Books, stationery, and wellbeing
This post features some affiliate links (noted with *) Yes, I'm 32 and still write a birthday and Christmas wish list! My birthday is a mere four weeks before Christmas, so I normally combine the two for a wish list blog post late October. And here we are! Luke asked me a few weeks ago… Continue reading A Cornish Geek’s 2020 wish list
This post features affiliate links Jodi Picoult is my all-time favourite writer. I've read all of her adult novels, with the exception of Mercy, which I've only recently been able to find a copy of in the UK (it's already in my basket for my next Amazon order), and she never fails to surprise me.… Continue reading My top ten Jodi Picoult books
As of Wednesday, I've finished 62 books so far this year. My Goodreads target was 50, so I reckon that's pretty good going, even though some of them have been on the short side. With four working weeks left of the year, I reckon I can tick off a few more yet. Here are some… Continue reading What I’ve been reading lately #11
For Feminist Book Fortnight I really wanted to write about the female writer, or book written by a woman, which has most inspired me but, truth be told, I struggled. Enid Blyton was the writer who made me fall in love with stories. Jodi Picoult is the writer whose books I always pre-order and eagerly… Continue reading Feminist Book Fortnight: The Book Which Has Most Inspired Me
It's not often that I'll read a book that I don't know much about. I'm usually hooked by an intriguing synopsis, have already read something by the author, I've fallen for a pretty cover or, if it's being reviewed everywhere, I want to know what everyone's talking about. It wasn't the case with Celeste Ng's… Continue reading Blog tour: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
I'd had a Goodreads account for a while but not really used it until this year. When I was bored I liked to rate books in order to get recommendations but I never used it to track my reading. This year I set myself my first challenge - to read 50 books in 2016. I… Continue reading My 2016 Goodreads Challenge
I've been back at work this week after 11 days off so there's not been much time for fun times, in the typical sense at least, but I've got five beautiful favourites for you. 1. Etsy Made Local. I went along to the Etsy Made Local Christmas market in St Ives last week - and… Continue reading Friday Favourites #25
I love writing these posts; even if I've had a particularly lazy/stressful/shitty week, I'm always able to think of at least five things that have put a smile on my face. In amongst a week full of deadlines, late nights, over-time and, let's face it, just feeling a little bit stressed out, I've taken comfort… Continue reading Friday Favourites #13
It feels like forever since her last novel was released but there's finally a new Jodi Picoult book on the way - Small Great Things! Well, it's a few months off yet but it's due for release just in time for my birthday. And I can already tell it's going to be a weepie, as… Continue reading Item of the day: Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
I'm not gonna lie; I have, like, a dozen Amazon wish lists. You've gotta organise your shit, right? Just like with Pinterest! There's one for books, DVDs, Pop Vinyls, homeware, stuff for Jenson... The other day I shared some mini reviews of what I've been reading lately and it got me thinking about all of… Continue reading A peak at my Amazon wish list