Bookcase tour ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป

Hi guys ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿป

So, I started the new year by giving my bookcase a little reshuffle.

Here are the different shelf arrangements…

1. The Harry Potter Shelf

This is obviously a must ๐Ÿคช

It’s a mixture of my copies of the book series as well as other illustrated versions and books about the wizarding world and films.

2. The tbr Shelf

My ‘to be read’ (tbr) shelf is all of the books that are on my list to read. It’s rather extensive at the moment – who else has a problem with being unable to stop buying books?! ๐Ÿคช

It’s got quite a nice mix of different genres to choose from, from easy readers, Thrillers, Autobiographies, Novels, Romances, Fantasy etc.

3. Recommendations Shelf

This shelf is my go to when anyone asks for a recommendation. I get asked for recommendations quite a bit so they are handy to grab.

4. My Favourites Shelf

These books are some of my alltime faves. Most I have read more than once.

Some of my favourites include ‘Bridget Jones’ – ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ – ‘Animal Farm’ – ‘The Land of Stories Series’ and ‘Goodnight Mr Tom.

This one kinda spills onto two shelves – special mention to Heidi Swain whos books almost have a whole shelf to themselves now haha.

5. My Childrens Book Shelf

Working with Children as well as being an Auntie means that I can appreciate a good picture book. I have some classics as well as just random ones I have picked up on the way. These are a mixture of Fiction and Non Fiction.



I love colour co-ordinating my shelves too, I have done this with my ‘tbr list’ as there is quite an array of different books and covers.

This always looks pretty cool.


How do you organise your bookcase?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne ๐Ÿ™‚

Reading round up… 2021 ๐Ÿ“š

So, here is my final reading update of 2021, July – December.

[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]


All my lies are true By Dorothy Koomson

A springtime affair by Katie Fforde

Be careful what you wish for by Jeffrey Archer

The Catch by T.M Logan

The Skylight by Louise Candlish

The little dreams of Lara Cliffe by Milly Johnson

A baby at the beach cafe by Lucy Diamond

The Land of Stories: Beyond the Kingdoms by Chris Colfer

A country escape by Katie Fforde

Mightier than the sword by Jeffrey Archer

The Invisable Girl by Lisa Jewell

Underneath the tree by Heidi Swain

The Road Trip by Beth O Leary

Dying for Christmas by Tammy Cohen

I wish it could be Christmas everyday by Milly Johnson

Baby it’s cold outside by Emily Bell

Which books have you enjoyed the most this year??

Until Next Time,

Roseanne ๐Ÿ™‚

Blogmas Day Twenty Four: Christmas Eve Fun!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE GUYS!!

Santa’s coming tonight ๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿป

OMG SANTA! I KNOW HIM. (If you know you know)

Anyway, here is our Christmas eve fun/day of madness ๐Ÿคฃ


Christmas Eve Boxes ๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿป & Presents with my Niece & Nephews

Christmas Craft – after the present opening they did some colouring, and then later on in the afternoon me and the boys made our own Snowmen and watched ‘Elf’

My favourite tradition of all is going for a drive to look at the Christmas lights around town.

And then we of course headed home for some yummy food, games and of course ‘The Grinch’

And now my stocking is out and ready for the big man, Santa C to come ๐Ÿ˜

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE EVERYONE!

How have you spent it?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne ๐Ÿ™‚

Blogmas Day Twenty Three: Baking Christmas Cookies ๐Ÿช๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿป

2 days to go!


I love a bit of festive baking – and its super fun when you get the kiddies involved. Me and my Nephews made some festive chocolate chip cookies – heres how it went.

What do you need:

  • Cadbury cookie pack
  • Oil
  • Milk
  • Baking tray
  • Baking parchment
  • Mixing bowl
  • Spoon
  • Festive sprinkles
  • Icing sugar

What do you need to do:

  1. Follow the box instructions – pre heat the oven accordingly.
  2. Empty the packet mix into a bowl and combine with the oil and milk.
  3. Roll out into 10 equal balls and place evenly on the tray.
  4. Press down a little.
  5. Bake.
  6. Add Sprinkles on top with a little icing so that they stick (or you could bake them with the sprinkles on top but they do melt a little)
  7. Enjoy!

Who doesn’t love a bit of festibe baking!?

What is your favourite festive bake?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne ๐Ÿ™‚

Blogmas Day Twenty Two: Christmas Eve Boxes ๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿป

3 days to go!!

I love putting together a Christmas eve box for my Nephews and Niece. I have been doing it each year since my Nephew Noah was born. It is one of my favourite traditions as I love to treat them.

You can get some great (various sized boxes) for this purpose from places like Card Factory, B&M, Home Bargins, and most Card or Pop up Christmas Shops.

