2024

WWW Wednesday is a meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words.

The rules are answer the questions below and share a link to your blog in the comments section of Sam’s blog.

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you will read next?

Hello!

I hope everyone is having a good week so far. I started the Diabetes Uk Step Challenge this week so my spare time has involved a lot of walking so far this week but I have managed a good bit of reading today as well.

What I am Currently Reading

I took a little break from these last week but today I have been completely absorbed with Lord of Chaos. Queens of the Age of Chivalry is plodding along nicely and I am learning loads!

What I have Recently Finished Reading

I will be honest and say I did struggle to get into this book but I’m glad I persevered. Review will follow soon.

What I Think I will Read Next

There are so many books that I want to read currently. I’m really hoping once teaching slows down I can get some real reading in.

Please drop me a comment with your WWW Wednesday and I will head over for a visit.

Happy Reading

Etsy

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Mid Week Quote: Martin Luther King Jr

Hello!

My chosen quote today is by the American Baptist minister, activist and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement, Martin Luther King Jr (1929-1968).

“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”

Martin Luther King Jr

Happy Reading

Etsy

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July 2024 TBR

Hello!

I had another really good month with my TBR list for June. I managed to finish two books off my June TBR and I’m half way through another. I’m useless with planned reading so I’m really pleased with this result. I did go slightly off track but overall I’m happy.

My planned reads for July are…

The Help – I’ve wanted to read this for a long time and I finally got a copy in June.
Klova – This book was sent to me by the publishers for an honest review.
House of Odysseus – 24 Books in 2024. Trying to reduce that TBR pile.
Yellowface – 24 Books in 2024.

I hope everyone’s reading goes well in July!

Happy Reading

Etsy

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June 2024 Wrap Up

Hello!

My reading in June was still not great but it was much better than previous months. I am really struggling with time this year but I am really hoping that during the summer holidays I might be able to read more.

Statistics

Books

Pages: 255

Format Read: Paperback

Review

Dragon Rating: 🐲🐲🐲🐲

New Book

Pages: 374

Format Read: Paperback

Review

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Old Book

Pages: 286

Format Read: Paperback

Review to follow

Dragon Rating: 🐲🐲🐲🐲

New Book

Pages: 281

Format Read: Hardback

Review to follow

Dragon Rating: 🐲🐲🐲

New Book

Goodreads Challenge: 19/50

Old Books: 1

New Books: 3

24 Books in 2024: 7/24

Happy Reading

Etsy

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The Weekly Brief

Hello!

I hope everyone has had a good weekend so far. Blogging hasn’t gone very well this week but reading has gone better thankfully.

Blog Posts

Currently Reading

I took little break from these this week but I am back to reading them now.

Happy Reading

Etsy

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Friday Poetry: Danusha Lameris

Happy Friday!

I hope everyone has some good plans for the weekend. We have a quiet weekend planned where I’m hoping to get loads of reading done and catch up on some chores.

My chosen poem today is by the poet and essayist Danusha Lameris (1971).

Small Kindnesses

I've been thinking about the way, when you walk
down a crowded aisle, people pull in their legs
to let you by. Or how strangers still say "bless you"
when someone sneezes, a leftover
from the Bubonic plague. "Don't die," we are saying.
And sometimes, when you spill lemons
from your grocery bag, someone else will help you
pick them up. Mostly, we don't want to harm each other. 
We want to be handed our cup of coffee hot,
and to say thank you to the person handing it. To smile
at them and for them to smile back. For the waitress
to call us honey when she sets down the bowl of clam
chowder,
and for the driver in the red pick-up truck to let is pass. 
We have so little of each other, now. So far
from tribe and fire. Only these brief moments of exchange. 
What if they are the true dwelling of the holy, these
fleeting temples we make together when we say, "Here,
have my seat," "Go ahead - you first," "I like your hat."

Danusha Lameris

Happy Reading

Etsy

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Mid Week Quote: Maxine Hong Kingston

Hello!

I hope everyone is having a good week so far. We have had a glorious few days of weather but sadly I have been stuck indoors teaching so haven’t seen much of it.

My chosen quote for today is by the American novelist and Professor Emerita Maxine Hong Kingston (1940).

“In a time of destruction, create something.”

Maxine Hong Kingston

Happy Reading

Etsy

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Top 5 Tuesday: Top 5 Books of 2024… so far!

Top 5 Tuesday was created by Shanah at Bionic Book Worm, and now being hosted by Meeghan reads.

Hello!

It turns out I haven’t done a Top 5 Tuesday so far this year. I think it is high time I remedied this so here are my Top 5 Books of 2024 so far…

The Earl and the Pharaoh by The Countess of Carnarvon – Every book by The Countess of Carnarvon that I have read so far I have loved and it this one was a great way to start 2024.
The Priory by Dorothy Whipple – This was the first book I read by Whipple and since reading it I have bought three other books by Whipple which I plan to read soon.
Them Old Bones by Astor Y Teller – This was an ARC for me but got me hooked on the series. I can’t recommend this series enough.
A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women by Emma Southon – Another new author for me but one that I will definitely read again.
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens – I flew through this book and I really think it is my favourite book of 2024 so far.

Happy Reading

Etsy

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Goodreads Monday: 24/6/2024

Goodreads Monday is now hosted by Budget Tales Book Club. All you have to do is show off a book from your TBR that you’re looking forward to reading.

Hello!

I hope everyone has had a good start to the week. I have boiled at school today and was glad to go on an evening walk to cool off. My teaching room at school is very small and even with the windows open I still struggle.

My chosen book to feature today is by one of my favourite authors. I would love to one day be able to say I had read all of his books. It is definitely one of my aims but I’m not sure I will manage it.

The first volume of Alexandre Dumas’ two-part interpretation of the story of Robin Hood, popularised for Nineteenth Century audiences by Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe, set in England in 1162-66.

In this book, Dumas tells the story of Robin Hood’s youth: how he is delivered by an unknown man to be raised by poor but honest foresters, his great skill as an archer, how he comes into conflict with the Baron [sic] of Nottingham, how he meets Friar Tuck, the Maid Marian, Little John, Will Scarlett, and others, how he is declared an outlaw by the King, and decamps, with his followers, into Sherwood Forest to wage war against the Baron.

Happy Reading

Etsy

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The Weekly Brief

Hello!

I hope everyone is looking forward to another week. I have a super busy week ahead so I’m not sure I will get much reading in but I will try.

Blog Posts

Currently Reading

I needed a smaller book to take to school so I started The Book of Days today.

Happy Reading

Etsy

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