Author Interviews
(In ascending order of author’s surname)
Q&A with Cara Sue Achterberg (author of Girls’ Weekend) 3 May 2016
Q&A with Sylvia Ashby (author of The Treachery of Trains) 23 May 2016
Q&A with Emily Benet about Social Media and paperback release of #PleaseRetweet (Nov 2015)
Q&A with Sheryl Browne (author of The Rest of My Life) 5 May 2016
Author Interview with Janet Ellis (1 Mar 2016)
Author Interview with Kathryn Freeman (5 Jan 2016)
Author Interview with Jennifer Gilmour (Isolation Junction) (18 Apr 2017)
Author Interview with Cat Hogan #TheyAllFallDown (Aug 2016)
Author interview with Caroline James (24 Mar 2016)
Author Interview with Kay Langdale (The Comfort of Others) (24 April 2017)
Author Interview and Book Review of Ghostbird by Carol Lovekin (Review 21 Mar 2016)
Author Interview with Jannie Lund (author of Vintage Dreams) (1 April 2016)
Blog tour Q&A with Siobhan MacDonald (author of Twisted River) (24 April 2016)
Q&A with Sherry Mayes, author of Stop the World (11 Apr 2016)
Q&A with Holly Martin about Christmas (Oct 2015)
Q&A with Clare Morrall (plus my review of When the Floods Came) (Dec 2016)
Q&A with Kayte Nunn (author of Rose’s Vintage) plus giveaway (18 April 2016)
Q&A with Andy Owen (author of East of Coker) (Author Interview 14 Mar 2016)
Q&A with Lynda Renham about A Christmas Romance (Nov 2015)
Q&A with Deborah Rogers (author of The Devil’s Wire) (2 May 2016)
Q&A with Mike Russell (author of Nothing is Strange) (21 April 2016)
Q&A with Wendy Walker, author of All is Not Forgotten (July 2016)
Q&A with Greg Cope White (author of The Pink Marine) (29 April 2016)
Featured Guest Posts
(in date order – newest to oldest)
Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Samantha Henthorn! Author of #CurmudgeonAvenue (Apr 2019)
Kate Vane shares her thoughts on memory (Jun 2018)
Mimi Thebo writes of the accident, PTSD and recovery that inspired her novel Hospital High (Oct 2017)
Find out what author Emily Benet’s ideal Hen Party would be like! (Jun 2017
Kate Vane on choosing the title for her new novel The Former Chief Executive
Lynda Renham on Changing Genre for her New Novel, Remember Me (4 Apr 2017)
Standing Up For the Voiceless by Mark Stewart (30 Mar 2017)
Crime Series or Standalone Novel? A Guest Post by Chris Curran #HerTurntoCry (July 2016)
Blog Tour | The #JoyceGirl and Mental Health by Annabel Albs #GuestPost (June 2016)
Miranda Dickinson’s Top 5 Songs and Searching for a Silver Lining #BlogTour (Nov 2016)
Quirky Guest Post Marathan | Exorcising the Furniture by Virginia King (29 May 2016)
Guest Post by Sue Fortin for The Girl Who Lied Blog Tour (19 May 2016)
The Lad Lit Blog Tour | Guest Post by Steven Scaffardi (7 May 2016)
Guest post by Sandra Nikolai (author of Fatal Whispers) (27 April 2016)
Guest post by Heidi Perks on marketing her debut novel, Beneath the Surface (22 April 2016)
Guest post by Rosy Stewart (author of Hope : Stories from a Women’s Refuge) (16 April 2016)
Guest post by Elle Turner, Author of Tapestry (4 Mar 2016)
Bella’s Christmas Bake Off by Sue Watson (Guest Post, Extract and Int Giveaway) (Oct 2015)
Book Extracts
(in date order – newest to oldest)
Corrupted by Simon Michael | Extract | Urbane Extravaganza! (Dec 2018)
Bad Sister by Sam Carrington (Oct 2017)
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke (Oct 2017)
Blog Posts
(in date order – newest to oldest)
My 20 Books of Summer TBR 2020 (May 2020)
Stacking the Shelves (Birthday Book Haul) (15 Feb 2020)
My 2019 Reading Stats (Jan 2020)
My Top 10 NonFiction Books of 2019 (Jan 2020)
My Top 20 Favourite Novels of 2019 (Jan 2020)
My Favourite Novels of 2019: Counting down from 40 to 21! (Dec 2019)
Reading Bingo (Dec 2019)
Christmas Book Recommendations (Dec 2019)
NonFiction November Wrap-Up Post & Mini Reviews (Dec 2019)
NonFiction November: Books I’ve Added to my TBR (Nov 2019)
My Favourite NonFiction Books (Nov 2019)
NonFiction November: Become the Expert… On Gender (Nov 2019)
If You Like That, You’ll Love This: Fiction & NonFiction Book Pairings (Nov 2019)
My Year in Non-Fiction 2019 (Oct 2019)
My Non-Fiction November 2019 TBR (Oct 2019)
My 20 Books of Summer Wrap-Up (Sep 2019)
Best Books Read in 2019… So Far! (Jul 2019)
My Half-Year Reading Stats and Reflections (Jul 2019)
20 Books of Summer TBR (May 2019)
Music Monday: In My Life by The Beatles (Jan 2019)
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up and how the #konmari method changed my life! (Jan 2019)
