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June Fairyloot Unboxing

On July 30, 2018July 30, 2018 By mindforbooksIn Book Box, booksLeave a comment

The June FairyLoot theme was 'Rebels in Ballgowns'. The loot: 'Corvere' Candle by Geeky Clean inspired by Nevernight by Jay Kristoff. I still have not read this series. I have two copies of Nevernight and two copies of Godsgrave and I know I'm going to like them but I'm doing that thing where I'm 'saving' …

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Italy – Day 6

On July 7, 2018July 7, 2018 By mindforbooksIn travelLeave a comment

This was our luxury day. We slept in, ate late and spent the day in a beach club spa. We ate in Libeccio which was a fabulous little mother and son enterprise. It was a wonderful  way to spend our last day in Italy. All in all we absolutely loved the south of Italy. We …

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Italy – Day 5

On July 6, 2018July 6, 2018 By mindforbooksIn travelLeave a comment

This should have been another relaxing day and I had promised that it would be but I couldn't help myself. I knew we would regret it if we didn't so we went to Capri for the day and it was a wonderful trip. We got the boat from Manori to Amalfi and then took a …

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Italy – Day 4

On July 5, 2018July 4, 2018 By mindforbooksIn travelLeave a comment

Our fourth day was a recovery day. We needed it. We spent the day on the beach and had our first glass of Prosecco at 11am. I got proper stuck into my book The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee and had little naps. We also had lunch on the beach and a fair …

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Italy – Day 3

On July 4, 2018July 6, 2018 By mindforbooksIn travelLeave a comment

This was the big day. Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius was what this trip was all about. Both have been on my bucket list since I learned about Pompeii in school and they really did not disappoint. Pompeii was as crazy busy as you would expect but very manageable.  Our guide told us it was relatively …

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A look at June

On July 3, 2018July 13, 2018 By mindforbooksIn booksLeave a comment

Not an overly productive reading month but most of what I read I really loved. I read the first three books from the The Ravenels Series by Lisa Kleypas. I had so much fun reading them and even more fun creating collages for them. Cold-Hearted Rake This is a great start to the series, Kathleen annoyed …

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Italy – Day 2

On July 3, 2018July 3, 2018 By mindforbooksIn travelLeave a comment

Me thinking I was going to be able to blog each day of my holiday is one of my more naive moments. You always think that you'll have loads of time to do stuff like this while you are relaxing on the beach or sitting on a ferry but turns out once you switch off you …

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Every year I go on a trip with some fellow book nerds that is book orientated. Usually we end up in London, last year we went a little further afield and ended up in Oxford to hear @veschwab give the Tolkien lecture and this year we are Oxford bound again. This time to attend a lecture by the amazing @marybeardofficial! . I read two books by her last year and she is just an incredible writer and I’m so excited. This book is basically two lectures she has given and they are eye opening. It’s a super short read but it packs a punch and I recommend it. . Really looking forward to visiting Oxford again. It’s just the most beautiful town. It looks exactly like you imagine it will look and this time I hope we make it to All Souls College! 😍
I’m glad I gave into the hype surrounding Skyward. I really did enjoy it. I was skeptical at first as I wasn’t loving Spensa but it all came together in the end and I loved it. One of my top reads of January. I talk about 7 of my 23 January reads on my January wrap up, posted on the blog today. Link in bio. . I was having trouble yesterday focusing on my current reads after finishing I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara but I got the audio for The Fifth Season today and listened to it at lunch and feel like I’m back on track again. Looking forward to getting home and picking it up tonight. Does anyone else ever find that sometimes the audio helps to push you along when you are in a rut with a book? . The Fifth Season is so far outstanding but very dense and I was feeling overwhelmed. Very excited about it now though. The audio is very good FYI! 💞
Really want to pick this up soon. I’ve been ‘saving’ a few @veschwab, which is something I like to do with authors I love, but I’ve 5 of hers unread so I think it’s safe to read this one. I think I’ll read this in March. . Today though I’m taking a reading break. I finished I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara this morning and well I’m shook to be honest. I had some fairly horrific nightmares about both Michelle and the case last night and I’m just feeling most fragile after it. Part memoir, part true crime I think the thing that got me was Michelle’s writing and how honest she was about her obsession to see this monster caught. She made everything so relatable and often used her own flaws to describe how much The Golden State Killer was consuming her. . So tonight I’m heading to bed early to watch Grace and Frankie and hopefully sleep nightmare free. I’m afraid this one is going to stick with me for a while though. ☹️
“Follow me, reader! Who told you that there is no true, faithful, eternal love in this world! May the liar's vile tongue be cut out! Follow me, my reader, and me alone, and I will show you such a love!” . I finished my first #TheClassic6 read of the year last week and the word I would use to describe it is 'interesting'. . To be completely honest I hadn't a clue what was going on at times but I did find it to be very entertaining. A clear theme throughout the book was censorship and that makes a lot of sense given the time period and location. It's also just bananas but the kind of bananas I like. I had very strange dreams about Satan's Ball for a few nights as well. I'm not sure I feel about them. 😂 . Worth a read!
Trying to be better about posting this month. I’ve been so bad. The plus side to the less posting is I’ve been reading more but I’m going to try and do both in February and I’m using my Owlcrate journal to help make that happen. . #TheFifthSeason by #NKJemisin is my next read. I’m very excited about it because I’ve heard so many amazing things about it. I’ve read some truly excellent books so far this year and shock of all shocks some of my favourites have been non-fiction! 😱 This is unheard of but also exciting. So far the best have been Educated by Tara Westover and Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. I’m in the middle of I’ll Be Gone in The Dark by Michelle McNamara and LOVING it. . So, any big non-fiction readers out there who can recommend some great books?
Is there anything worse than finishing a book and not having the next in the series ready to hand so you can read it right away? Finished Crazy Rich Asians and China Rich Girlfriend is currently in the post on the way but I’ll tell you where it’s not. My hands! 😂 . So I’m all of a fluster with what to read so decided to pick up The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi because Paris and I booked flights for a Paris trip on Monday so it seemed a good enough reason to pick it up. 🤷‍♀️ . Only on chapter 3 so not really sure what it’s all about yet (I didn’t read the blurb) but so far I like the writing and I’m intrigued by the world building.
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