Hi guys 👋🏻
Here are my June highlights…
We had a nice walk along the prom and a go on the ferris wheel with Dad.
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
June Highlights ✨️
We had a nice walk along the prom and a go on the ferris wheel with Dad.
Category: books
We had a nice walk along the prom and a go on the ferris wheel with Dad.
Birthday Book Haul 📚
Hi guys 👋🏻
I recently celebrated my 33rd birthday! 😱 Time flies aye.
In this blog post, I thought I would show you which books I was very kindly given. I didn’t ask for any of these, and I love seeing which ones people pick out for me.
There’s a nice mixture of genres here and I can’t wait to get stuck into them.
Is there a better present than a book someone has chosen for you because they think you’ll like it!!
Let’s take a look…
1) Treat all prisoners with respect.
2) Never reveal any personal information.
3) Never EVER become too friendly with the inmates. But none of the staff at the prison knows Brooke has already broken the rules. Nobody knows about her intimate connection to Shane Nelson, one of the penitentiary’s most notorious and dangerous inmates. And they certainly don’t know that Shane was Brooke’s high school sweetheart–the star quarterback who is now spending the rest of his life in prison for a series of grisly murders. Or that Brooke’s testimony was what put him there. But Shane knows. And he will never forget.’
Lexie’s plan to save the ailing shop is fully underway until gorgeous-but-grouchy artist Tobias Black arrives on the scene determined to turn the bookstore into an art gallery. Lexie is horrified, the last thing the quaint town of Bracken Way needs is a pretentious artist, even if he does seem to charm everyone but her.
Tensions continue to rise until Tobias discovers a shocking secret that shows they might have more in common than they realise. As sparks fly, can Lexie and Tobias work together, or will opposing ideas get in the way of them finding their very own happy ever after…’
When she’s asked to be the face of the charity’s annual fundraiser, an appeal for volunteers on the local news brings old friend Sarah to her door – and the events of fourteen years ago crashing down around her.
As the two women reconnect, Lynda invites Sarah to stay in her guest bedroom. But soon strange things start happening and Lynda learns it might have been better to keep the door to the past firmly closed . . .’
Happily married Rose is busy with staffing problems at the teashop, many women having taken on war work. Rose dreams of her husband’s return while trying to keep everyone happy.
Lily has her own worries when the father of her daughter appears back in her life – with no explanation. Katie longs for a family of her own, just as a handsome airman arrives on the scene.
At Sea View Guest House, Flora – wary of a relationship and marriage – is fearful of letting her feelings for John Bentley develop further. Especially as she has her guests to be mindful of . . .
Anya is torn, having given birth to a beautiful baby boy who is the spitting image of his father, who has been taken as a prisoner of war. Presented with a chance to save him, Anya confides in her friends, leaving her son in their care. With the uncertainty of the future, can the Teashop girls overcome their personal battles?’
I was also very lucky to get some other ‘bookish’ birthday gifts in the form of some book vouchers! (YAY! New books) as well as this lovely book themed throw from my mother in law (already tucked up safely in my reading corner) and this cute personalised tote bag from my friend at work (perfect for fitting in lots of books during my next shopping spree!!)
An excellent haul, I’m very lucky.
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
May Highlights ✨️
Hi guys 👋🏻
Here are my May highlights…
Promotion to the Premier League…
An absolutely unbelievable weekend, one we’ll never forget.
I can’t wait for the football season to start up again!
Our Birthday!
We had a fun birthday weekend celebrating together. We grabbed lunch and spent the day hanging out together on Saturday. Delicious picky bits at Revs in the sunshine, mini golf, cocktails, and the cinema.
On our birthday, on the Sunday we had a delicious brunch together, exchanged our presents, spent time with family and had a birthday meal with cake to round off the weekend.
Oh… and we may have got a matching tattoo on our birthday as well 👀
(See the blog post below for the inspiration)
Celebrating special birthdays with friends.
We enjoyed a bottomless brunch in the sunshine 🌞 followed by some fun and games at a local bar, including interactive darts & karaoke.