2018 Reading Reflections, Statistics and Plans for Tackling My TBR in 2019! (Jan 2019)
Book Bingo 2018 (Jan 2019)
My Favourite Non-Fiction Read in 2018 (Jan 2019)
My Favourite Novels Read in 2018 (Jan 2019)
My Christmas Book Haul 2018 (Dec 2018)
Non-Fiction November Wrap-Up 2018 (Dec 2018)
My Non-Fiction November TBR 2018 (Nov 2018)
My TBR for the 20 Books of Summer Challenge (May 2018)
My Birthday Book Haul 2018 (Feb 2018)
My Christmas Book Haul 2017 (Jan 2018)
Reading Bingo 2017 (Jan 2018)
2017 Reading Reflections, Bookish Plans for 2018 & The State of my TBR! (Jan 2018)
My Favourite Non-Fiction Read in 2017 (Jan 2018)
My Favourite Novels Read in 2017 (Jan 2018)
My Non-Fiction November TBR (Nov 2017)
My 20 Books of Summer TBR! (May 2017)
My Birthday Book Haul (Feb 2017)
2017 Reading Plans and The State of My TBR (Jan 2017)
My Reading Bingo Results from 2016 (Jan 2017)
My Christmas Book Haul 2016 (Jan 2017)
My Top Ten Non-Fiction Reads 2016 (Jan 2017)
My Top Ten Fiction Reads 2016 (Jan 2017)
Re-Blog the vote page for the Bloggers Bash Awards (I’m nominated for Best Book Review Blog)
Blog Makeover announcement post (30 April 2016)
Winner of Rose’s Vintage by Kayte Nunn ebook giveaway announced (26 April 2016)
Blog Post: Addicted to Blogging – my 200th post in 200ish days (18 April 2016)
Winner announcement for The One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood (14 April 2016)
Blog Post: Keeping Books for ‘Best’! (28 March 2016)
Birthday Book Haul (Blog Post Jan 2016)
Taking a Short Break (Blog Post 16 Jan 2016)
My Most Anticipated pre-2016 books to read in 2016 (3 Jan 2016)
My Most Anticipated New Releases of 2016 (1 Jan 2016)
Year in Review 2015 (31 Dec 2015)
Top Ten Books of 2015 (31 Dec 2015)
Christmas Book Recommendations (Dec 2015)
Books About Grief: A List I Made on Riffle (Oct 2015)
National Poetry Day (Oct 2015)
New Net Galley Badge (Oct 2015)
Bookish Memories: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (20 October 2015) (My book meme)
Bookish Memories: How My Love of Reading Began (2nd October 2015) (My book meme)
Bookish Memories (My book meme) (Sept 2015)
My Very First Blog Post (Aug 2015)
Book Tags / Challenges
(in date order – newest to oldest)
The Audio Book Tag (Jun 2019)
New Year Book Tag (Jan 2019)
3 Quotes Challenge Plus a Bookish Memory – The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
3 Quotes Challenge Plus a Bookish Memory – Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
3 Quotes Challenge Plus a Bookish Memory – After You’d Gone by Maggie O’Farrell
The A – Z of Books Tag (Book Meme) (Book Tag) (13 May 2016)
The TBR Book Tag (Book Meme) (Book Tag) (Nov 2015)
Reading Habits Book Tag (Book Tag Nov 2015)
Reader Problems Tag (Book Tag Oct 2015)
Cover Reveal / Promo Posts
(in date order – newest to oldest)
When Stars Will Shine by Emma Mitchell (Cover Reveal & Promo Post Oct 2019)
Wonder Cruise by Ursula Bloom (Promo Post 15 April 2016)
Cover Reveal for The Joyce Girl by Annabel Abbs (17 Mar 2016)
Out of the Darkness Giveaway Winner Announcement post (Nov 2015)
The Revenge by Holly Martin (Cover Reveal Nov 2015)
The Lost Girl by Liz Harris (Promo Post & Giveaway Nov 2015)
Promo post & Competition from Linn B Halton (Nov 2015)
The Little Bookshop on the Seine by Rebecca Raisin (Excerpt Oct 2015)
The Little Bookshop on the Seine by Rebecca Raisin (Cover Reveal 2015)
Bookouture Christmas Giveaway Winners Announcement (Oct 2015)
Bookouture Christmas Giveaway Page (Oct 2015)
Bookouture Christmas Week (Intro post) (Oct 2015)
WWW Wednesdays Posts
(order of newest to oldest)
WWW Wednesdays (6 May 2020)
This Week in Books (5 Jun 2019)
This Week in Books (29 May 2019)
This Week in Books (22 May 2019)
This Week in Books (15 May 2019)
This Week in Books (8 May 2019)
This Week in Books (24 Apr 2019)
This Week in Books (17 Apr 2019)
This Week in Books (10 Apr 2019)
This Week in Books (27 Mar 2019)
This Week in Books (20 Mar 2019)
This Week in Books (13 Mar 2019)
This Week in Books (6 Mar 2019)
This Week in Books (27 Feb 2019)
This Week in Books (20 Feb 2019)
This Week in Books (13 Feb 2019)
This Week in Books 6 Feb 2019)
This Week in Books (30 Jan 2019)
This Week in Books (23 Jan 2019)
This Week in Books (16 Jan 2019)
This Week in Books (9 Jan 2019)
This Week in Books (19 Dec 2018)
This Week in Books (12 Dec 2018)
This Week in Books (5 Dec 2018)
