HAPPY BOXING DAY!!!

Boxing Day in the UK

Boxing Day in the UK is the day after Christmas Day, December 26, and is a public Bank Holiday.

Traditionally, it was a day when employers distributed money, food, cloth or other valuable goods to their employees in boxes.

Now it’s a day that brings the start of the post-Christmas sales and also is a time to recover from the excesses of Christmas Day!!!!!

Boxing Day is the day me and my whole family get together to celebrate Christmas. We swap gifts, have food, play games and have a drink together.

Happy Christmas to you all!

“I hope the magic of Christmas fills every corner of your heart and home with joy — now and always.”

I’ll probably be off here until the 27th as we have stuff planned so hope you all have a lovely time filled with fun, family and food! 🎅

It wouldn’t be Christmas without some funny memes!

I know you’re probably all busy wrapping presents, cooking, last minute shopping or being with family so you might need a laugh!

Here you go!

HAPPY BLOGMAS!

Here we are with the end of the year fast approaching and a time to reflect on the best reads of the year!

We all love books here so wanted to spread the love and post about them!

I did a post halfway through the year which you can see here and these are the rest of the fabulous books I’ve loved this year (not necessarily released then, I read then!)

I’ve read so many great books this 2nd half of the year but these are the ones that really stood out to me:

Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Wisteria by Adalyn Grace
Servant of Earth by Sarah Hawley

What have been your best books of this year?

The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer  It’s a chance to share news, a post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received.

Hope you’ve had a good week!

What a week! I didn’t really do much apart from work and I am tired! I’m working on Monday then I have 6 days off so I’m looking forward to that!

We are going to a candlelight carol concert tomorrow, not my sort of thing at all but my Mum wants me to go with her….so I’m going 🤣

I hope you all have a lovely, relaxed, happy Christmas!

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What I’ve Read

Plier, Tourner, Sauter, Relever by Jane Washington (rereads)
(Am actually obsessed with this series and this is my 3rd reread!)

Glisser by Jane Washington
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Yes, a cover change partway through the series. I’m irked.

Look out for my reviews soon!

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You might have missed…..

Blogmas – Series Finished in 2024!
Blogmas – Books I Didn’t Read!
Blogmas – Challenges Update!

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What have you read lately?

I took part in 3 annual reading challenges this year, an audiobook challenge which I have already updated on and also the Goodreads challenge and a Tackle That TBR challenge…..let’s see how I did!

Goodreads

I set my goal to 100 books and I actually met that in November and I’m now up to 117 books read!

Tackle That TBR

Now this one I…….failed (and I hate to say that)!!!

I said I wanted to read 20 from my tbr that I owned before 1 January 2024. I only read 12 – how depressing is that! 

Can I make up for it next year? Who knows 🤣

Did you join any challenge for 2024? How did you do?

Happy Blogmas!

I thought it might be fun to look back at my tbr books that were added this year but I didn’t get a chance to read.

I thought I’d done really well at reading books I’d bought this year but I counted 40 books that I haven’t read, bought tears to my eyes!!!

So I have added only 6 here, I won’t bore you with the full list!

What about you, have you got a lot of books left over?

Happy Blogmas!

I think it’s always nice to look back and see that I’ve accomplished something in the year so thought I’d see if I finished any series in 2024!

My provisional goal was to finish 10 – I actually finished 13 (but I did include duologies!)

(Also let’s not talk about how many series that I haven’t finished and also new ones I’ve started this year *incoherent mumbles* )

So here we go……

1) Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
2) All Souls by Deborah Harkness
3) Crescent City by SJM
4) Green Creek by TJ Klune
5) Twin Crowns by Catherine Doyle/Katherine Webber
6) Zodiac Academy by Caroline Peckham
7) Darkmore Penitentiary by Caroline Peckham
8) Belladonna by Adalyn Grace
9) Throne of Glass (reread)
10) The Sunbearer duology
11) Happyhead duology
12) Stolen Heir duology
13) Letter of Enchantment duology

How many series did you finish this year?

The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer  It’s a chance to share news, a post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received.

Hope you’ve had a good week!

So this was my week:
Monday – work and more work
Tuesday – doctors appt and work
Wednesday – did some food shopping for Christmas so now I only need to get veg, victory!
Thursday – work and more work
Friday – an ill son 😫
Saturday – a still ill son (a bad sore throat and fever!)

I’m defo feeling the Christmas vibe now too!

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What I’ve Read

🎧 A Monsoon Rising by Thea Guanzon
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Look out for my reviews soon!

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You might have missed…..

Blogmas – Festive Points Game!
Blogmas – Audiobook Challenge
Feature – January releases
Blogmas – my 2025 book plans

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What have you read lately?