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and is a chance to share news. It's a post to recap the past week on your blog and share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead.
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October 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM
WWW Wednesday

WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: My reading hasn't changed…
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: My reading hasn't changed much since my last WWW post. I'm still reading the cowboy romance, although I am very close to being finished. I can already tell that I'll be picking up the other books in this series. Also I'm still reading my ARC.
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October 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In My Audiobook Era Book Tag

Happy Tag Thursday! Today I'm planning on doing the In My Audiobook Era tag. I first saw this tag on Jillian the Bookish Butterfly and I have been saving it for a little while, waiting until I had time to really think about my answers. Here are the prompts if you'd…
In My Audiobook Era Book Tag
Happy Tag Thursday! Today I'm planning on doing the In My Audiobook Era tag. I first saw this tag on Jillian the Bookish Butterfly and I have been saving it for a little while, waiting until I had time to really think about my answers. Here are the prompts if you'd like to give this tag a go. If you do decide to, please link back to this post so that I can visit yours. I'd love to get to know you better through your answers. The prompts: What was the first audiobook you ever listened to?
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October 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
WWW Wednesday

WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: I've making a considered…
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: I've making a considered effort to finish my reading year on a roll. I am 2 books away from my 100 book goal and I am excited to see how much further I can go this year. This is the first time I've ever made it to 100 books in a year and it feels great to be almost done by mid October.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
It’s Monday! What are you Reading?

Hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date #IMWAYR is a weekly meme to connect with fellow readers. It’s a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading. It’s a great post to organise your upcoming week and an opportunity to visit other…
It’s Monday! What are you Reading?
Hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date #IMWAYR is a weekly meme to connect with fellow readers. It’s a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading. It’s a great post to organise your upcoming week and an opportunity to visit other bloggers ... and of course, add to your groaning TBR pile! The last book I read: Love at First Psych by Cara Bastone This Psych 312 assignment just might send me off the deep end. Determining whether love at first sight really exists with Robbie Moravian as my project partner of all people?
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October 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 12th October 2025

Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great…
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 12th October 2025
Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. While the Sunday Post is a meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and is a chance to share news. It's a post to recap the past week on your blog and share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead.
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October 12, 2025 at 5:13 AM
WWW Wednesday

WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: Oh my goodness! It's been…
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: Oh my goodness! It's been a minute since I've shared my 3Ws. My blogging has been non-existent for the past 5 or 6 weeks and I'm trying to feel okay about that, while re-joining the blogging community. It's funny how much I've missed blogging but also how hard it has been to motivate myself to blog.
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October 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 5th October 2025

Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great…
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 5th October 2025
Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. While the Sunday Post is a meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and is a chance to share news. It's a post to recap the past week on your blog and share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead.
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October 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Monthly Bookish Wrap Up – August/September 2025

I'm not sure where the past couple of months went but I know I spent no time blogging and I barely picked up a book. I went away for my birthday on the last weekend of August and so didn't get a chance to post, then all book related things fell off…
Monthly Bookish Wrap Up – August/September 2025
I'm not sure where the past couple of months went but I know I spent no time blogging and I barely picked up a book. I went away for my birthday on the last weekend of August and so didn't get a chance to post, then all book related things fell off my radar. This is super ADHD of me and shouldn't come as a surprise, however it always does. When I realised I hadn't posted for 5-6 weeks, I went down a motivation/doubt/guilt spiral that I am only just now dragging myself out of.
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October 4, 2025 at 5:13 AM
WWW Wednesday

WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: Still reading Love…
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: Still reading Love Overdue by Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus because I keep falling asleep too early in the evenings that I don't even get to pick it up. I will definitely be packing it for my weekend away and hopefully I'll get it read then.
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August 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Top Ten Tuesday: Countries I want to visit IRL (not just in books)

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week’s TTT topic is a non-bookish freebie so I want to share…
Top Ten Tuesday: Countries I want to visit IRL (not just in books)
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week’s TTT topic is a non-bookish freebie so I want to share the Countries I want to visit IRL (not just in books). There are, for sure, way more than 10 places I want to visit in real life but as this is Top Ten Tuesday I'm only going to list the first ten that come to mind.
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August 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
20 Books of Summer: Completed

