📖 Destined by Jordan Pinckney and Will Lenzen Jr. (The Blood Games #1) ⭐

During the school's two-week break for Easter, I took full advantage of my time off to read more! First, I finished reading the young-adult science-fiction Destined by Jordan Pinckney and Will Lenzen Jr, the first book in their The Blood Games Trilogy. This was one of the older review copies that was lying neglected on …

🙏 Sunday Reflection | 9th May 2021 ☔

Hello everyone and a blessed Sunday to you all. I hope this post finds you all well. A miserable first week of May has passed and now it is time to reflect on what we’ve been doing, reading and watching over that time. 💜💜💜 Life 💜💜💜 I hate to be so stereotypically British by talking …

📖 A Room With a View by E.M. Forster ⭐⭐⭐

I rounded out my March reading by making my slow but steady way through the 1908 classic A Room With a View by E.M. Forster. Having adored Forster's Howards End in the spring of 2019, it felt high time to read more and spring just seems the best season for an Edwardian classic – maybe …

📚 Top Ten Tuesday | My Ten Most Recent Reads ⏰

Hello my fellow bookworms! Today, I am taking part in this week's TTT topic, which is: My Ten Most Recent Reads. Well this is a nice easy one and a great excuse to reflect on what I have been reading, so far, this year. So here are the last ten books I have read, listed …

🙏 Sunday Reflection | My April 2021 Wrap-Up 🌼

Hello everyone and a blessed Sunday to you all. I hope this post finds you all well. A changeable April has passed and now it is time to reflect on what we've been doing, reading and watching over that time. 💜💜💜 Life 💜💜💜 April began with a much-needed two-week break, in which, due to the …

🗓 Announcing the Daphne du Maurier Reading Week 2021 📚

Greetings to you all, my fellow bookworms, on this sunny Bank Holiday weekend! Today I am pleased to share that the lovely Ali, over at Heavenali, is again hosting her brilliant Daphne du Maurier reading event on their shared birthday week: 10th-16th May 2021 🎁 All you have to do to take part is to …

📖 The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence ⭐⭐

In mid-March, I took my time to re-read and reflect on the Christian classic, The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence. I enjoyed a free Kindle edition of this contented 17th-century Carmelite monk's teachings many years ago, so with some of my birthday money this year, I treated myself to this attractive …

📚 Top Ten Tuesday | Villainous Animals from Books 🐺🐍🐅

Hello my fellow bookworms! Today, I am taking part in this week's TTT topic, which is: Animals from Books. Being a big fan of animals, particularly talking animals, in books, it was a no-brainer I would have to do this topic, but what to focus on ... 🤔 Then it came to me: animal villains! …

🙏 Sunday Reflection | 25th April 2021 🌤

Hello everyone and a blessed Sunday to you all. I hope this post finds you all well. A mixed week of weather has passed and now it is time to reflect on what we’ve been doing, reading and watching over that time. 💜💜💜 Life 💜💜💜 I am glad to say my sinuses are feeling loads …

🏛 The Classics Club | Spin Result #26 🎰

Last week, I was pleased to announce The Classic Club’s 26th Spin Event! Then on Sunday (18th April 2021) the lucky Spin number was revealed: Which means I will be reading… The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle! I am thrilled with this result, because I was hoping to read it this spring anyway. I …