'Happiness can be found in the darkest of places if one remembers to turn on the light'
4 days to go!!
Now that the holidays are here and its not long to go until the big day – here are some quick, fun and easy Harry Potter themed stocking filler ideas (great for kiddies & adults alike)
Until Next Time,
Roseanne π
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ONE WEEK UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!
I like to decorate and make my reading corner nice and cosy.
Let’s take a look!
Until Next Time,
Roseanne π
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13 days to go!
Last year, since I moved and ‘upgraded’ shall we say, my reading corner. Thanks to the pandemic I made more use of it and had more time.
Last year I found some cool pictures where people had made snowmen and reindeers using their books and bookcases.
Here is last years efforts…
This year I made a whole christmas tree, the length of my bookcase. This one was alot harder but it was fun to give it a go!
What do you think?
Until Next Time,
Roseanne π
19 Days to go!
I LOVE festive, Christmas books.
Here are my top five favourite Christmas books.
1. ‘Mince Pies and Mistletoe at the Christmas Market’ By Heidi Swain
2. ‘Sleigh Rides and Silver Bells at the Christmas Fair’ By Heido Swain
3. ‘Finding Love at the Christmas Market’ By Jo Thomas
4. ‘Coming Home to Glendale Hall’ By Victoria Walters
5. ‘I Wish it Could be Christmas Everyday’ By Milly Johnson
Have you read any of these??
What did you think?
Any more Festive book recommendations are welcome π
Until Next Time,
Roseanne π
22 days to go!
Because the only thing better than cosy, Christmas, snowy vibes… is thise things in a book!!!
So, here are some Christmas books to get that festive cheer flowing.
Heidi Swain
I LOVE Heidi Swain’s Christmas books the most. Is it even Christmas without a trip to one of her magical
‘Mince Pies and Mistletoe at the Chrisas Market’
‘Sleigh Rides and Silver Bells at the Christmas Fair’
‘Snowflakes and Cinnamon Swirls at the Winter Wonderland’
‘The Winter Garden’
‘Underneath the Christmas Tree’
Sarah Morgan
‘The Christmas Escape’
‘One More for Christmas’
‘The Christmas Sisters’
Jo Thomas
Finding Love at the Christmas Market
Milly Johnson
‘I wish it could be Christmas everyday’
Victoria Walters
‘Coming Home to Glendale Hall’
‘Hopeful Hearts at Glendale Hall’
Karen Swan
‘Together by Christmas’
‘Midnight in the Snow’
Lizzie Lane
‘A Christmas Wish’
and some thrillers if you like something a bit darker…
Trish Harnetiaux
‘The Secret Santa’
Alex Pine
‘The Christmas Killer’
Tammy Cohen
‘Dying for Christmas’
Have you read any of these??
Any other recommendations, let me know!
Until Next Time,
Roseanne π
Day Two: Advent Calendars… Because who doesn’t love an advent calendar!?
So, here are mine!
This was only Β£4 (reduced from Β£8) in Primark.
How cute is it!?!
It has little pouches for you to add your own treats. I picked up little chocolate rectangles, from Wilko, for me and my husband.
They fit in nice and snuggly.
And number two…
It is a Harry Potter Pop Up Calendar.
I found this in my favourite local book shop – in town. Isn’t it amazing π
You’re sensing the theme now right…
If you’ve been around here before or know me you’ll know I’m HP mad – so yeah… they are both Harry Potter advent Calendars π€£β‘
This was a bit pricey but so worth it. You get this beautiful pop up book and on the base are little doors to open.
Each door has a little hanging decoration to hang on the pop up tree.
It’s beautiful and reusable each year!! Amazing.
What advent calendar do you have?
23 days to go!
Until Next Time,
Roseanne π
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It’s that time of year again… yup, you guessed it… Blogmas is back!
If you are unfamilar with ‘Blogmas’ it is 25 posts in December, one for each day leading up to Christmas Day.
Lots of Festive Fun, Books, Ideas, Treats and just general Merryment!
So, come along for the journey!
I will be posting on…
Instagram: Roseannes Blog
Facebook: Roseanne’s blog
Twitter: @RoseannesBlog
25 days to go!
Until Next Time,
Roseanne π
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I thought I would start up the holiblog series again, for this summer.
Here is how I have spent the later part of July, since the summer holidays began.
It’s been a fun start.
H a pp y β’ H o li da ys β’
Saturday 17th July 2021
Sunday 18th July 2021
Monday 19th July 2021
Tues 20th July 2021
Wed 21st July 2021
Sat 25th July 2021
Mon 26th July 2021
Tues 27th July 2021
Wed 28th July 2021
Sat 31st July 2021
What have you been up to so far, this summer? βοΈ
Until Next Time,
Roseanne π
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I thought I would do a halfway through the year, book update!
Every year I have done a reading challenge of sorts, and this year, instead of monthly or quarterly updates I thought I would do two Six month updates.
So, here is my first reading update of 2021, January – June.
[Disclaimer: I’m not that fast a reader sometimes, it comes in fits and spurts, and I’ve had lots of revision to do, so its not as long a list as I’d like]
January – June 2021
The Winter Garden By Heidi Swain
The Land of Stories: A Grimm Warning By Chris Colfer
Because of You By Dawn French
The Lido By Libby Page
Push by Ashley Audrain
The Holiday by T.M Logan
A Taste of Home by Heidi Swain
Only Time Will Tell By Jeffrey Archer
The Sins of the Father By Jeffrey Archer
Until Next Weekend By Rachel Marks
The Dead Fathers Club By Matt Haig
Saving the Day By Katie Fforde
The Motive By Khurrum Rahman
Best Kept Secret By Jeffrey Archer
My favourites so far are, of course the Heidi Swain novels ‘The Winter Garden’ & ‘A Taste of Home’ as well as ‘Until Next Weekend’ ‘Push’ & ‘The Holiday’ which I could not put down. I love that feeling.
The suprise was the Harry Clifton series by Jeffrey Archer, the perfect example of not judging a book by its cover.
Have you read any of these books??
Until Next Time,
Roseanne π
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Disclaimer: (Its a bit late, sorry!)
Another half term has been and gone! How are we already half way through 2021!?!
It was a fun half term and the first one with more restrictions lifted, so I thought I would share what I got up to.
Let’s take a look!
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How was your Half Term?
What did you get up to??
Until Next Time,
Roseanne π
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