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 can’t believe we are back to Wednesday again, time seem to be flying by at the moment. I hope this post finds you all well and not to stressed as the festive season approaches.
So here is what I have been up to with my reading.
What I am Currently Reading
Literally just started it so not much to say so far.
What I have Recently Finished Reading
Just finished Christmas Cakes and Mistletoe Nights yesterday and couldn’t put it down, review will follow shortly.
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. For more info please check out Jana’s blog.
Happy Tuesday!
I have so many books on my TBR list but I will try and select ten books that I think I will read over the winter. I like to read a Jane Austen novel over the New Year and into January so that is one easy choice.
Here are my ten books…
Things in Jars by Jess Kidd – This is one of my Willoughby Book Club books that I am very excited to read.
Dissolution by C. J. Sansom – This is my buddy read with my bestie that I will be starting on the 1st of January
The House on Vesper Sands by Paraie O’Donnell – Another Willoughby Book Club read
Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline – My husband is currently reading this so I hope to read it in January once I have finished all my Christmas reading.
Katheryn Howard: The Tainted Queen by Alison Weir – Been on my TBR for way too long and really want to read it soon.
Lady Susan by Jane Austen – I have never actually read this so I think it is high time I sorted it.
Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott, Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis – I just think this will be a good cosy read for the winter.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie – The start of reading more Agatha Christie challenge
Olive, Mabel and Me by Andrew Cotter – I can’t wait to read this as I love the videos on youtube.
Star Trek Discovery: Die Standing by John Jackson Miller – Another book that has been sat on my TBR for way too long.
So there is my TTT. Please drop me a link with your TTT and I will head over for a visit.
My Christmas reading list this December is above so it will be one of these books but not sure which. As usual it all depends on my mood.
So there is my WWW Wednesday! Please drop me a comment if you want a chat and of course please drop me the link to your WWW Wednesday and I will head over for a visit.
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. For more info please check out Jana’s blog.
Hello!
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is a freebie but with a wintry festive feel. With this in mind I thought I would go for different copies of The Nutcrackerby E. T. A. Hoffmann. Every December I read a different version of The Nutcracker. This can be translated by different people or just a different edition but my favourites are always the ones with pretty illustrations or like last year a pop up book!
So here we go…
First up is the one I have ready to read this year, the illustrations look really nice so I am looking forward to reading it.
This was last year’s read and I must admit I got very excited when I discovered it. It is absolutely stunning and I highly recommend it.
This is another beautiful edition but it is big so not easy to read for too long. This was 2018’s Christmas read.
I have the full set of these little Christmas books and I absolutely love them. This one was 2017’s.
Now you might notice this isn’t actually by Hoffmann but it is the story but it is Dumas’ adaptation and this is also the start of my tradition. I bought this when I went to the German Market in Birmingham with my then future husband and we took a trip to Waterstones and I picked this up and then read it through December 2016.
These next ones are future editions that I would one day like to buy and read.
So there is my Top Ten Tuesday and one of my Christmas traditions. Have you got any Christmas book traditions? Please drop me link to your Top Ten Tuesday and I will head over for a visit.
Another week has gone by and I must admit I am thoroughly enjoying all my Christmas reading. I find Christmas books go particularly well with hot chocolate, a warm blanket and Christmas decorations in the background.
Here is what I have been up to in the blog this week.
So there is my week and yes I know I said no more buying Christmas books but I just couldn’t help myself! I will try to do better and not buy anymore… I really will try.
Today my last book of my birthday present arrived from the Willoughby Book Club. I love getting these monthly book parcels so much, they really give me something to look forward to at the beginning of each month. So here is the book I got for December.
I have never come across Jess Kidd before so I am rather excited to try a new author.
I really do love the Willoughby Book Club, I love the beautifully wrapped books and the fantastic books they choose each month. Due to this I have subscribed to the Book Club for another 12 months so for each month of 2021 I will receive a lovely new book and I can’t wait!
