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Gamification of Reading | Pagebound vs GoodReads vs StoryGraph Part One
Happy February. How is your reading challenge going this year? You’re already behind? You didn’t read eight books a week? YOU FAILURE. Most of this blog’s content these days is book-related: my Read, If You Like… series where I talk about books I’ve read and why you might enjoy them if you like a certain… Continue reading
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Read, If You Like: ‘Julie Chan is Dead’ by Liann Zhang
Hello hello, I’m chilly and it’s raining. I’ve been hearing about the UK’s false autumn so I’m grateful for rain, but I really enjoyed not having cold knees. And not having to put on socks. And not laundering socks. Where do they go. I’ve almost finished The Lord of the Rings. I didn’t flick between… Continue reading
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Best Books of 2025 So Far
Long time no chitchat. It feels a long time, because I was working on the final module of the semester when I last wrote and now the film debuted two months ago. How’s your summer? Done anything fun? Raged against the machine? Me too, if you count working on mirrornovel as an alternative to reading… Continue reading
book blog, book chatter, book recommendations 2025, book reviews, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab, Francesca's Thoughts, Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Julie Chan is Dead by Liann Zhang, Roots of Chaos, Susanna Clarke, The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon, The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater -
My Favourite Books of 2024 and Books I’m Excited to Annoy You About in 2025
Lo, the time of year when GoodReads earns its keep. I hope everyone is having a peaceful end of year break! I wrote a best books of 2024 so far at the end of June, where I said I wanted to read Shuggie Bain before the end of the year. I have not yet. Sorry,… Continue reading
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