It’s that time of year again and I have completed the first part of my 2021 challenge on Good Reads. Below, I’ve complied a list of the first twenty books I’ve read for the challenge, and hopefully it’ll give you some inspiration for your own to be read lists, enjoy! 1. The Selection by Keira... Continue Reading →
21 things about me for my 21st birthday
For my 21st birthday tomorrow, I decided to answer 21 questions about me from the get to know me blogger challenge for my 21st, enjoy! 🥳 Are you a morning or night person? - Night person for sure. Are you left or right handed? - Right Handed Are you a tidy or messy person? -... Continue Reading →
My Top 10 English Authors
Over 1/2 of my bookshelves are full of great American authors like Sarah J Maas, Veronica Roth or Cassandra Clare. This is why I’ve decided to compile a list of my favourite English authors from mystery to fantasy to romantic comedies. In no particular order, here are my top ten English books. 1. JK Rowling... Continue Reading →
My Top 30 Authors and Books
As my bookshelves are filled to the brim with books, and I’ve begun to re read books whilst attempting to get through my to be read pile (especially as my to buy pile gets longer), I’ve decided to compile a list of my top 30 authors and books to enjoy. If you’re in need of... Continue Reading →
Good Reads Challenge 2020: Part 3
Part 3 of my good reads challenge 2020 is here, with the final books I read to complete my reading challenge (books 81-101). I’ve had a great time challenging myself to read over 100 books this year, here’s to reading another 100 books in 2021! 81. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling... Continue Reading →
Good Reads Challenge 2020: Part 2
Here is part two of my ‘Good Reads Challenge 2020’ challenge. In my previous post, Good Reads Challenge 2020: Part 1, I listed books 1-40 that I read as part of the challenge. Below, I have listed the next forty books I read (books 41 - 80) as part of my reading challenge. 41. Ready... Continue Reading →
Good Reads Challenge 2020: Part 1
Over the past few months, I have been continuing to complete the Good Reads challenge. For my challenge, I decided to give myself the goal of reading 100 books (including hardbacks, paperbacks, Wattpad books and short stories) before 2021. So far, I have read 80 books and as I near the finish line, I wanted... Continue Reading →
‘Much Ado About Shakespeare’ – A Look At Shakespearean Collections
The British Library provides a detailed description of one of its most noted items - first edition of William Shakespeare’s collected world - The First Folio - was nine hundred pages and contained 36 of his plays. It was published on 1623, only seven years after Shakespeare died. John Heminge and Henry Condell, (friends and... Continue Reading →
The Bard And His Books
One of the greatest storytellers, Shakespeare often referenced books, stories, and reading in his plays in various different contexts. From insults and praise to monologues and metaphors; the basic concept of reading a book, and the notion of the book itself, were woven into Shakespeare’s most notable ‘bookish’ phrases, used across his tragedies, comedies and... Continue Reading →
‘Something Shakespeare This Way Comes’, the best phrases coined by Shakespeare
Although, Shakespeare did not write fictional books, he wrote ingenious intriguing plays that have been turned into academic and beautifully designed script books, that readers still enjoy in the twenty first century. In these plays (and thus script books) , Shakespeare told stories of side splitting comedy, passionate romance and tear jerking travesties. Many of... Continue Reading →