Category: monthly round-up

Lockdown continues, food supplies seem to be getting back to normal and I’ve finally managed to concentrate on reading some books! I’ve been lucky enough to be able to take my exercise through bluebell woods which are a short walk from my home. I’ve seen…

Well obviously, March was the month that the world changed. We now cross the road when we see someone approaching from the opposite direction, yet still call out a cheery “Good morning!”. Scully is enjoying the social distancing from other dogs, 2 metres seems to…

February has been such a wet month, most of it has been spent indoors, lamenting the dreariness. This has meant I’ve read a big pile of books, and bought even more! I read 15 books (and one short story) totalling 4306 pages. Half of these…

After a bit of a slumpy December, I’ve had a great start to the year book-wise. I read two five star books, Crooked Kingdom and The Calculating Stars. I do find it a bit harder to write reviews of books I loved, but do expect…

Another month of pathetic blog activity has whooshed by! I barely made a dent in my planned TBR for November and mostly just listened to audiobooks. I’m so thankful I finally learned the knack of listening to stories as it means I can at least…

Last month has been my quietest blog month since I started waffling here in 2011! I’ve not been feeling that great and I think it’s impacted my enthusiasm for blogging. Then I got a cold and even missed Readathon, which was a bummer. I have…

I’m in a bit of a blogging slump these days, I haven’t even managed to post my mini reviews for the Magical Readathon which was in August… I don’t think I want to give up blogging, maybe I just need to get back into a…

Another month of lots of reading but not much reviewing. I finished my N.E.W.T.s for Magizoologist though and I’ll be posting a wrap-up with mini reviews soon as well as some more in-depth reviews later. In the meantime you can see my star ratings at…

Whilst I didn’t get the extreme temperatures many people suffered, July has been a hot old month. My parents came to visit and it’s the second year that I’ve swum in the English Channel. I guess I should be worried about climate change, but it’s…

June has been a bit of a non-month for things on the blog. Sometimes we need a bit of a break, and with work being busy, I’ve not had the mental energy to think up even vaguely thoughtful reviews. I have read some stuff, I’ll…