A blind date with a book or two

Etsy has some awesome looking blind dates with a book. So I thought I’d try them out and see what I get.

The Ultimate Recommendations Book Tag!

Firstly this tag was created by Ellyn from Allonsythornraxx. I wanted to do a book tag post. I quite enjoy them. And this one hit what I want to do more of with this blog and that’s recommend some cool books I’ve enjoyed with all of you.

If you like Laura Thalassa books then you might like these.

For those of you that have read any of Laura Thalassa books you might come across some other books that have similar feels as hers. And if you like any of these books below and have never read any of her books I highly recommend you do.

April wrap up

April was an interesting month. I read alot of books.

Dewey wrap up

It’s that time again. Dewey 24 hour readathon is one of my favourite readathon’s. The interactions you have with others online and just reading as much as you can in those hours is surprisingly the most fun. This readathon happens three times a year with a reverse one that also happens in August usually.

Anzac Day

The Easter booktag.

I have seen this all over the place and thought why not throw my hat in the bag. Plus a blog I was going to do kinda just fell to pieces. So here we are with a book tag.

Poetry book readathon

I have 3 books and another story that’s in verse to read. And seeing what month it is I figured why not read them now. So for the next 3 days I will be devouring some books.

Poetry month recommendations.

Its officially national poetry month. And I thought the best way to celebrate is to share some of my favourites. One of the things that has surprised me over the past few years of reading is my love for poetry. Especially the dark and gloomy sort, that just speaks to the heart.

CampNano plans/ A nice bush walk

Now is the start of CampNano for the month of April. And I decided to use this time to get a start on my new books first Draft.

March wrap up 📚

It’s been a minute since I posted anything. I ended up being a close contact and had to isolate for 7 days and I kinda just didn’t feel like doing anything. But new month and plenty to do. Like campnano and Dewey readathon so it should be a more productive month.

Once upon a book club North wind unboxing *Spoilers ahead*

Strong female characters in book recommendations.

Below is a list of some books I’d recommend if you are looking for some strong female protagonist and side characters.

The Women’s History Book Tag!

Wanting to continue with the women’s history month theme for March I thought what better way then a book tag. This book tag was created by Weirdzeal.

Some of my female authors

It is woman history month for March. So to celebrate I’m going to be posting a couple post promoting awesome females.

Do I Have That Other Book Challenge

The long over due second challenge. I think doing tags is a great way to get to know someone. And what they enjoy or have on their shelves. So I enjoy watching people do these on booktube. I’ve seen this one a few years back I think it  was created by Keeping Tabs and Current Chapter

February Wrap

Down below are the best books I read in Feb.

7 Day NetGalley Readathon Wrap up

Day 1 I went for a lovely beach walk before sitting down and diving into the first book. I unfortunately had to make the decision after months of trying to get into this book to just quit. The start was just to slow and I can’t sit through it. It just wasn’t what I thought

7 day NetGalley Readathon TBR

I have a couple books to read and I seem to be falling behind (but keep requesting more) so I figured I’d spend a week focusing on nothing but my NetGalley TBR. I don’t know if I’ll get to them all or even finish them all. So here the possible TBR for the week

Saturday spent reading and the out doors

This Saturday was all about relaxing. Going out to the push and finishing a good book. So below is a review of the book before we disappear by Shaun David Hutchinson.

Tea recommendations for your weekend

“Tea time is a chance to slow down, pull back and appreciate our surroundings” Letitia Baldrige

January book wrap up

January has been an interesting reading month. I’ve successfully finished 9 books and DNF a heap…so many disappointing books.

Some writing tips you see everywhere and how they work or don’t work for me.

When I decided to actually go through with writing my novel. I have been completely spammed with writing advice. And I’m going to be honest here.

