pickMaybe I should actually post a review when I have my own success story? Anyway, I think this book is good for late bloomers like myself as well as seasoned daters for a fresh perspective. Good advice from meeting people/making dating profiles to moving in/deciding to marry or not, and also on how to break up. Ultimately it provides good advice on finding what is right for you and setting boundaries. Realised I‘ve always been a Hesitater!
1. I hate when books get a bit silly like the tagged book, See Under Love, Foe, and I will never get over Her Fearful Symmetry. I just can‘t suspend disbelief 🤷♀️
2. The more people go on about ACOTAR the less I want to read it - same goes for Crawdads, Blood Orange and any domestic thriller
#ihavequestions
pickWell this was needed about 20 years ago! A fantastic book that definitely fits the #bookyoushouldhavereadinschool prompt for #pop23 it should be on the curriculum!
Ready for today! My #20in4 goal is finish the 4 books I‘m reading: Little eyes, Five Little Indians, This much is true & Feminist fight club - with plenty of tea/coffee and biscuits to keep me going!
Thank you @Andrew65 😊
Posting this purely for accountability because I‘m determined to finish it! I‘m enjoying it so far - I was pleasantly surprised by how accessible it is. #motivation #chunkster #accountability
Started watching Between the covers on BBC iplayer after seeing a recommendation on Facebook and it‘s making my TBR list explode! #betweenthecovers
UK Littens - Apologies in advance for your bank balances ? in case you‘ve run out of book-buying options...
All of the books from this shop are Qa.50 each: https://www.thereadingtree.co.uk/
This charity shop posts surprise bundles. Pictured is what I got in the historical and mixed bundles: https://www.ageisjustanumber.org.uk/category/online_shop/
Happy shopping!
pickEmily goes to anger management group because of a court order. There she meets Jake who‘s struggling to cope with his autistic son. It‘s far from love at first sight for them but there‘s an instant connection between her and the son which changes everything. A lot is from the author‘s experience and you can feel the frustration, guilt, tenderness and joy. The characters felt so real; flawed but not annoying. Somehow this was both cute and tough👇
panI really gave this a chance. It was shortlisted for the Staunch book prize which is for a thriller that doesn‘t feature any violence towards women. Even though nothing (absolutely nothing) happens in the book in terms of violence, a lot still goes on in the mc‘s head so we‘re still reading about a woman being brutally murdered because Vesta imagines it 🤷♀️ read if you want, I‘ve just wasted the week on this and I‘m actually naffed off 😩😂
Found a UK-based subscription that saves books from being pulped 👍. Has anyone else heard of or subscribed to A Box of Stories?
https://aboxofstories.com/
pickA gentle, non-judgemental guide for anyone wanting to go #vegan, veggie, reduce meat consumption etc, basically anyone! Good advice for going #plantbased (rather than junk food vegan like me 😩). I was disappointed that they delicately skimmed over the topic of animal welfare, but that‘s their approach, so whatever works 🤷♀️. Lots of info covering ingredients, shopping, meals, and non-food things like clothes and skincare. Also a quick read 👍
pickRefreshing, honest, stubbornly positive and challenging so many stereotypes. What was eye-opening and tragic was the medical section - so many patients mistreated and misdiagnosed because they‘re fat 🙄🤦♀️ really shows how stigmas can kill! So many trigger warnings: self-harm, eating disorders, bullying and just overall sh*ttiness (from media etc)
Read for much-needed #bodypositivity and #fatpositivity ❤️
pickIt took a while to get used the style - it‘s not a linear type of memoir - but the descriptions of Ireland were just gorgeous. There are some tough issues (trigger warning: rape, paedophilia, alcoholism)
That voice though 😅 👀 he‘d make a shopping list sound poetic 😍.
#nonfiction2021 #somethingwritteninadifferentcountry
pickWow so this left me in tears and I came here to see what other people said about it and saw ... “coffee table book”. I do believe that books affect us differently at different times and I think that I found this at a very right time because I‘ve been 👎 for a while. I wasn‘t expecting a lot but there was so much inspiration packed into those 3 hrs and I need to listen to it again. Sometimes we need reminding that we‘re enough ❤️
pickAfter reading all the other reviews on this I feel like I don‘t need to say much other than this: if you haven‘t read this, do so! I‘d never thought much about gendered language and now my eyes have been opened 🤯. I laughed, I clapped, I cried, I raged and I definitely have to get the print so I can reread. I now have a deep appreciation for the word “y‘all” but I don‘t think I can pull it off being a Brit 😂. May have found my best 2021 read.
“To simplify listening to this book I‘ve chosen to use him and he consistently when I refer to examples not associated to any specific person. I know you have enough imagination to insert a her or a she in your thoughts where this may be appropriate.”
