Tag Archives: Reading

April 2024 round up

It feels like ages since I wrote the February round up – but we are over a week into April I suppose. What I read What I have read: Five Go to Billycock Hill Witches & Words (Library Witch Mystery … Continue reading

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March 2024 round up

It feels like ages since I wrote the February round up – but we are over a week into April I suppose. What I read What I have read: How to Date Your Dragon (Mystic Bayou #1) – Molly Harper … Continue reading

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February 2024 round up

  What I have read I felt like I had a slow start to reading in February – and I definitely did a lot of listening to old favourites. But then I must have read a lot as I ended … Continue reading

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January 2024 round up

The first round up of 2024 already. January seems to have simultaneously dragged and rushed by! What I have read I read quite a bit this month, and finished on 12/100. When I wasn’t well I did some comfort listening … Continue reading

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My 2023 in books and Blyton

This is my fifth full-year round up, so I think you’ll know what to expect from it. I’ve seen a lot of debate online recently about reading goals – many people can’t understand why anyone would make a goal as … Continue reading

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December 2023 round up

We are a whole week into January so it is definitely time for me to jot down what I got up to in December. Naturally this will be rather Christmas-heavy. What I have read I embraced the Christmas romance novel … Continue reading

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November 2023 round up

It’s December so it’s time for me to write up what I did in the penultimate month of 2023. What I have read I carried on with a few witchy-themed titles I had left over from Halloween, and then decided … Continue reading

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October 2023 round up

We are creeping closer to the end of the year, by the time this post goes up it will be the first of November. Halloween will be over and it’ll be time to start thinking about Christmas! What I have … Continue reading

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September 2023 round up

We are into October, so it’s time for September’s round up. What I have read I hit my goal of 100 books in September – though book 100 was a somewhat fluffy/cosy magical mystery rather than something to show off … Continue reading

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August 2023 round up

August is over and the hopes of an Indian Summer are fading, as is the light in the evening! What I have read I am now at 92/100 books read, having slogged through a few more dud titles as I … Continue reading

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July 2023 round up

July has been fairly miserable weather-wise, we’ve hardly had any days without rain! But we are the intrepid-ish kind, so armed with waterproofs and umbrellas we get out and about anyway. What I have read Not as much as I … Continue reading

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June 2023 round up

June blessed us with a brief heatwave before endless rainy days, it also brought us the end of the school term. What I have read Quite a bit actually as I have been tending to pick up a book rather … Continue reading

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May 2023 round up

May is upon us, but spring seems to be dragging its heels. It feels like it’s getting colder instead of warmer… – I wrote that earlier in May when I drafted this post, but at least by the end we’d … Continue reading

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April 2023 round up

May is upon us, but spring seems to be dragging its heels. It feels like it’s getting colder instead of warmer…  What I have read I mostly stuck to the theme of bookshops and libraries with my reading in April, … Continue reading

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March 2023 round up

It is Easter this weekend, which (this year at least) means it’s April and time for another round-up. The shifting of Easter always gets me, I never know when it’ll be without Googling it. I have a vague idea that … Continue reading

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February 2023 round up

Being a short month February has ended already! What I have read I have been reading like mad this month which is great for my reading goal, but as I have been devouring a series I have read before (a … Continue reading

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January 2023 round up

It appears that I live my life in a perpetual cycle of being surprised that time has passed, and honestly, I am yet again feeling surprised that I’m already writing my January round up. It feels as if I just … Continue reading

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My 2022 in books and Blyton

This is my third time of assessing what I read the previous year in a blog post. Every year I set some reading goals. The main one is how many books – I generally start with a goal of 100 … Continue reading

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December 2022 round up

What I have read The majority of what I read in December were audiobooks. I did entertain thoughts of finishing various books so that I could start 2023 without anything lingering on my unfinished list but it wasn’t to be. … Continue reading

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November 2022 round up

What I have read I didn’t manage to read an awful lot in November as I was ill for over a week and didn’t read anything at all other than listening to one audiobook. But as I hit my goal … Continue reading

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