When my book club last met, we talked about the ‘Read Your Color‘ test which assigns you a ‘reading type’. The idea is to look for recommendations based off your reading motivations rather than sticking within specific genres. We took … Continue reading what is my reading type? | Read Your Color
August rolls around, and my city becomes an overstimulating playground of thousands of shows, countless posters, and the streets are crowded. Like Icarus, I flew too close to the sun last year and saw waaay too many things, so this … Continue reading my 2025 Edinburgh festivals round up
I love getting reflective about books at the end of the year and 2024 has been a great one for reading. I’ve found a few new favourites, visited some beautiful spots and shared bookish experiences with my loved ones. Here’s … Continue reading 2024 in books
The festivals were back once again and, for the first time in 5 years, I live in Edinburgh again! Between the Fringe, International, Book and Film festivals and various visitors, it’s been one hell of a busy month! As much … Continue reading Edinburgh festivals 2024 round up
‘You know someone ten years, twelve. You see all the ways they changed. You go on being friends.’ I was lucky to receive an advanced copy of Still Life by Katherine Packert Burke thanks to W W Norton & Co. … Continue reading Book review: Still Life by Katherine Packert Burke
What a big ol’ bookish year this has been – I ended up reading the most I ever have (at least according to the years I’ve been tracking my reading)! As ever, I’ll be sharing some of my reading and … Continue reading 2023 in books
If you were going to ask me what my perfect weekend away would look like, last weekend was pretty darn close. I spent the weekend in London with one of my oldest friends browsing in gorgeous bookshops, eating some lovely … Continue reading The perfect London weekend
Another year has come to an end so I’m taking a look back at what, how and where I read and shopped in 2022, shouting out my favourites and sharing my Storygraph stats. I managed to get through loads of … Continue reading 2022 in books
I’ve been down in London a fair bit this summer for work and for fun so thought I’d give a wee round-up of what I got up to including 8 rapid show reviews plus food, art and book-related activities! It’s … Continue reading Summer London round up
Happy Pride month everybody! In honour, I’ve pulled together a list of some great queer reads. Of course, this list is by no means exhaustive but just ones that I’ve read and enjoyed, and that you might love too. It … Continue reading Some queer book recommendations
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