This Week in Books (28 Nov 2018)
This Week in Books (21 Nov 2018)
This Week in Books (14 Nov 2018)
This Week in Books (7 Nov 2018)
This Week in Books (5 Sep 2018)
This Week in Books (1 Aug 2018)
This Week in Books (18 Jul 2018)
This Week in Books (11 Jul 2018)
This Week in Books (4 Jul 2018)
This Week in Books (27 Jun 2018)
This Week in Books (20 Jun 2018)
This Week in Books (13 Jun 2018)
WWW Wednesday (22 November 2017)
WWW Wednesday (15 November 2017)
WWW Wednesday (8 November 2017)
WWW Wednesday (1 November 2017)
WWW Wednesday (25 October 2017)
WWW Wednesday (18 October 2017)
WWW Wednesday (19 Apr 2017) (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday (12 Apr 2017) (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday (5 Apr 2017) (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday (29 Mar) (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday (22 Mar 2017) (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday (15 Mar 2017) (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 8 Mar 2017 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 1 Mar 2017 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 22 Feb 2017 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 15 Feb 2017 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 8 Feb 2017 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 1 Feb 2017 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 25 Jan 2017 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 18 Jan 2017 (book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 11 Jan 2017 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 27 July (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 25 May (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 18 May (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 11 May 2016 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 4 May 2016 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 27 April 2016 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 20 April 2016 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 13 April 2016 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 6 April 2016 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 30 March 2016 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 23 March 2016 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 16 March 2016 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 9 March 2016 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 2 March 2016 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 17 February 2016 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 13 January 2016 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 6th January 2016 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 23rd December 2015 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 2nd December 2015 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 25th November 2015 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 18th November 2015 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 11th November 2015 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 4th November 2015 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 28 October 2015 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 21 October 2015 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 14th October 2015 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 7th October 2015 (Book Meme)
WWW Wednesday 30th September 2015 (Book Meme)
Top Ten Tuesday
(order of newest to oldest)
Top Ten Tuesday: 2015 Releases I Meant to Read (12 Jan 2016)
Book Hauls & Stacking the Shelves Posts
(order of newest to oldest)
Stacking the Shelves (20 Jun 2020)
Stacking the Shelves (13 Jun 2020)
Stacking the Shelves (6 Jun 2020)
Stacking the Shelves (30 May 2020)
Stacking the Shelves (23 May 2020)
Stacking the Shelves (16 May 2020)
Stacking the Shelves (9 May 2020)
Stacking the Shelves (2 May 2020)
Stacking the Shelves (Birthday Book Haul) (15 Feb 2020)
Stacking the Shelves (25 Jan 2020)
Stacking the Shelves (18 Jan 2020)
Stacking the Shelves (11 Jan 2020)
Stacking the Shelves (4 Jan 2020)