A lovely family holiday to Norfolk.
We stayed in a lovely air bnb cottage in Norfolk. We went along with my mother in law, brother in law, my husbands Auntie, Cousin, and Grandad. We had a lovely time chilling out, cooking together, exploring nearby towns and Norwich City, walks (weather permitting), and we even hired a boat, which was a highlight!
& I saw some bats, which was epic.
Going to see Take That live!
I will always love seeing Take That live! No one does it better. I can’t believe that this was the 7th time I’ve seen them love!!
Another fun month! And we are almost halfway through the year!!! Madness.
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
A fun, bookish haul 📚
Hi guys 👋🏻
I thought I would share some cool little bookish things that I recently bought.
They are just some fun, useful little bits that are perfect if you are a bookworm like me!
Let’s take a look!
These were bought on both Amazon & Temu.
Later bookworms ✌🏼📚
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
My recent book purchases 📚
Hi guys 👋🏻
If like me, you can’t walk past a bookshop (or supermarket) without buying new books, or if you need some inspiration for what to read next, then this post is for you!
Here are some of the books that I’ve bought recently, from a variety of places!
Let’s take a look!
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Title: ‘No one saw a thing’
Author: Andrea Mars
Genre: Crime Thriller
Why I chose it: I love thrillers and the blurb sounded very intriguing.
Title: ‘None of this is true’
Author: Lisa Jewell
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Why I chose it: I am a big fan of Lisa Jewells thrillers!!
Title: ‘The Sisters’
Author: Claire Douglas
Genre: Thriller
Why I chose it: I live a thriller, and it mentioned twins (which I am), so my interest was piqued.
Title: Tale of Magic series
Author: Chris Colfer
Genre: Fantasy
Why I chose it: Chris Colfer writes truly magical fiction. His previous series,’The Land Of Stories’ was fantastic, so I had to get this one too.
Title: ‘The Wake Up Call’
Author: Beth O’Leary
Genre: Romance/Rom Com Fiction
Why I chose it: I am a fan of her other books and have read them all, plus they are very easy to read.
Title: ‘The Air Raid Book Club’
Author: Annie Lyons
Genre: Historical fiction
Why I chose it: Because it had ‘Book Club’ in the title and the blurb gave me ‘Goodnight Mr Tom’ vibes.
Do these appeal to you?
Have you read any of these?
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
My 2023 Reading List 📝📚
Hi guys 👋🏼
I usually do a little reading challenge of some kind each year, over here on my blog. This year, I decided to take the pressure off. I was just trying to read a bit more and read more of a variety of genres. (Which I think I definitely achieved!)
I have kept a list of all of the books that I have read throughout 2023. I kept a list that is in sections depending on the type of book that they are.
I have highlighted our 2023 Book Club books in pink.
In 2023 I read… 🥁
47 books
Let’s take a look…
Books
- The Christmas Murder Game by Alexandra Benedict
- The Maid by Nita Prose
- It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
- The Murder List by Jackie Kabler
- The Perfect Lie by Jo Spain
- The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl
- The Magpie Society: One for Sorrow by Amy McCulloch & Zoe Sugg
- The Magpie Society: Two for Joy by Amy McCulloch & Zoe Sugg
- The Curfew by TM Logan
- Verity by Colleen Hoover
- The No Show by Beth O Leary
- You and me on vacation by Emily Henry
- The Shell Seekers By Rosamunde Pilcher
- Never Never by Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher
- The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer
- The Book Lovers Retreat by Heidi Swain
- Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
- The Museum of Ordinary People by Mike Gayle
- Fairy Tales by Stephen King
- The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell
- The Summer Job by Lizzy Dent
- Confess by Colleen Hoover
- The Minaturist by Jessie Burton
- Sleepovers by Jacqueline Wilson
- The Best Sleepover in the World by Jacqueline Wilson
- My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
- The Mother by TM Logan
- The Woman in the White Kimono by Ana Johns
- That Festive Feeling by Heidi Swain
- The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding by Agatha Christie
- The Christmas Book Club by Sarah Morgan
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Novellas
- Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman
- This Winter by Alice Oseman
Kindle App Books
- It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover
Audio books
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by JK Rowling
- Needful Things by Stephen King
- Friends, Lovers and the big terrible thing by Matthew Perry
- The Twat Files by Dawn French
Graphic Novels
- Heartstopper Vol 1 by Alice Oseman
- Heartstopper Vol 2 by Alice Oseman
- Heartstopper Vol 3 by Alice Oseman
- Heartstopper Vol 4 by Alice Oseman
- Heartstopper Vol 5 by Alice Oseman
Autobiography
- Beyond the Wand by Tom Felton
- Friends, Lovers and the big terrible thing by Matthew Perry
- The Twat files by Dawn French
Genres, I’ve read include…
- Domestic Fiction
- Graphic Novels
- Thriller
- Fantasy
- Romance
- YA fiction
- Historic Fiction
- Autobiographical
- Festive
Some of my favourite books last year were..
