There’s a great deal to be said about the power of routine. By creating the right ones and making them stick, you can make significant progress toward your personal goals. If your routine involves going for a run every evening, then you can be fairly sure that your 5k time will improve faster than if…
I know that I’m still working back through my mini book reviews (see the most recent batch of mini reviews here), but with the 2026 reading goals I made at the beginning of this year, I’ve been thinking about how to make myself more accountable. Since picking up this blog again (and turning it into…
This was a brilliant, twisty narrative that had me absolutely hooked – it feels like just the tip of the iceberg of a series that will capture imaginations. Wicked Onyx by Debbie Cassidy is now available to buy, click below! Anamaya once came from a powerful bloodline, but her family have been stripped of their…
(For when you just can’t start yet another series!) There’s something magical about a standalone fantasy book. Don’t get me wrong: I adore a long series. I’ve spent whole eras of my life immersed in worlds like A Court of Thorns and Roses, Throne of Glass, and Crowns of Nyaxia. I’m currently reading the Zodiac Universe, and honestly, it’s a…
If you’re a book lover visiting the historic city of York, you’re in for a real treat. York is my home city – I live about 30 mins away from the centre, and I’ve always loved the hidden gems you can find there (not just books, all sorts!). Whether you’re searching for second-hand books, new books, rare books, children’s books, or just your next…
Earlier this year I published a post featuring 5 new romantasy books that you need to read in 2025. This list was made up of romantic fantasy books that I’d read that launched in early 2025. Today I’m sharing a similar list, but this time it’s the ultimate list of what I believe are the best…
Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas – 8/10 I’ve got to be honest, the Throne of Glass series is still not winning for me – sorry! Getting through this one was a bit of a slog, although I do accept that I may be on a little bit of the infamous Onyx Storm hangover…
So apparently this has become a book blog lately, and I don’t have an issue with that whatsoever. Let’s keep going with it! As I’ve said recently, I’ve got back into reading ARCs on Netgalley again, and am working through the backlog that accumulated after Emmy was born. I’m not doing too badly, but my…
The baby booties in these photos are a gifted sample from a client at work. We’re into the middle of autumn and it seems to have come very suddenly this year. I think it’s because we had a sunny holiday at the end of September in Italy (although it was pretty rainy!), which is when…
1st October marked Emmy’s 7 month birthday, and I can’t quite believe it! I feel like every month feels stranger and stranger – while I was pregnant, I imagined having a tiny baby, and I imagined the toddler, child and teenager she would grow up to be, but for some reason, my brain skipped the…
Wow, life with a baby has really been getting on top of me these last few weeks – these photos are nearly a month old but feel like I took them just last week! Emmy’s got a whole lot more demanding in the past few weeks, as in, her naps started being only 28 minutes…
Continuing my exploring North Yorkshire with a baby in tow series, last week Emmy and I decided a trip to nearby Fountains Abbey was in order. Well, we’d actually decided that we’d go to Beningbrough Hall but it wasn’t until we sat in the car and put the directions into the Sat Nav (yes, it…
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