Stacking the Shelves (28 Dec 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (7 Dec 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (30 Nov 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (23 Nov 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (16 Nov 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (9 Nov 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (2 Nov 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (26 Oct 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (20 Jul 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (13 Jul 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (6 Jul 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (29 Jun 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (22 Jun 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (15 Jun 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (8 Jun 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (25 May 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (18 May 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (11 May 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (13 Apr 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (30 Mar 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (23 Mar 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (16 Mar 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (9 Mar 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (2 Mar 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (23 Feb 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (16 Feb 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (2 Feb 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (26 Jan 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (19 Jan 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (12 Jan 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (5 Jan 2019)
Stacking the Shelves (25 Aug 2018)
Stacking the Shelves (4 Aug 2018)
Stacking the Shelves (28 Jul 2018)
Stacking the Shelves (21 Jul 2018)
Stacking the Shelves (14 Jul 2018)
Stacking the Shelves (30 Jun 2018)
Stacking the Shelves (23 Jun 2018)
Stacking the Shelves (16 Jun 2018)
Stacking the Shelves 2 Jun 2018)
Stacking the Shelves (27 Jan 2018)
Stacking the Shelves (20 Jan 2018)
Stacking the Shelves (15 July 2017)
Stacking the Shelves (8 July 2017)
Stacking the Shelves (1 July 2017)
Stacking the Shelves (24 June 2017)
Stacking the Shelves (17 June 2017)
Stacking the Shelves (10 June 2017)
Stacking the Shelves (3 June 2017)
Stacking the Shelves (27 May 2017)
Stacking the Shelves (20 May 2017)
Stacking the Shelves (13 May 2017)
Stacking the Shelves (6 May 2017)
Stacking the Shelves (29 April 2017)
Stacking the Shelves (22 Apr 2017) (Book Meme)
Stacking the Shelves (15 Apr 2017) (Book Meme)
Stacking the Shelves (8 April) (Book Meme)
Stacking the Shelves (1 Apr 2017) (Book Meme)
Stacking the Shelves (25 Mar) (Book Meme)
Stacking the Shelves (18 Mar 2017) (Book Meme)
Stacking the Shelves (11 Mar 2017) (Book Meme)
Stacking the Shelves (4 Mar 2017) (Book Meme)
Stacking the Shelves (25 Feb 2017) (Book Meme)
Stacking the Shelves (18 Feb 2017) (Book Meme)
Stacking the Shelves (11 Feb 2017) (Book Meme)
Stacking the Shelves (4 Feb 2017) (Book Meme)
Stacking the Shelves (28 Jan 2017) (Book Meme)
Stacking the Shelves (21 Jan 2017) (Book Meme)
Stacking the Shelves (14 Jan 2017) (Book Meme)
Stacking the Shelves (7 Jan 2017) (Book Meme)
Stacking the Shelves (21 May 2016) (Book Meme)
Stacking the Shelves (14 May 2016) (Book Meme)
Stacking the Shelves (7 May 2016) (Book Meme)
Stacking the Shelves (30 April 2016) (Book Meme)
Stacking the Shelves (23 April 2016) (Book Meme)
Stacking the Shelves (16 April 2016) (Book Meme)
Stacking the Shelves (9 April 2016) (Book Meme)
Stacking the Shelves (2 April 2016) (Book Meme)
Stacking the Shelves (26 March 2016) (Book Meme)
Stacking the Shelves (19 March 2016) (Book Meme)
Stacking the Shelves (12 March 2016) (Book Meme)
Stacking the Shelves (5 March 2016) (Book Meme)
Book Beginnings
(order of newest to oldest)
Book Beginnings 27 May 2016: With Malice by Eileen Cook
Book Beginnings 20 May 2016: The Trap by Melanie Raabe
Book Beginnings 8 January 2016: The Raging Light by Estelle Laure (Book Meme)
Book Beginnings 27th November 2015: The Marble Collector by Cecelia Ahern (Book Meme)
Book Beginnings 20th November 2015: The Things We Keep by Sally Hepworth (Book Meme)
Book Beginnings 13th November 2015: In Real Life by Jessica Love (Book Meme)
Book Beginnings 6th November 2015: Every Fifteen Minutes by Lisa Scottoline (Book Meme)
Book Beginnings 30th October 2015: The Day of Second Chances by Julie Cohen (Book Meme)
Book Beginnings 23rd October 2015: How to be Brave by Louise Beech (Book Meme)
