Book Discussions

Why Gaming is Great for Book Lovers

My blog is a place where I often talk about everything and anything I like (or dislike) in life. Often I talk about the things I love and my hobbies, such as reading books, beauty, skincare and just life stories. But one of the hobbies I’ve never really talked about before is gaming. This isn’t…
Judge a Book By Its Cover | Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

So during one of my classes I found out about ‘semiotic analysis’ of advertisements which is finding different meanings in images and symbols that are used. After doing some research, I realised you could do this with any and all imagery, as well as the text itself.
How We Could Stop the ARC Problem

f you’re on Twitter you’ve probably seen the recent (also recurring) drama all about ARCs and how a small selection of bloggers, booktubers and bookstagramers are making the system harder for the rest of us. I don’t want to go into too much detail on the current drama, as I’ve seen many sub-tweets that are…
Does the Book Community have a Positivity Problem?

I’ve been thinking of this topic on and off for a while now, and I’ve seen this conversation happen over and over again between members of the book community. But I think as a community, whether it’s book bloggers, booktubers, bookstagrammers or just book lovers on twitter and other social media, we have an issue.…
Mid Year Freak Out Tag

So as it’s halfway through the year it’s time for the Mid Year Freak Out Tag! Best book you’ve read so far in 2018. I would have to say To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo, although Onyx and Ivory by Mindee Arnett and The Waking Land by Callie Bates come close as well.…
Dear Authors… Here’s Why Bloggers Aren’t Reviewing Your Book

Dear Authors, I’ve been blogging for a while now, and at the beginning I was extremely excited to hear about these things called ARCs because I love reading, and being able to read for ‘free’ is amazing. (I use ‘free’ because my time spent reading, analysing and reviewing the book is a form of payment,…
What Makes Me Want To Read a Book?

Reading is an entirely subjective hobby in that there’s a book out there for everyone. There’s books that I own (or want to own) that I really want to read, and reread. But these are the same books that other people may not want to read. And the same goes for books others are excited…
Why do I Read?

If you’re a fellow bookworm I’m sure you’ve met people who don’t read who have asked you why. Out of my friends I’m known as the reader, and a lot of them have mentioned that they just don’t understand why people enjoy reading. Or they ask why don’t I just watch the movie or TV…
Is a Book Cover Important?

There’s that age old saying of ‘don’t judge a book by it’s cover’ but we all do to some degree don’t we? A book’s cover is the fine line to whether I’ll purchase or not, because a lot is said about the book within the cover. First Impressions Count The book’s cover is often the…