📝The Writer’s Book Tag

Let’s start this with were I found it. Writer booktag. I’ve been struggling alot with motivation. Especially motivation to write. It’s not writer’s block. Because I’d love to actually write. It’s the desire to actually sit myself down and type away. So I’m trying out this whole thing about giving yourself motivation. One way is

Hamelin Bay and Augusta day tripping.

I’ve taken myself away to get back to nature. One of my favourite things to do everytime I go away is to go exploring. And this time I ticked some things off my “bucket list”. If you go in the morning or in the arvo to Hamelin bay you will get a few sting rays

2022 Jan readathon

I decided to take a good break between Christmas and New year’s. A break from social media and reading. It really helped recharge some dying batteries. But I’m back.

2022

Day 12- Christmas Traditions

Here in Perth Australia it’s always a scorching summers day. Like this year is 42 c° which is going to stuck. Especially to someone like me that hates summer. Still Christmas must go on. And here’s some things I do each year.

Day 11: Favourite Christmas movies

Keeping with a festive season post. Here are some of my favourite Christmas movies.

Day 10- my Goodreads Wrap up

As my reading year comes to an end here is how my Goodreads year went.

Day 9- Litha (Summer Solstice)

For the northern hemisphere it is Yule but here in the southern hemisphere it is Litha. It marks the longest day of the year, and is said to be a time of great joy and strength. It is a powerful time when both Mother Nature and the Sun are at their fullest. Litha symbols to

Day 8- StoryGraph wrap up

This year I gave the StoryGraph app a try out. And I have mixed feelings.

Day 7-Christmas songs

Today is clean up day (As I work all week) in time for Christmas. I have my Christmas playlist going in the back ground to get in the mood of Xmas too. So I thought I might share some of my favourites. Its such a boppy catching song I’ve played on repeat many times. This

Day 6- My 2022 Goals

I’ve been thinking alot about where I want this blog site to go. What I want to do reading wise next year. And just the idea of starting a new. It’s been a pretty depressing two years. With everything covid. And my mental health taking some hits. Deciding to start this blog. I just wanted

Day 5- Some Books I’m looking forward to reading next year

These won’t all be new releases. Just like a heads up. There are some books I’ve been meaning to get to for a while now. And I feel like next year is the time. So here’s to knocking down my TBR.

Day 4- The Festive Christmas Book Tag

I found this tag on Jenniely blog. And this was created by booktuber GirlReading.

Day 3- 12 favourite book I’ve read this year

I have, officially, as of today read 109 books. I have two more to get through, but I highly doubt they’ll knock off one of these. This is a new record for me. Four years ago I could only ever reach an end goal of 60. Then last year I some how pulled out a

Day 2- Using natural things to make Christmas decorations.

So at the end of last month I decided I wanted some natural Christmas decorations. So I went picking around my backyard and found some pretty cool things I thought could work.

Day 1- 12 days till Christmas tag

First things first. This tag was created by Lizzie loves books. To start of the 12 days till Christmas blog posts that will be coming your way. I thought this would be the best thing to do. Plus I’ve been feeling pretty unmotivated on every front. Joys of the summer heat kicking in.

Rainbow crate unboxing

This was the September box if I remember correctly. I brought it to 1)try out the box 2) because I wanted the book I knew was inside. Unfortunately for me shipping parcels to Aus became non existent so it has taken a long time to get here.

Why I decided to stop doing NaNoWrimo this round

This month I had every intention of doing Nano. I usually enjoy how competitive it makes me. It usually pushes me more. And I quite enjoy it. My whole goal was to write and have fun.

A small trip away

On Friday the 12 I drove three hours give or take to go visit one of my oldest friend. She is currently residing in Kojonup which I’ve never been to before.

