Summer 2025 Round Up
A summer round up featuring some books, gruff anti-heroes, a cillín, a beach boy and a school choir.
Late Autumn/Early Winter 24 Round Up
Celtic crosses, headstones, Say nothing and friendship in Naples. Been a while since I’ve had a round up so this one covers a couple of months.
May 24 Round Up
Some of my favourite distractions in May - Shinrin Yoku, civil war in the states, inside number 9, female pirate books, and a thrilling new series - my favourite park benches.
March 24 Round Up
Trees and walking, Shoguns and poor things, Dublin, Belfast and ripples.
February Round Up
War, friendship, Minnesota, French alp mysteries - all in a monthly round up.

Advanced Reader Copy
Receiving an Advanced Reader Copy is one of the benefits of being a book blogger. But how do you go about getting your hands on this precious bounty?

Choosing Bookish Holidays
Being a lover of literature means that we can be inspired to choose a bookish holiday. Do you have a favourite book/author/character inspired place you’d like to visit?
My 2023 Year in Books
My 2023 round up of my blogging year looking at my stats and favourite reads.
August 23 Round Up
This months round up features dogs, dusty academics, booms & august gloom, but finishes with a much needed silver lining.
June 23 Round Up
Shorts and petrichors, astronauts and green fields, bears and blossoms. Time for June’s round up.
Morning Journal Prompts
I’ve been using a morning journal for a number of years. Here are some morning journal prompts to get your creative juices flowing.
May 23 Round Up
Owls with telescopes, opioid books, Irish singers, drug dynasties and feuding families, rom com Aussies. A round up of May.
April 23 Round Up
April flowers and showers, a serial killer on death row, Strauss in Belfast and Blue Danube in my head, monoliths and oligarchs.
March 23 Round Up
Snow and aftersun, Tár and the worst person in the world, seven books and a drone and doom masterpiece, all delivered in the office with a poker face. Life is a ride on ibuprofen and lemsip.
February 2023 Round up
Mushroom monsters, Chicago bears, snowdrops and books all feature heavily in this months round up.

2023 NonFiction Reader Challenge
It’s the 2023 nonfiction challenge hosted and on this page I’m going to list the books I’ve read as I attempt to achieve Nosher status for the second year running. Wish me luck.

2023 TBR Pile Challenge
My post for the 2023 TBR Pile Challenge, hopeful encouraging me to put a dent in my tottering heap (and heaving gigabytes) of unread books.

Six degrees of Separation January 2023
This months #6degrees takes in beaches, English summers, Chile, the Belfast blitz, deepest Mexico and tipperary and snowflakes.