@TheAromaofBooks #Bookspinbingo

It's my first time giving this a whirl and I'm not fully sure what I'm doing haha but here goes! My list is a mix of my Winter Games TBR and my general TBR 😁

I'd like to have finished Mansfield Park by December 1st ready for the #WinterGames2021 - if I manage 2 chapters a day until then I'll have done it!!💪❤

2 more chapters read for #NovelNovember & I plan to read more as the evening goes on! I'm getting more and more invested in Mansfield Park as I read and am now 200 pages in😁

Thanks so much for hosting @Andrew65 😊

Went for brunch this morning & stopped off at a little independent book shop near my house on the way home😊 One of these books is for #NYWD22 (Rebecca) and 3 people told me how good it is as I bought it so I'm excited! The other (Mermaid) is one I've been meaning to read since a literary talk I went to with @Emilymdxn back in 2019!

@monalyisha @dariazeoli

Thanks to @monalyisha for organising next year's #NYWD22 and to @dariazeoli for recommending some awesome books!! I think my plan is just to read as many of these as possible in January to begin with😁

I didn't get as much into NYWD as I would have liked to this year (so many of @mklong's recommended books are still very much on my list though!), so here goes attempt 2!!

2 more chapters read and starting Volume 2😁 #NovelNovember @Andrew65

Another 2 chapters read & I'm now up to volume 2😁

#novelnovember @Andrew65

Another 2 chapters read! I love Fanny as a character a lot; I don't find myself interested in any of the others in quite the same way, but she is great!

#NovelNovember @Andrew65

Another 2 chapters read for #NovelNovember & I think I'm going to read 1 or 2 more before I sleep too😊😴

I'm really enjoying Mansfield Park so far & I'm rooting for Edmund to get his act together and just fall for Fanny already😂😂

@Andrew65

*Update*: 4 chapters finished today!😊

There are SO many more on my TBR but I thought I'd narrow it down to 10 for now 😂

Thanks to @emilymdxn for suggesting so many great reads 😍

#EarlyBirdPoints #TeamGameSleighers #WinterGames2021 @StayCurious

I am SO excited for the #WinterGames2021 and also to be on #TeamGameSleighers with @StayCurious as my team captain!!💝

Today I'm going to be getting all those lovely #EarlyBirdPoints & doing a spot of planning for it all! 🐤 📅

2 chapters finished today for #NovelNovember😍

@Andrew65

Minimum 2 chapters of Mansfield Park a day, let's gooooo

#NovelNovember @Andrew65

@TheSpineView #Two4Tuesday

Thanks for tagging me @Nute 🥰

1. There are TOO many to name that I still want to visit in London but one I visited recently that was on my list for a while was Gay's The Word - the oldest LGBT bookshop in the UK!
2 Hmmm most of the time I have an idea of what books I'm looking for yeah...but I often come out with 5 more that weren't on my list (especially if @Emilymdxn is involved😂)

I'm going to take part in this one too! Will set my goals closer to the 1st of December😊

#Wintercosy @PuddleJumper

#NovelNovember @Andrew65

My general goal at the moment is to read a chapter of Mansfield Park a day, so for this readathon, my goal is to read at least 2 chapters a day🙌

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

Thanks for the tag @Emilymdxn 🙌

1. Mansfield Park, & so far I've stuck with my goal of at least a chapter a day😊
2. Goodreads & Litsy!
3. Probably Mansfield Park

Have a lovely Sunday everyone😊

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

1. Anything by Jacqueline Wilson! Her books were pretty much all I read growing up😂

2. A thunderstorm for sure⛈ Or any kind of rainy weather tbh

3. Having hot water again & having a landlord who fixes these things quickly! It stopped working yesterday but we're back on track now!!

I'm on a mission to read at least a chapter of Mansfield Park each day and so far so good!

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView @OriginalCyn620

I tag @Emilymdxn

1. Spooky! I loved Scarathlon & I think my favourite read was Warm Bodies!!
2. I'm very much not on it when it comes to new releases, but I am looking forward to reading Mansfield Park (a very much old release😂)

My November read shall be my 5th Jane Austen of the year!!

Going to read a chapter or 2 before I get ready for bed😊😴

Speaking of, if you like a bedtime story, I'd really recommend the podcast Nothing Much Happens

318.5 points for #Week4 of #Scarathlon2021 for #TeamHendrix! @StayCurious

240 points for books read (short stories helped here!), 57.5 for @TheSpineView #SpookoweenReadathon, 5 points for watching Warm Bodies & the rest for posting on here 🙌🎃🧟‍♂️

This has been so much fun!!

I gave this one a so-so because even though I liked most stories on their own, I liked some a lot more than others and as a whole collection I would have liked it to be a bit more cohesive. Worth a read though I'd say nonetheless!

Story 10 - 'An Oral History of Margaret and the Village by Martthew and Five Others'

I'll be honest I didn't fully get this one, but parts of it got me thinking which can only be a good thing!