A NaNoWrimo update

I’m currently 8 days into the monthly writing challenge. And so far I have failed to finish the short story I started, but I’ve added stuff to my two WIP which is nice. Today however I actually thought of throwing in the towel. But I am not a quitter so I’ll slap myself out of

Top 10 book tropes

The Halloween 🎃 BookTag

A month spent writing

NanoWrimo 2021

Top Ten Horror/Mystery/Thriller books

Dewey Readathon spooky special book wrap up

Every October Dewey I try to keep all my books in a spooky theme. From shifters, scary, dark, paranormal. It doesn’t have to be full blown horror to work. Opening Survey 1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?  Australia 🇦🇺2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward

Spooky Scary Book Tag

It wouldn’t be me if I didn’t do a booktag that’s on point with October 🎃. So here is probably one of many this month….sorry? Haha.

Babies

Arc-A-Thon

My arc list is growing steadily. I’m currently sitting on 4 from NetGalley. Two aren’t due to read till next year. But why wait. let’s get shit done. So this week I’m focusing attention on 4 arcs and hopefully October is a much better reading month then September. Where I only managed to read three

My favourite horror movies

Seeing as it is October 🎃🎃🎃 I wanted to share some of my favourite horror movies to help get in the spooky mood. I am a massive horror movie fan. It’s quickly become my go to genre to watch. And here are ones I really enjoyed.

🎂 The Birthday Book Tag 🎈

I am officially another year older, but not wiser. Here is a lovely booktag I’ve seen everywhere lately. 1 – BIRTHDAY CAKE – a book with a plot that seems cliche but you adore it anyway Guess I’ll go with the woke up as the chosen one plot. I’ve liked a couple books that have

The DNF Do Over

Every so often there is a book/series I just can’t get into and I DNF it. But something makes me go back. Whether its a few months later or years. And I end up loving it. For example the six of crows and the raven cycle. I gave up on them both with in like

The Fantasy Tropes Book Tag

Here we are with another book tag. I found this one from this blogsite Forbookssake . The creator Onespeculiar 1 – The Lost Princess – A book/series you lost interest in halfway through. Literally 5 minutes ago more or less. Paige was so annoying. It just wasn’t a good read. 2 – The Knight in

Skully

Mental Health Book Tag

I’m currently in quite a funk these past few weeks. especially today. My anxiety and depression has been kicking my butt. I’ve achieve absolutely nothing today and this tag is to just get something done. I found this tag after searching for different book tags that has something to do with self-care or mental health

🚶‍♀️10 ten bush walks 🌲🌳

So far… Because let’s be real I haven’t gone everywhere and I’ll be going to more places ☺️ but here is a top ten ‘bush’ I’d recommend that I really enjoyed. And are some of my favourite places to go to

The Spring Has Sprung Book Tag

It’s September, spring time has begun over here In Aus. And it’s my favourite season. All the beautiful wildflowers are out. The weather is all over the place haha. And my birthday is coming up.

Spring reads

🌧️August Wrap Up🌧️

Another month down. Another pile of books read. I have read 8 books and finished three Readathons. Here are the best books I’ve read in the month of August.

Lakesedge Review

A beautiful gothic fantasy that screams beauty and the Beast retelling. Which isn’t a bad thing.

Bookish Questions

http://aminoapps.com/p/0421xc.                        I found this on the link above. I’m currently avoiding life problems. I’m doing it the right way yes? 1. Which book do you think deserves an adaption? I’m mean there are a few. But, I feel like this series would be alot of fun to watch as a tv show. And its light

The Royal Readathon Wrap up

1st to 31st August Gus Gus – A cheesy book. Hei Hei – A book with comedy in it. Two birds with one stone. (Also knocking off a prompt for another readathon. I finished this in one sitting on the 1st of August It was a fun quick read. (I say even though I spent

Book vs Book

Another day, another Tag. I don’t usually post this much close together. But, I’m currently away from my day to day life. House sitting and treating it like a great holiday to edit my book. Get as much as I can done. Right now I’m just a tad bored and restless. So here is a

Gardens

The Blogger Tag

This isn’t something I usually put on here. But I thought it might be good to share something’s about me and what not. I found this here ↘️↙️ https://stephsworld.com/the-blogger-tag/.        Question 1: How tall are you? I actually have no idea haha. I am over 5.3 I’m pretty sure. But again I can’t for the life