It’s fun and festive finding little bits and bobs to go in them.

Here are some things that I usually go for:

  • Chocolate Coins
  • Box of Festive Cookie Mix/Cupcakes
  • Chocolate Santa
  • Festive Sweets
  • Christmas activity pack
  • Christmas arts & craft sets
  • Christmas Pjs
  • Christmas Socks
  • Christmas decoration
  • Novelty Christmas headware/hats/hairbands
  • Reindeer food
  • Hot chocolate sachet
  • Mini Christmas games eg Christmas Snap
  • Christmas hair bands

Hopefully that gives you a little bit of inspiration!

Here are my Christmas eve boxes for this year..

Have you put these together before?

What do you like to include?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne ๐Ÿ™‚

Blogmas Day Eighteen: My Christmassy Reading corner ๐ŸŽ„

Hi guys ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿป

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 ๐Ÿ™‚

Blogmas Day Thirteen: Chocolate Christmas trees ๐Ÿซ๐ŸŽ„

12 days until Christmas! – 12!!! Where is the time going.

So, lets make sure that we are fully in the festive spirit with another tasty (& super easy) Christmas recipe.

I made these with my nephews and we had lots of fun.


๐ŸŽ„ Chocolate Christmas Trees ๐ŸŽ„


Ingredients:

  • White Chocolate
  • Mini Kinder bars
  • Festive Sprinkles
  • Magic Stars
  • Green food colouring

+

  • Baking parchment

Method:

  1. Place a Kinder bar, vertical, at the bottom of your piece of parchment.
  2. Slowly melt your white chocolate, 30 second increments until it is all fully melted.
  3. Mix in some green food colouring.
  4. Mix until it forms a thick paste/dough.
  5. Roll out and cut into a triangle tree shape.
  6. Place the triangle on top of the Kinder bar leaving a bit sticking out the bottom as the stump.
  7. Leave to cool a little but don’t let it harden.
  8. Place a choc star on top and decorate with your festive sprinkles.
  9. Leave in the fridge to harden completely
  10. Enjoy!
They were a big hit!

Let me know how you get on if you give them a go!

Until Next Time,

Roseanne ๐Ÿ™‚

Blogmas Day Twelve: My Christmas Bookcase ๐Ÿ“š

Hi guys ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿป

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 ๐Ÿ™‚

Blogmas Day Nine: My favourite Christmas films ๐Ÿ“ฝ๐ŸŽ„

Hi guys! ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿป

16 days to go!

Deck the Halls

I only discovered this one about 2-3 years ago but it is BRILLIANT. Funny, festive, traditional and a little tacky (the perfect Christmas)

The Snowman

An absolute classic. Christmas isn’t Christmas without the snowman. Period.

Elf

‘SANTA!! I KNOW HIM’

I am the Elf! I am this enthusiastic at Christmas so I love this film.

The Grinch Who Stole Christmas

An ICONIC character (& portrayal) this is one of those classic and brilliantly quotable films. **Disclaimer: this is a prime example of giving a film a chance, I used to hate it because I never gave it a chance and now I love it.

Love Actually

How could you Alan!?! ๐Ÿ˜ข Still not over it.

Nativity!

It’s BRILLIANT. I think it’s even funnier because I work in a primary school ๐Ÿคฃ

Last Christmas

It being based around my fave Christmas song was always going to make this a winner but, it was also very sweet & very feel good.


What are your favourite Christmas films??

Until Next Time,

Roseanne ๐Ÿ™‚

Blogmas Day Eight: Mini Christmas Pudding Rice Crispy Cakes ๐Ÿซ

17 days to go!

Ingredients:

  • Rice Crispies
  • Milk Chocolate
  • White Chocolate
  • Christmas Sprinkles or icing pens

Method:

  1. Melt the milk chocolate slowly, 30 second increments, in the microwave or in a ban marie. I used 1 and a half large bars of Dairy Milk.
  2. Once it is fully melted tip in the rice crispies, gradually mixing to combine. Add as many as you can until they are all coated in the chocolate.
  3. Spoon into a empty cupcake tin and flatten the top.
  4. Refridgerate.
  5. Once hardened, carefully use a knife to pop them out. Place them flat side down on a plate.
  6. Carefully melt the white chocolate. I used 2 medium Milkybars
  7. Drizzle over the top and allow it to drip down the sides a little.
  8. Decorate to look like a piece of Holly on top.
  9. Pop back into the fridge so that the white chocolate hardens
  10. Enjoy!

1.5 Large bars of Dairy Milk and Rice Crispies combined made roughly 10.

What do you like to bake at Christmas?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne ๐Ÿ™‚