Book Beginnings 16th October 2015: How to be Brave by E. Katherine Kottaras (Book Meme)
Book Beginnings 9th October 2015: 13 Minutes by Sarah Pinborough (Book Meme)
Book Beginnings 2nd October 2015: Pretending to Dance by Diane Chamberlain (Book Meme)
Monthly Wrap-Up Posts
(in order of newest to oldest)
Monthly Wrap-Up: February 2019
Monthly Wrap-Up: May 2017 (Wrap-Up Post)
Monthly Wrap-Up: April 2017 (Wrap-Up Post)
Monthly Wrap-Up: March 2017 ( Wrap-Up Post)
Monthly Wrap-Up: February 2017 (Wrap-Up Post)
Monthly Wrap-Up: January Reads 2017 (Wrap-Up Post)
Monthly Wrap-Up: April Reads 2016 (Wrap-Up Post)
Monthly Wrap-Up: March Reads 2016 (Wrap-Up Post)
Monthly Wrap-Up: February Reads 2016 (Wrap-Up Post)
Monthly-Wrap-Up: November Reads 2015 (Wrap Up Post)
Monthly Wrap-Up: October Reads 2015 (Wrap Up Post)
Monthly Wrap Up: September Reads 2015 (Wrap Up Post)
Monthly Wrap Up: August Reads 2015 (Wrap Up Post)
Weekly Wrap-Up Posts
(in order of newest to oldest)
Weekly Wrap-Up (19 November 2017)
Weekly Wrap-Up (12 November 2017)
Weekly Wrap-Up (5 November 2017)
Weekly Wrap-Up (29 October 2017)
Weekly Wrap-Up (22 October 2017)
Weekly Wrap-Up (15 October 2017)
Weekly Wrap-Up (30 April 2017) (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up (23 Apr 2017) (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up (16 Apr 2017) (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up (9 Apr 2017) (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up (2 Apr 2017) (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up (26 Mar 2017) (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up (19 Mar 2017) (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up (12 Mar 2017) (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up (5 Mar 2017) (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up (26 Feb 2017) (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up (19 Feb 2017) (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up (12 Feb 2017) (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up (5 Feb 2017) (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up (29 Jan 2017) (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up (22 Jan 2017) (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up (15 Jan 2017) (Book Meme
Weekly Wrap-Up (8 Jan 2017) (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up (22 May) (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up (15 May) (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up (8 May) (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up (1 May) (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up (24 April) (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up (17 April) (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up (10 April 2016) (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up (3 April 2016) (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up (27 March 2016) (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up (20 March 2016) (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up (13 March 2016) (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up (6 March 2016) (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up and Stacking the Shelves 20th February 2016 (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up and Stacking the Shelves 9th January 2016 (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up and Stacking the Shelves 2nd January 2016 (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up and Stacking the Shelves 19th December 2015 (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap-Up and Stacking the Shelves 5th December 2015(Book Meme)
Weekly Weekly Wrap-Up and Stacking the Shelves 28th November 2015 (Book Meme)
Wrap Up and Stacking the Shelves 21st November 2015 (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap Up and Stacking the Shelves 14th November 2015 (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap Up and Stacking the Shelves 7th November 2015 (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap Up and Stacking the Shelves 31st October 2015 (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap Up and Stacking the Shelves 24th October 2015 (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap Up and Stacking the Shelves 17th October 2015 (Book Meme)
Weekly Wrap Up and Stacking the Shelves 11th October 2015 (Book Meme)
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