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Spotify Book Tag | created by Book Hooked Nook
Earlier this year Sarah from Book Hooked Nook created the Spotify Book Tag that mixes your favourite Spotify playlists and books all in one. I was tagged by the lovely Northern Plunder and I have been pretty excited to do this – I love bookish music 🙂 I think there may be a post about all the bookish playlists I’ve collected along the way in my future! Rules Answer the 10 prompts Link back to the original post as credit Tag some friends to join in Hit Rewind: A book you go back to again and again? I reread Harry Potter regularly! But I can also see me rereading the…
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30 Interesting Questions Tag
Happy September! I can’t decide if I’m happy or sad that the year seems to be flying by. I was tagged by the wonderful Liz to do this tag – sorry it took me so long…! Anyway, I hope you all enjoy it! 1. What are your nicknames? What do you prefer to be called? Nikki is technically a nickname, but it’s always been what my parents called me. I went by Nicole (my full name) at work for a while but I’ve given up on that too haha. 2. How often do you doodle? What do your doodles look like? I am not a massive doodler. I can craft,…
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What to expect from YALC 2019 – hints and tips, TBRs, queuing and more!
This will be my fourth YALC, so I thought I’d share some bits and pieces from my experiences 🙂 The first year, I went on the Sunday because a friend of mine, Casey Obsidian, had a book for sale there. I wanted to go and say hi, plus the event sounded interesting. While there, I met the girls from Book Box Club, right before they launched, and picked up a leaflet for the box. I was new to the bookish community (despite being a bookworm my whole life) and thought it sounded great. I’ve never looked back. Through that community, I have met my people. My sisters in arms. I…
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300+ blog follows!
As you will know if you have been following me a while, I rarely post chatty posts! I’m all about trying to keep on top of my book reviews and unboxings hehe! And it’s a book blog, so I hope that you do like seeing so many reviews 😉 But I hit 300 followers recently and I am blown away. I love you all! I feel very lucky to have found a little part of the internet to talk rubbish on. 😀 So I thought I’d do an AMA (ask me anything… within reason!) post on my blog as I want to interact with you all a little. Tell me…
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World Book Day – Top 5 Childhood Reads #WBDwithUKYA
Hi guys! I am part of this awesome blog community celebrating World Book Day – I grew up loving books and reading, and I am definitely in favour of WBD getting kids to love it too. 🙂 I’m doing this in two ways – my top 5 reads from when I was younger, but also some mentions that I think would make the cut if I were young now! If you’re interested in reading the other blogs celebrating – they’re listed below. I can’t wait to read all of them! Jaz at Travels in Fiction has just posted hers, and Amy at Little Booknerds in the Corner is up next!…
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My best reads of 2018
I read A LOT in 2018, and I loved a great many of the books I read. Others, less so, but luckily for you this post isn’t about those! I love reading about everyone’s favourite books, and I love talking about mine, so I figured this was the perfect opportunity. I’m separating this into sections: Middle Grade, Fantasy YA, Sci Fi YA, and Contemporary YA. And yes, this list is as narrowed down as I could get it! Not all of them have blog posts up yet, but where they do, I have included links. Have you read any of these? What did you think? Middle Grade Pages & Co…
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August Book Haul
So I was determined not to buy any books in August except my boxes. And for the most part I was good…. except for how I wasn’t! I *accidentally* went into Waterstones and got three books (though all on stamps and points mwahahaha free books!). Then I was *forced* to order one on amazon to finish a series and it was £6 or two for £7 so… It really wasn’t my fault there. Honest. Then I claimed a bunch of Moon’s books when she did an unhaul. lol. And went into waterstones again. All in all, I basically got a lot of books! Hehehehe. Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu Secrets of…
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July Book Haul
I am separating this months post into two lots – pre and post YALC! So before YALC I got: Tarnished City by Vic James Bright Ruin by Vic James (kindly sent to me by the publisher) Beautiful Broken Things by Sara Barnard Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson (birthday present from the lovely Maja) Jade City by Fonda Lee Marked by Benedict Jacka Nyxia Unleashed by Scott Reingten Heart of Thorns by Bree Barton Lifel1k3 by Jay Kristoff Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers Not too awful (or too good, lol) considering mostly YALC books or pre orders. Plus fairyloot and a birthday two book splurge and…
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The (Birthday) Cake Book Tag
I stole this tag from Angela at Pooled Ink Reviews, who did it for her birthday, and I thought that was a lovely idea! Today I turn 34. Sometimes I feel like an old lady in this community, but honestly I mostly don’t – we all enjoy the same things after all! CHOCOLATE CAKE a dark book you absolutely love This Savage Song was the darkest book I can think of that I loved! It’s just so unlike anything I’ve ever read, and all the characters have dark elements. I can’t recommend it enough. VANILLA CAKE a light read Okay, so technically, Piglettes is not that light a read as it…
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June Book Haul
I had a mid-month bookcident. And then an end of month splurge. Guys, I seriously cannot be trusted with money. On the plus side I did manage to limit it to books I want to read for YALC. And monetarily, it was only 6 new books that I didn’t know I was going to buy, which isn’t dreadful. I suppose… :/ My haul was: Exile by S M Wilson (pre ordered) A Thousand Perfect Notes by C G Drew (May Illumicrate) Ascension by Victor Dixon (won in a insta comp, and it’s signed! <3) Light Years by Kass Morgan ARC (May Illumicrate) The Last of the Firedrakes by Farah Oomerbhoy…