June was a really great reading month for me. I managed to read 16 books in total, though some were definitely short reads. More importantly, I managed to find two new favourite books, and the majority of the books I read this month were 4 and 5 star reads. I have been really interested in… Continue reading June Reading Wrap Up
Author: thebookishlinguist
2020 Reading Goals 6 Month Check In
At the beginning of the year, I set a series of bookish goals for myself. I like to think I've been completing them but, like a lot of New Years' Resolutions, it's easy to write them and completely forget about them! Or rather, I'm aware of them, but they're not at the forefront of my… Continue reading 2020 Reading Goals 6 Month Check In
Monstrous Souls | Blog Tour
Title: Monstrous Souls Author: Rebecca Kelly Publisher: Agora Books Genre: Mystery / Thriller Rating: ★★★ Published: 25th June 2020 (ebook and paperback) Monstrous Souls is a dark and harrowing thriller, examining what it means to be a victim, and how the past can catch up with you when you least expect it. SPOILER LEVEL: MEDIUM… Continue reading Monstrous Souls | Blog Tour
10 Ways to Read on a Budget
Not everyone has the funds to buy all the new hardback releases they would like to, or pay full price for every book they read during a year. I know I couldn’t, and yet I am very fortunate to be in a financial position that means I can afford to buy a few books every… Continue reading 10 Ways to Read on a Budget
How Charity Book Shopping Helped My Social Anxiety
Anxiety manifests itself in many different ways. Though some people's experiences will inevitably overlap, everyone's experience of anxiety will be different. Everything in this post is simply my experience, as I fully appreciate that my experiences won't match other people's, and what works for some won't work for others. But, I do believe there is… Continue reading How Charity Book Shopping Helped My Social Anxiety
Animal Crossing Book Tag
Like a lot of people, I have become obsessed with Animal Crossing New Horizons. I bought myself a Switch and the game a couple of weeks into lockdown and I have been playing it continually ever since!! Well, not quite, but I've been playing it A LOT. More than what could be considered a healthy… Continue reading Animal Crossing Book Tag
Where the Crawdads Sing | Review
Title: Where the Crawdads Sing Author: Delia Owens Publisher: Corsair (Hachette) Genre: Contemporary / Literary Fiction, Thriller Rating: ★★★★★ SPOILER LEVEL: LOW | this review contains minor details about characters and plot elements. Isolated from the world, abandoned by everyone she once called family, young Kya is forced to grow up alone in the marshes.… Continue reading Where the Crawdads Sing | Review
All My Unread Books
Around Christmas 2019, I made an Excel spreadsheet with all the books I own but haven't read (and a separate one for all my read books), but I don't keep up with it. I thought a better method would be to write down a list of all the unread books I currently have on my… Continue reading All My Unread Books
May Reading Wrap Up
Reading in May was a bit of struggle for me. I was completing an internship from home over the month and I have to admit that I am not used to working 9-5! I've never had a job where I've had to focus solely on one thing for 8 hours at a time; usually I… Continue reading May Reading Wrap Up
10 Ways to Add Audiobooks to your Daily Routine
I was very skeptical about audiobooks when I first started bookstagram, and I still am quite picky (if I don't like the narrator's voice, I can't listen to it), but I've gone from listening to no audiobooks at all to audiobooks making up about half of my total reading over the past 6 months. I… Continue reading 10 Ways to Add Audiobooks to your Daily Routine