Due to me subscribing for another 12 months Willoughby Book Club have given me a link that if people use they can get 10% off so I thought I would share it with you all just in case you also wanted to join this fantastic Book Club. For the code click here. The code expires on the 25th February 2021.
Please drop me a comment if you are a fellow member or have read the book.
I thought a little update was required. I have now read 3 of my Christmas books on my list and I have ordered more which was very naughty of me but I just couldn’t help myself.
So here are the books I have read and I will be honest I absolutely loved and they have really helped me get into the festive spirit.
Here are the books I have left to read and I know I will never get through them all but I live in hope and my Goodreads challenge is falling behind so I am hoping my Christmas reading will help me catch up.
So there is my current Christmas Reading list. Please drop me a comment if you want to chat about any of these books.
Wow, how did the end of November arrive? I am getting so excited about Christmas and my Christmas books are really helping me get into the festive spirit. Today I am sending my husband in to the loft to get the decorations down.
November has been a really good reading month and I appear to be catching up on my Goodreads reading challenge.
So here are the bookish stats!
I will be honest I don’t think the page number chart is quite correct because Story Graph didn’t have the correct editions for a few of the books I read, but they are close enough.
Books I Read in November (click the picture for the review)
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime by Oscar Wilde
Pages: 50 pages
Format Read: Paperback
Dragon Rating: 🐲🐲🐲🐲
Rossetti Poems by Christina Rossetti
Pages: 256
Format Read: Hardback
Dragon Rating: 🐲🐲🐲🐲🐲
Mythos by Stephen Fry
Pages: 416
Format Read: Hardback
Dragon Rating: 🐲🐲🐲🐲🐲
The Ickabog by J. K. Rowling
Pages: 304
Format Read: Hardback
Dragon Rating: 🐲🐲🐲🐲🐲
A Midwinter Promise by Lulu Taylor
Pages: 546
Format Read: Paperback
Dragon Rating: 🐲🐲🐲
Sonnets by William Shakespeare
Pages: 160
Format Read: Paperback
Dragon Rating: 🐲🐲🐲🐲
A Perfect Cornish Christmas by Phillipa Ashley
Pages: 400
Format Read: Paperback
Dragon Rating: 🐲🐲🐲🐲🐲
So that is my November wrap up. Please drop me a comment if you have read any of these books.
I hope everyone has had a good weekend so far. I must admit I am thoroughly enjoying my Christmas reading list so far and it is a welcome relief from the ancient death rituals I am currently studying for my course. I will be honest it isn’t the cheeriest of subjects to be studying on the run up to Christmas.
Anyway, here is what I have been up to in the world of blogging…
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?
Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
Finally… reveal the book!
Well it is Friday and I am about to start a new book so I thought I would take part in First Lines Friday.
So you know the rules and as usual the answer will be below the cats.
When her phone rang at three in the morning, ripping her from a desperately needed sleep, Maggie’s first thought was bad news.
Her mind raced through the possibilities, starting with the worst-case scenario. Death, or at least life-changing injury. Police. Ambulance.
In the snowy perfection of Aspen, the White family gathers for youngest daughter Rosie’s whirlwind Christmas wedding.
First to arrive are the bride’s parents, Maggie and Nick. Their daughter’s marriage is a milestone they are determined to celebrate wholeheartedly, but they are hiding a huge secret about their own: they are on the brink of divorce. After living apart for the last six months, the last thing they need is to be trapped together in an irresistibly romantic winter wonderland.
Rosie’s older sister Katie is also dreading the wedding. Worried that impulsive, sweet-hearted Rosie is making a mistake, Katie is determined to save her sister from herself. If only the irritatingly good-looking best man, Jordan, would stop interfering with her plans…
Bride-to-be Rosie loves her fiance but is having serious second thoughts. Except everyone has arrived – how can she tell them she’s not sure? As the big day gets closer, and emotions run even higher, this is one White family Christmas none of them will ever forget.
Did anybody guess correctly? Please drop me a comment with your thoughts if you have read the book.Also if you are taking part in First Lines Friday today please leave your link and I will head over for a guess.
Happy Reading
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