- The Heartstopper Graphic Novels by Alice Oseman
- The Book Lovers Retreat by Heidi Swain
- It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
- Verity by Colleen Hoover
- The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer
- The Christmas Book Club by Sarah Morgan
My favourite Book Club book this year was…
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
What have been your favourite reads this year?
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
2024! What’s on my tbr list 📚😃
Hi guys 👋🏻
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Here are some of the books on my tbr (to be read) shelf that I would like to read first in 2024! 📚😃
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Let’s see which books are on my list!
ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀꜱᴛᴀᴡᴀʏꜱ ʙʏ ʟᴜᴄʏ ᴄʟᴀʀᴋᴇ
My friend bought me this and it sounds SO intriguing!!
ᴛᴏᴍᴏʀʀᴏᴡ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴏᴍᴏʀʀᴏᴡ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴏᴍᴏʀʀᴏᴡ ʙʏ ɢᴀʙʀɪᴇʟʟᴇ ᴢᴇᴠɪɴ
This was a ‘Book of the month’ in Waterstones when I bought this, and I have heard so much good about it since then.
ᴛʜᴇ ɢɪʀʟꜱ ʙʏ ʟɪꜱᴀ ᴊᴇᴡᴇʟʟ
I love a Lisa Jewell, so I can’t wait to get stuck into this.
ʟᴇꜱꜱᴏɴꜱ ɪɴ ᴄʜᴇᴍɪꜱᴛʀʏ ʙʏ ʙᴏɴɴɪᴇ ɢᴀʀᴍᴜꜱ
I have wanted to read this FOR AGES!!! but I am hoping to read this with my book club so I am going to suggest it. I really want to watch the series of this too, so I need to read it first.
ᴀᴍᴇʀɪᴄᴀɴ ᴅɪʀᴛ ʙʏ ᴊᴇᴀɴɪɴᴇ ᴄᴜᴍᴍɪɴꜱ
This has been on my list wayyy too long, and it sounds like such an interesting book.
ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴇᴋᴇᴇᴘᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ᴀʟᴇᴘᴘᴏ ʙʏ ᴄʜʀɪꜱᴛʏ ʟᴇꜰᴛᴇʀ
I feel like everyone’s heard about this book and its good to see the hype for myself and if it lives up to it.
Lots of lovely novels to get excited about. I can’t wait to get stuck in.
What’s on your tbr for 2024????
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Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
Blogmas 2023 Day Seventeen: Christmas book/film update 🌟
Hi guys 👋🏻
So one of my favourite things about the festive period is all the times spent reading festive books and watching Christmas films.
I thought I would update you on which books and films I have read so far as well as what’s next on my list.
Let’s start with books!
I haven’t read as many as I would like at this point as I have been so busy, but I am hoping that once the holidays start, I can fit two more festive reads in.