I did it!! I completed the 20 Books of Summer Challenge hosted by Annabel @ AnnaBookBel and Emma @ Words and Peace for 2025. Last year I chose to read only ten books for the challenge, keeping things realistic for my first time participating in the challenge. This…
20 Books of Summer: Completed
I did it!! I completed the 20 Books of Summer Challenge hosted by Annabel @ AnnaBookBel and Emma @ Words and Peace for 2025. Last year I chose to read only ten books for the challenge, keeping things realistic for my first time participating in the challenge. This year, however, I decided to go the whole hog - 20 books from my TBR but to keep this year's list realistic, I decided to pre-choose 10 of my books and leave the other 10 open to cater for mood reading. I found that this really worked, taking the pressure off and resulting in me not having to switch books in and out of the list.
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August 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 24th August 2025

Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great…
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 24th August 2025
Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. While the Sunday Post is a meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and is a chance to share news. It's a post to recap the past week on your blog and share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead.
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August 24, 2025 at 5:26 AM
WWW Wednesday

WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: My latest bedside read is…
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: My latest bedside read is Love Overdue by Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus, a feel good, second chance romance which, so far, is living up to expectations. I've read these authors before, quite a while ago, so I have a fair idea of what to expect and at only 50ish pages in I'm enjoying it.
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August 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Top Ten Tuesday: Books with a High Page Count

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week’s TTT topic is: Books with a High Page Count Let me start by saying that,…
Top Ten Tuesday: Books with a High Page Count
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week’s TTT topic is: Books with a High Page Count Let me start by saying that, lately I tend to read books that are between 350 -450 pages and anything above that would have to come with some pretty good references for me to pick it up. I just don't have the stick-with-it-ness to read those door stopper style books, knowing that any book getting close to the 500 page has a tendency to drag on and may potentially send me into a reading slump.
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August 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Goodreads Monday: Room Mating by Meredith Schorr

Goodreads Monday is a really simple weekly meme, hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog, where you choose a book at random from your Goodreads TBR and explain why you want to read it. This meme is also an opportunity to share any progress you have made on…
Goodreads Monday: Room Mating by Meredith Schorr
Goodreads Monday is a really simple weekly meme, hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog, where you choose a book at random from your Goodreads TBR and explain why you want to read it. This meme is also an opportunity to share any progress you have made on your current books, Goodreads Reading Challenge or anything else Goodreads related. This week’s pick is: Room Mating by Meredith Schorr Sabrina is too busy with grad school and her job as a library page to think about dating. Until her elderly roommate Marcia invites her estranged grandson Adam to move into their two-bedroom apartment in Manhattan temporarily to “find himself.” Sabrina doesn’t mind sharing the small space with Adam if it helps Marcia repair her relationship with her grandson.
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August 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 17th August 2025

Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great…
Weekly Bookish Wrap Up: 17th August 2025
Happy Sunday bookish peeps! My Weekly Bookish Wrap Up is linked with the Sunday Salon and the Sunday Post. The Sunday Salon is a meme hosted by Readerbuzz and is a place to link up and share what you have been doing during the week. It's also a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. While the Sunday Post is a meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and is a chance to share news. It's a post to recap the past week on your blog and share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead.
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August 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
WWW Wednesday

WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: I've just started reading…
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. A weekly meme where all you have to do is answers the following three W’s: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: I've just started reading Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood as my bedtime read and can hardly put it down. I've only ever read a novella by this author before and I'm loving being able to read something with more of a story.
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August 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
TBR Check-in – Audiobook Edition – July 2025

The beginning of the month signals a good time to check-in with my TBR on all my different formats, starting with this post. At my last audiobook check-in I had read all of the outstanding books from 2024 and added quite a few more books in 2025, that…
TBR Check-in – Audiobook Edition – July 2025
The beginning of the month signals a good time to check-in with my TBR on all my different formats, starting with this post. At my last audiobook check-in I had read all of the outstanding books from 2024 and added quite a few more books in 2025, that I'm making making my way through. I've listened to 40 audiobooks so far this year, 14 since my last check-in, and I'm hoping to reach my Audiobook Challenge Goal of 50 books in the not too distant future. Here's what I've read and what's still waiting:
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August 5, 2025 at 7:20 AM