On a little solo dinner date and I must say it is an absolute vibe🥂

Well that was really cute!! And NOW I'm taking myself out for tea (aka dinner in most places that aren't the North of England haha) - never done that before but I think taking yourself on little dates is important!

Story 8 - 'Folk Tales of the Twenty-Third Century'

This one had 6 little folk tales and they all made me laugh😂 I enjoyed

Story 9 - 'Seance'

Another funny one that had me chuckling

Now off on this very autumnal Sunday to a Paddington Bear exhibition at The British Library!🐻🍂

Story 7 - 'Just Good Friends'

Another favourite, and another to read while drinking a cup of tea under a blanket. I like that this book doesn't portray ghosts etc as necessarily bad or evil

Story 6 - 'Robot'

I think I liked this one - it got me thinking at least, particularly surrounding the uncertainty when it comes to the future

And we're off!🧟‍♂️

Update: That was really good!! R the Zombie is a sweetheart. 'Every great thing starts out a little scary doesn't it?'

Going to watch the film of Warm Bodies this morning!🧟‍♂️

Pretty sure that gets me more #Scarathlon2021 points too💯

I've really enjoyed Scarathlon and now I'm HYPED for the Winter Games - I'm going to try to figure out how readathons etc work for that moreso and make a little spreadsheet to track my points😁

Anyway now I've gotten distracted...off to watch Warm Bodies!

Story 5 - 'The Pool'

I LOVED this one - now my new favourite so far

The way everything was described was so surreal & eerie; I got completely caught up in it

Story 4 - 'Nine Tiny Stories About Houses'

Another interesting one - some of the stories were v creepy which had me finding the creepiness in the ones that were far less so

Story 3 finished - 'Speed Awareness'

Definitely the creepiest and my favourite so far

Story 2 finished - 'Listings'

This one was pretty fun too - I like the way the author is playing around with different ways of telling his stories. The first was told through diary entries and this was told through various property listings, newspaper snippets etc

Story 1 finished - 'Help The Witch'

I quite liked this one, found it quite endearing - great to read under a blanket with a cup of tea

On a train out of London this morning to go and see my client (they have a slide in their office, I'm hyped😂), so thought I'd do a spot of reading!

Kicking off this week of #Scarathlon2021 with Help The Witch!🧙‍♀️

95 points for #Week3 of #Scarathlon2021 🙌🧟‍♂️

50 points for reading Warm Bodies, 42 points for @TheSpineView #SpookoweenReadathon, and the rest for my posts!

For Week 4, I want to read Tom Cox's Help The Witch and find all the words in the Word Search too!

@StayCurious

That's the #TeamHendrix #BuddyRead for #Scarathlon2021 finished and I really liked it!! I thought it was funny and touching in all the right places - good stuff!

Spending the afternoon reading more of Warm Bodies & I'm quite enjoying it! Thankfully can't actually remember much of the film so no spoilers in my head😂 🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️

#Scarathlon2021 #TeamHendrix #BuddyRead

Sorry for the delay in posting my #Scarathlon2021 #Week2 points!

#TeamHendrix @StayCurious

87 points for me this week - less than last week but the result of a lot more reading!!

53 points came from #SpookoweenReadathon @TheSpineView
5 points for finishing The Lonely City & 25 points for Pumpkinheads! And then the rest for posting on here😊

My goal for Week 3 is to read Warm Bodies (I've already started) & get the 50 points for that!😁🧟‍♂️

This was so CUTE! A great little intro to the world of graphic novels for me as part of #Scarathlon2021 😁 AND I loved that one of the main characters is bi!!😊

Next up: Warm Bodies!

Hands down one of the best pieces of writing I've ever read - I don't even know how to sum it up beyond that! SO much is contained within these pages; I related to lots of it and yet also feel like I've been introduced to so much that was brand new to me - the art and artists spoken about among so much else. Faaaaaabulous. I'm definitely going to be reading more by Laing!!

Giving my first ever graphic novel a go for #Scarathlon2021!

#TeamHendrix @StayCurious

1033 points (not including my Early Bird Ones) for Week 1 of #Scarathlon2021!

#TeamHendrix @StayCurious @TheSpineView

1010 for the word game, 20 points as part of #SpookoweenReadathon & 3 participation post points!

For Week 2, I want to read more that fits with the team theme, and read for more hours too!

Last minute attempt to get more points!

I found 101 words which is 1010 points🙌🙌

#Scarathlon2021 #TeamHendrix @StayCurious

I must admit I've not made a brilliant start to #Scarathlon2021😂 I've been such a busy bee that I've only managed to read for an hour so far, AND I'm still finishing The Lonely City haha

That said, I hope to finish that this week and can then crack on with #TeamHendrix 's #BuddyRead Warm Bodies and get more of those lovely points!

@StayCurious

I moved house this weekend and I am very pleased with how my books look in my new room😊