So far I’ve read:
‘The Adventure of the Christmas pudding By Agatha Christie
&
‘That Festive Feeling’ By Heidi Swain
NEXT ON MY LIST…
‘The Christmas Book Club’ By Sarah Morgan
So far I’ve watched:
- Elf
- Teddy’s Christmas
- The Holiday
- Falling for Christmas
- Deck the Halls
NEXT ON MY LIST…
- What happens later
- The Santa Claus
- The Grinch who stole Christmas
- Love Actually
- The Snowman
8 days until Christmas !!
Until Next Time
Roseanne 🙂
Blogmas 2023 Day Seven: My Christmas Reads 📚🎄
Hi guys 👋🏻
It’s time to do one of my favourite blog posts, all about books! Specifically my Christmas books for this festive period.
I have picked out five books that I am hoping to read over Christmas and the new year!
Let’s take a look…
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I look forward to every Christmas and a big part of that is the traditional Heidi Swain Christmas novel that she releases every October/November time.
Her Christmas books are my favourite.
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‘Holly has the place to herself this Christmas. House sitting for friends who live on Nightingale Square. Newly single and unsure about next steps for her career, she plans to hunker down and make some life decisions.’
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This is our Christmas Book Club Book Pick. We wanted something a bit different, a well known, classic author but with a Christmas theme. Agatha Christie is, of course, a classic author, and I’ve never read one of her books, so it will be good to do so.
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‘An English country house at Christmas time, with its cracking log fires and fine food, may seem an incongruous setting for a crime- but a sinister note left in his pillow warns Hercule Poirot to be on his guard.’
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Sarah Morgan is another author whose books I enjoy and she always releases a new Christmas book around this time of year.
I have been meaning to read this one for a few years but due to having a lot of Christmas books I haven’t got round to it yet.
‘All that Suzanne McBride wants for Christmas is her three daughters happy and at home. But when sisters Posy, Hannah and Beth feturn to their family home in the Scottish Highlands, Old tensions and buried secrets start bubbling to the surface.‘
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I have a couple of these books where it is made up of lots of short stories, with a Christmas theme.
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These books are also great if you don’t have much time over the festive period, each little story isn’t loads of pages so it’s great for a quick festive hit.
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This is Sarah Morgans latest Christmas book and it sounds like my idea of heaven with the Book Club theme.
This sounds great and super cosy.
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‘A long lasting friendship. Every year, Erica, Claudia, and Anna reunite for their book club holiday. They’re bonded by years of friendship and a deep love of books, but there is still so much they keep from each other.’
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What’s on your 2023 reading list for the festive period?
Any Christmas book recommendations welcome!
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
My Summer Reading Challenge 📚
Hi guys 👋🏼
Happy Summer Holiday’s. This year’s is very much needed.
Now, every year, I volunteer for the Library’s ‘Summer Reading Challenge’ for Children. I volunteer for a day at my local library, and I love it.
I love seeing the children come in and excitedly tell me all about the book that has captured their imagination that week, what happened, what they liked about it, their favourite part. Fostering, encouraging, and indulging a love of reading in children is just magical.
This year is my 11th year volunteering (10th if you don’t count Covid 2020 as the challenge was only online) so I thought that I would set myself a little reading challenge too.
The premise of the Summer Reading Challenge is to complete six books over the Six Week holiday. Over the last few months, I have definitely picked up my reading speed, so I thought, why not choose six books of my own to try and read over the six weeks.
It’s a little daunting, but I thought it would be a good challenge and a bit of fun too. I do get to do some reading in-between people at the library and obviously I have a bit more free time as it’s the school holidays.
So, Here are my Summer Reading Challenge Picks:
- Fairy Tales by Stephen King
- Confess by Colleen Hoover
- The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
- The Summer Job by Lizzy Dent
- The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell
- + one other tbc
I tried to go for a variety of books – obviously, a couple had to be my Book Club books, as this still takes place during the summer hols, which made choosing a lot easier. I still have one spot left that I am planning on being another Book Club book, depending on when our next meeting falls (I do have a backup if not)
Here goes! Wish me luck.
What’s on your reading list this Summer?
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