Top Ten Retellings

The top ten retellings I have read so far. If there is one thing I love the most it’s a good retelling of a much loved story. Down below is my personal top ten. If you have some recommendations please do comment and let me know. 10 Apparently this is a swamp thing retelling. This

The Merlin Readathon wrap up

1st to 15th of August I finished the first prompt on the first day. A Book with green on the cover. It was a fun quick read. (I say even though I spent all day reading it). I have to admit to I completely forgot what the Queer Principles of Kit Webb was even about.

Dewey reverse readathon

8am Saturday to 8am Sunday Today I started Dewey at 9:45 am. The whole goal and plan today is to take this readathon easy, mix self-care and reading. I want to finish one book and hopefully start another. Making the Merlin Readathon finish early. So the first book today is a reread of a book

Best books I read in July.

It’s hit that time again. I had a decent month of reading. Got out of my comfort zone and was pleasantly surprised. Found a new. Favourite book. Finished a beloved series and found a nice book of poetry. Next month I’m going to be participating in two Readathons. The Merlin Readathon and The Royal Readathon.

Jarrahdale

Coming home

As a kid, I spent alot of time camping as t Dwellingup. And everytime I get back there I feel like it’s a home coming. It’s nice to get out there after months of being out in the city life. To have a dip in the freezing cold to make you feel alive. The fresh

Beach adventures

Last minute 24 hour Readathon

It’s 10am on a cold wet Saturday. So what better way to spend it then to devour a few books. I’m going to write this as it happens. Enjoy 😊 The first book of the readathon is a book I’ve already been reading I’m currently 33% in and enjoying it so far. I finished reading

Flash Fire Review

First of all I wanted to just state that I received a early copy of this from NetGalley for an honest review. 🌟🌟🌟🌟/5 This is the sequel to Extraordinaries by TJ Klune. If for some reason you haven’t read the first one then I suggest walking away from this review as their will be spoilers

Top Ten Classics

In this blog I’ll be telling you my top ten classic reads. Some of these are short stories. Some are full novels.                                                    . These are my top ten classic reads (so far)        and let’s just say I have a love hate relationship with classic stories. Some I absolutely loath while others a quite enjoyed. Feel free

June wrap up 2021

This year I decided I would no longer talk about the books I didn’t enjoy (especially in monthly wrap ups) that way I can promote the books I love and spend the energy on them. So below is the best books I read in the month of June. I don’t know why I put this

My top 10 favourite book covers on my shelf.

When I started this blog. I always had the idea in mind to go through my top ten. Whether it’s top 10 places to hike, top 10 classics to read. Etc. Each month going forward I want to dedicate a blog to a top 10. So to start this off I thought I’d go with

Rainy days

Favourite witchy books I’ve read so far 🧙‍♀️

I am a solitary Green witch. (Baby witch) so I’ve relied on what I can find on the internet, books and myself. There are so many wonderful books to find and check out if you are just starting out. Or maybe want some more ideas. Here are the books I think are the stand outs

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The Mid-Year-Freakout Tag

This tag was originally created by Chami I literally can’t believe it’s June already. We are already 6 months in to this crazy year. I’ve decided to have some fun and do this mid year tag as a way to see how I’m doing. And it’s a great way to recap the year so far. Best

Bear Boy Review

Bear Boy by Justin Baker & Jane Goodall Out 22 of June 2021 Justin is a typical teenager, dodging school bullies and waging an endless war with his parents. But when he discovers Ursula and Brutus-two sibling black bears being kept in horrific conditions at a nearby zoo-his life begins to change. He finds a

Do I Have That Book Challenge part 1

Do I Have That Book Challenge part 1 I thought the best way to get to know my taste in books and a great opener for this site would be to do this challenge. i may end up doing the other two I have seen floating around. I’m not sure who started this challenge. I do