Miserable & Magical

Book Review | The Lover’s Dictionary by David Levithan

“Dumbfounded, adj. And still, for all the jealousy, all the doubt, sometimes I will be struck with a kind of awe that we’re together. That someone like me could find someone like you – it renders me wordless. Because surely words would conspire against such luck, would protest the unlikelihood of such a turn of events. I didn’t tell any of my friends about our first date. I waited until after our…

Has someone ever asked you what your ultimate favourite book is and you’ve stared at them blankly not knowing how to answer the question? This happens to me a lot and it’s usually because I have a list as long as my arm of books I consider favourites. I also have the same problem when someone asks me who my favourite author is. My main problem is probably that I don’t like making decisions, it’s…

Blog Bookclub | March – Rachel’s Holiday (Walsh Family #2) by Marian Keyes

Emma from What Emma’s Reading and I are very good friends outside of the blogging world. I’ve been friends with her for almost three years and together we love nothing more than going for lunches and chatting about books. One of our regular lunch trips resulted in us wondering why we’ve never done anything blog-ish related together. This is where the idea of forming a blog bookclub was formed. At…

Book Review| Reasons To Stay Alive by Matt Haig

“You will one day experience joy that matches this pain. You will cry euphoric tears at the Beach Boys, you will stare down at a baby’s face as she lies asleep in your lap, you will make great friends, you will eat delicious foods you haven’t tried yet, you will be able to look at a view from a high place and not assess the likelihood of dying from falling. There are books you haven’t read yet…

It’s officially 2018 and I’m very excited to see what this brand new year has to offer. I love the sense of freshness that comes with a brand new year. I like to use the first few weeks of the year to organize everything and start to declutter. Nothing says a brand new year like donating unwanted clothes, books and freeing up some space for new and exciting things. One thing I like to do is sit…

Last Tuesday I had one of the best nights of my life. I traveled to Edinburgh and walked through the Christmas markets and the fancy sparkly lights. I drank hot chocolate and laughed and smiled until my face hurt but that’s not what made last week so fantastic. I got to sit down and listen to Giovanna Fletcher talk about her new book, her family, her treck to Oman and most importantly, got her to…

Bloguest 2017 | Favourite Books I’ve Read This Year

Hello there! My name is Lucy and thanks to my good friend Kayleigh, I’m going to be talking to you about my favourite books that I’ve read this year. We are already in August of 2017 (scary biscuits) and in that time, I’ve read eighteen books. So out of those eighteen, I’m going to give you my top 5 books. 5) My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf. Goodreads rating: 5 stars. I’m going to start our top…

Bloguest 2017 | Be My Bloguest!

I love ending the week curled up by my desk with a cup of tea and spending a few hours scanning through blog posts. I love feeling inspired, creative and full of wonder when you discover a blog and person you completely adore. I think everyone has a blog and blog owner who they love, admire and stalk. I’ll hold my hand up very high, I have several. I created Bloguest as a way for bloggers to come…

Book Club | Buddy Read – One Perfect Summer by Paige Toon (June)

This month Emma and I have decided that we’re going to read One Perfect Summer by Paige Toon. I’m very excited to start this one and find out what it’s all about. I got this book a while ago after hearing lots and lots and lots of good things about the author. Giovanna Fletcher, my favourite author, has spoken highly of Paige so no doubt I’ll love her. I actually have quite a few of her books…

Let’s Talk About… Being Thankful

The first week of June has almost ended and I’ve already had the craziest week this year. No doubt this will change as they year goes on but it’s been very dramatic. Today is my first full day off in a week and I thought I’d be spending it having a relaxing day doing nothing and just catching up on some blog posts, some reading and maybe even adventuring over to the gym. However, plans never turn…

Book Club | The Host – Book of The Month (May)

This month Emma and I decided we’d buddy read The Host and it lead to the development of our very own book club. We had a lot of fun this past month re-reading a favourite of ours and remembering both what we loved and disliked about the novel as a whole. Below you can find part of the discussion we had over the book. Make sure you head over to Emma’s blog and read her half of our conversation.…

Let’s Talk About… My Shelfie

As a book lover I’m obsessed with pictures of shelfies. I love looking to see how other readers stack their bookshelves and how they keep everything organised. I’m pretty much a neat freak. I love organisation and anything that makes me feel more prepared. However, when it comes to my bookshelf it’s the one thing I don’t actually have an organisation method for. Mainly because I buy books…

Book Club | Book of The Month (May)

Today I have some very exciting news about some new posts and I’m very excited to share it with you all. Lunch with the lovely Emma earlier this week resulted in tons of blog inspiration and some pretty exciting ideas. We have a lot more exciting things planned to share with you in the coming weeks but today we’re excited to announce our own little book club. We’re both avid readers and in our…

Let’s Talk About… 13 Reasons Why

Netflix finally announced the date that the 13 Reasons Why will debut. I’m very excited for the show to air I was a fan of the book so I’m interested to see how it plays out. If you don’t know what I’m talking about I’ve linked the trailer below. Give it a watch and then scroll down so we can have an in-depth chat. Okay, I’ll be…