Let’s Talk (#10) – Summer Reads

July 13, 2017July 20, 2017 ~ Tracey ~ Leave a comment

Yesterday whilst browsing in the supermarket I discovered they had summer reads segment in their book section, which consisted of about 10 books. Yes, I did pick each one up and read the blurbs, the result, I found 1 book that I may possibly read the others didn’t really spark my interest. The thing that … Continue reading Let’s Talk (#10) – Summer Reads

Let’s Talk (#9) – Reading Challenge’s

June 29, 2017July 4, 2017 ~ Tracey ~ 2 Comments

At the beginning of this year, I set myself a GoodReads challenge of reading 150 books, however by the time it got to April/May time I was wayyy behind schedule and feeling under pressure which resulted in me feeling rather stressed out and this started to suck the joy out of reading. So I made the … Continue reading Let’s Talk (#9) – Reading Challenge’s

Let’s Talk (#8) – Favourite Book Genres

June 22, 2017 ~ Tracey ~ 6 Comments

Today I’m talking favourite book genres. I’m going to take you through my top three. #1: Young Adult. I’m trying really hard to pinpoint one exact reason why love Y/A but it’s a bit more complex than that. Characters in Y/A are at the starting point in their life where anything is possible, I think it’s … Continue reading Let’s Talk (#8) – Favourite Book Genres

Let’s Talk (#7) – Rating Systems

June 15, 2017June 15, 2017 ~ Tracey ~ 2 Comments

When I write a review, I liked to give each book a rating out of 5. I like to think that this system is straight forward and easy to understand. I have a brief explanation for each rating on my Review policy but I thought I’d take you through each one a little bit more … Continue reading Let’s Talk (#7) – Rating Systems

Let’s Talk (#6) – Bookish Problems

June 8, 2017June 8, 2017 ~ Tracey ~ 3 Comments

This week I thought it would be fun to look my top 10 bookish problems. These are in no particular order: The feeling when you can’t wait to read a book but at the same time never want it to end When your minding your own business reading and you are interrupted Book hangovers When … Continue reading Let’s Talk (#6) – Bookish Problems

Let’s Talk (#5) – Benefits of Reading

June 1, 2017June 1, 2017 ~ Tracey ~ 2 Comments

Happy Thursday! Although it's been a short week I'm feeling exhausted already. So this week I'm going to cheat a little bit for this post and use an infographic that I found on The Expert Editor which I think just about sums up all the Mind and Body benefits of reading: Personally, I find that reading helps … Continue reading Let’s Talk (#5) – Benefits of Reading

Let’s Talk (#3) – Top 5 book Turn On’s

May 18, 2017 ~ Tracey ~ Leave a comment

Last week I talked about all the things that put me off reading a book. To balance this out I thought it would be good to list the things I enjoy the most. If the story is written in the first person. This is my preferred narrative because I feel like I can connect to … Continue reading Let’s Talk (#3) – Top 5 book Turn On’s

Let’s Talk (#2) – Top 5 book turn offs!

May 11, 2017May 11, 2017 ~ Tracey ~ 2 Comments

This is something that I have been thinking about a lot this week, generally, there isn’t much that puts me off reading a book, but here are 5 things that annoy me the most from least annoying to the most: Repetitive use of the same word over and over again – I mean just why? … Continue reading Let’s Talk (#2) – Top 5 book turn offs!

Lets Talk (#1) – How to recover from a book hangover.

May 4, 2017May 7, 2017 ~ Tracey ~ 5 Comments

We’ve all been there, the gut-wrenching moment when you finish an amazing book and suddenly you no longer know what to do with yourself. Every book you try to start sucks in comparison. Nothing is catching your attention and all you want to do is crawl back into that world that just so brutally spat … Continue reading Lets Talk (#1) – How to recover from a book hangover.