Umm how about they or them? By announcing this, I‘m now very aware of every “he” and “him” and it‘s already grating. 😑
pickShort and snappy guide with a nice checklist at the end on what we can do for the environment. I have become a bit obsessed but I think it can be a good thing. It‘s definitely opened my eyes to things we take for granted and I‘m beginning to realise that it‘s going to take a lot more than just recycling to make a difference.
pickJust finished listening to this so feeling inspired! I recently watched A Life on Our Planet which was devastating but optimistic. I‘ve been on the lookout for ideas on what changes to make, and this was a good starting point. I think my biggest challenge is spreading the word - I‘ve been vegan since Jan and my family haven‘t always been understanding 😕. I like the idea of being a “stubborn optimist” though! #climate #climatecrisis #vegan
bailedI feel so bad for giving up with this because McAllister is one of my favourites and I was looking forward to this. I just found it really distressing and there wasn‘t a good time in the day to read it - started it on my morning commute and it left me unsettled all day at work, then tried before bed and had a horrible dream 😩. Sorry Gillian McAllister, I just can‘t handle this yet
so-soI can‘t read too much non-fiction at once because it always saddens and frustrates me. This is a well-researched and enlightening history and commentary about the public school system in the UK. I had no idea that they were originally set up to educate the poor - it‘s quite sad to think of what they‘ve become. Giving it a so-so because it was quite dry, there was a lot to take in, and politics isn‘t really my thing BUT it was a fascinating read 👍
pickI read this after watching a video of the author on Facebook talk about the disappointment of publishing a debut just before lockdown. Noticed nobody had posted about it so I thought I‘d get the word out: it‘s good! Two people who seem like opposites - one from Liverpool UK, one from Dubai - bump into each other, clash and ... you know the drill. The audiobook was a fun listen 👍
pickOkay can I just say how much I am OBSESSED with this book??!! I don‘t want to give it back to the library! I hate that it‘s finished, I‘m actually crying 😭 . I also hate that I‘m basically done for the year because hands down this is my best book of 2020.
So much more than a pick ❤️
pickA happy selection for #nonfiction2020 😂
So I decided to join my mum in doing Veganuary and I quickly realised that I can‘t go back after January. I need to do some research but started with this which is about how to have conversations with people about veganism. Interesting read but some of the language was a bit intense. Picked as “something about a social movement”
Calling it a day 😴 I won‘t be staying up until midnight so Happy New Year everyone 🙋♀️🥳 #24B42020 #wintergames #readnosedreindeer
pickYay! Book 100 finished! Picked a special one - Beauty and the Beast is my ultimate favourite Disney film and this was so cute 😊 #wintergames #24B42020 #readnosedreindeer #impulseread
pickLoved the illustrations and I liked spotting other characters like Uncle Waldo from The Aristocats ❤️ #wintergames #readnosedreindeer #holidayread #24B42020
pickI‘ve never watched this series before but I might give it a go because this was quite funny in places! #wintergames #readnosedreindeer #24B42020 #holidayread
pickJust remembered that there are books on my Disney Life app! This was super quick 👌 #wintergames #readnosedreindeer #holidayread #24B42020
so-soNot as good as the previous two. 4 books left to go 💪! #wintergames #readnosedreindeer #24B42020 #impulseread
pickReally into this! Moving onto Vol. 3 next 😊#wintergames #readnosedreindeer not sure if I can say this was TBR because I only found these today so I‘ll go with #impulseread #24B42020
#wintergames #readnosedreindeer answers hidden below!
pickWoohoo a super quick one! Loved the pictures 😊 #wintergames #readnosedreindeer #24B2020 #impulseread
pickAnother 1 down, 6 more to go 😭 I liked the layout, it was a fun quick read and I learnt some interesting things! #wintergames #readnosedreindeer #impulseread #24B42020
so-soI needed to read 8 books before tonight to get to my 100 books goal for 2019 and just in time I found out that my library has subscribed to #rbdigital for magazines and comics! This was an #impulseread for #wintergames #readnosedreindeer
Managed 2 hours so far for #24B42020
I‘m not usually into superheroes but I went into this with an open mind and did enjoy it but the timeline did jump around a bit!
Hope these are right! Answers hidden below #wintergames #readnosedreindeer
Sneaking a bit of time to complete these games for some points before it all ends! Answers hidden below #wintergames #readnosedreindeer
Not as good as I remembered it - Bing was so manipulative! Another one ticked off the bingo card though #wintergames #readnosedreindeer
#christmasmoviebingo
I haven‘t had time to read or watch many Christmas films this weekend 😭 this one took me a few days to finish! It was nice and super cheesy #wintergames #readnosedreindeer
#cheesychristmasmoviebingo secretly royal
#hallmarkchannelbingo wise high school pal
Christmas trivia quiz about the tagged poem. Answers hidden below #wintergames #readnosedreindeer
so-soThis was pretty slow-going and in some parts just a bit rubbish! #wintergames #readnosedreindeer #winterreadsbingo new pet/addition to family #holidayread
My favourite Christmas Eve tradition is going to see my grandparents on my dad‘s side ❤️ we usually go out for a Chinese buffet on Christmas Day so my mum cooks our “traditional” Christmas dinner for Christmas Eve instead! #wintergames #readnosedreindeer #sharedholidaytradition
Found more words than I expected! All hidden below #wintergames #readnosedreindeer
265 words
I don‘t expect to see any more Christmas lights so here are the ones I‘ve spotted in my local area. I was impressed that I could tick off this many! #wintergames #readnosedreindeer
Pigs in blankets sausage rolls inspired by the tagged book! Sausagemeat and stuffing wrapped in bacon with tomato purée wrapped in puff pastry finished with a grating of cheese sprinkled on top ?
#wintergames #readnosedreindeer
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