An Unhaul

Although I have barely bought/received any new physical books this year, my shelfs have started to get quite full. We have a ‘community shelf’ on one of the routes I like to walk, so I have slowly been getting rid of some books and dropped them of there. But yesterday I decided it was time……

CWA Dagger Award Winner – Sapere Books Historical

A few weeks ago I shared with you my thoughts on the CWA Dagger Award shortlist for Historical Mysteries. And tonight the winner will be announced! And I managed to read several of them! Snow by John Banville really didn’t work for me. Although it had a promising start, I was then completely thrown by……

CWA Dagger Awards Shortlist

Last month I wrote a post about the CWA Sapere Books Historical Longlist, claiming I would have plenty of time till the announcement of the shortlist and the winner to read the books I was (somewhat) interested in. Well guess what, today the shortlist got announced, and I only read 3 books (and am in……

CWA Dagger 2021 Longlist – Sapere Books Historical

Up till now I have felt book awards weren’t for me. My taste just didn’t seem to match those of the judges and most of the time I disliked the winners. This made me feel out on the ‘hype’ of being able to read a longlist etc… and then I came across the CWA Daggers……

Reading Resolutions Update

We are already a quarter into the year, so I decided to check on how I am doing with my reading resolutions. Read 72 books… I have read 68 books so far. I’m okay. Finish/Catch up with more series than I start… I have started 15 new series. I have also finished up 7, and……

My 2021 Reading Resolutions

Another year, another set of reading resolutions. These are going to be fairly similar to last year, but some of them come with a twist. Read 72 books… last year I read 220 books. I highly doubt I will reach that amount again, and I would like to read less actually. I am planning to……

2020 in books

2020 has been a strange year. The Husband and I spent 4 months of it in lockdown, and another month on holiday. So we had loads of (potential) time to read. Which I did… So here are some of my stats, and a look at how well I managed on my reading resolutions. The stats……

Reading Resolutions Update

Autumn has arrived and I am loving it! This also means the year is almost over so I figured I would have a look at how I am doing with my reading resolutions… So we are already halfway through the year!!! Time for me to look at my reading resolutions and see how I am……

Things I Watched

The Husband and I often watch movies and or series… They are often just too long for me to concentrate to, I am fairly specific in my tastes, and I would rather just read (or watch YouTube). But now and then we do make an effort to actually spend some time together and watch something……

Reading Resolutions Update

So we are already halfway through the year!!! Time for me to look at my reading resolutions and see how I am doing… 1. Read 72 books So I set this goal thinking 6 books a month would be a challenging yet attainable goal, not knowing what the year would bring. And then lockdown happened………