I thought I would share my favourite book from each month so far this year. There have been so many good ones. And who knows, you might even find some inspiration in my list!
Here goes…
January
Title: The Land of Stories: Worlds Collide
Author: Chris Colfer
Genre: Fantasy (Children’s)
Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
February
Title: Remarkably Bright Creatures
Author: Shelby Van Pelt
Genre: Mystery
Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
March
Title: Noone Saw A Thing
Author: Andrea Mara
Genre: Thriller
Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
April
Title: Glutton
Author: Ed Gamble
Genre: Memoir
Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
May
Title: Tattooist of Auschwitz
Author: Heather Morris
Genre: Historical Fiction
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Title: The Inmate
Author: Freida McFadden
Genre: Thriller
Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
June
Title: The Housemaid Series1.
1. The Housemaid
2. The Housemaid’s secret
3. The Housemaid is watching
Author: Freida McFadden
Genre: Thriller
Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
July
Title: The Dead Zone
Author: Stephen King
Genre: Science Fiction Thriller
Rating:โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
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Title: The Twins of Auschwitz
Author: Eva Mozes Kor
Genre: Historical, Autobiographical
Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
August
Title: The Wilds
Author: Sarah Pearse
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
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Title: The Perfect Son
Author: Freida McFadden
Genre: Thriller
Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
September
Title: Behind Closed Doorz
Author: B A Paris
Genre: Thriller
Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
What’s been the best book that you’ve read so far this year?
Today is World Book Day. I mean everyday is Book Day for me haha.
As I work in a Primary School Setting I do love this Day simply for sharing stories and excitement around books.
Plus, it’s good fun to make a costume and dress up. My favourite part is reading to the children throughout the day though.
What could you do this World Book Day?
Get crafty and make a bookmark for you and or the kids.
Just enjoy a bit of quiet reading time with a new book or a favourite of yours…
Read to the kids! This is my favourite part of world book day at work โค๏ธ๐
Try something new? A new type of book, a new genre. I have recently been enjoying the Heartstopper Graphic Novels which is not a book format that I usually read.
Read your favourite book โก
Unfortunately I won’t have time today but, going to a local bookshop and treating yourself to a new book would also be an awesome way to spend it too. Especially if the kids have their book token too!
This year I have reused my Stick Man costume as I put alot of effort into making this last year so I thought I would get one more year out of it!
Whatever you do, I hope you have been able to enjoy a book and share that joy with somebody…theres nothing better โก
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 โข H o li da ys โข
Saturday 17th July 2021
Out for a sunny walk, near our flat. We discovered a new part of the park.
Sunday 18th July 2021
Big Kids
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Moooooo
Fun at Alton Water enjoying the sunshine, mini golf, walking and ice cream.
Monday 19th July 2021
Breakfast with my friend Gemma & her boys.
Tues 20th July 2021
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Snacks!
The cinema really started to fill up
The boys first visit to our flat in over a year and a half ๐
Wed 21st July 2021
Summer Reading Challenge
Sharing stories
Reading
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The start of my Summer Reading Challenge Volunteering. Signing up these guys and meeting for lunch at the bakery.
Hot Dog Party ๐๐ญ
Sat 25th July 2021
Coffee and a book
Sushi ๐
A chilled out Saturday. A bit of me time.
Mon 26th July 2021
Walking on the Heath
Lunch ๐ฝ
Meeting up with Dan, a long walk followed by lunch.
Tues 27th July 2021
Wolves Wood
Walkinga
I made a friend ๐ธ
A walk in the woods together, followed by Arts & Crafts with Evie and lunch at Sainsburys with Charlotte.Painting at Pennikity Pots with my friend Steph and her boys.
Wed 28th July 2021
Summer Reading challenge week 2
The Waterfront
Dinner at the Bistro with Louise, Kerry & Rach.
Sat 31st July 2021
The boys first sleepover in over a year and a half . Dinner and lots of games.
What have you been up to so far, this summer? โ๏ธ
Christmas, Spring/Summer are my favourite times of year to read and as I was enjoying my book this afternoon it got me thinking about this time last year…
April 2020 was a both a confusing and enlightening time for me (It sounds strange I know, stick with me)
Lockdown was fully in swing at this point, Pandemic – WHATTTT, very confusing! But, amongst the madness of Lockdown, for the first time in probably 11 years I had time… time to do the things I enjoyed, unapologetically, emphatically and with a new found appreciation for them.
And with this feeling and freedom in place I got such a heightened enjoyment from the novels I was reading. It of course helped that they were bloody brilliant books… so, lets take a walk down memory lane…
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April. This seems to be a good month for me in terms of discovering new books, especially ones that turn into firm favourites, that I always recommend when someones asks me; ‘Do you know of any good books?’
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In the midst of the OG Lockdown…
I read ‘The Silent Patient’ in a day I was so enraptured by it, gripped to the last page…
We also had another Heidi Swain release, which always makes a month amazing (& this sunny seaside stay is one of my faves of hers) ‘The Seaside Escape’
…and I found another firm fave and cosy number in ‘The Flat share’ which has lead me to many brilliant books by Beth O’Leary as a result.
Fast forward to today…. & I’m thoroughly enjoying ‘The Lido’ by Libby Page. Its a cosy, feel good book that restores your faith in community, friendships (unconventional & not) and yourself along the way.
I’m so invested in this story, its endearing characters and community that I know I’ll be sad when it ends and we aren’t spending our time together anymore (if you know, you know!)
I want to see how it all plays out but I don’t want to say goodbye.
You know you’ve got a good’un when thats the case.
I’m super looking forward to the end of the month as I have a few Preorders coming my way and I’m SO EXCITED!!
They are: ~A Taste of Home by Heidi Swain ~The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary ~Until Next Weekend by Rachel Marks
(& a new Sarah Morgan book at the end of May ๐๐ป๐๐ป)
All we need is for this sunshine to stay, Covid to be kept at bay and a nice cold drink to sip as we enjoy these brilliant books!
World Book Day snuck in just in time, before the first Lockdown last year, this year wasn’t to be… so, how does your lockdown World Book Day look??
It’s such a shame that we haven’t been able to fully immerse ourselves, as we usually would, at work but it was lovely seeing all the children sharing books, picking them out, listening to stories and writing.
I love watching children enjoying and getting involved with reading a book, it is one of my favourite parts of my job!
So, that was part of my lockdown World Book Day.
I’ve also been sharing a few of my book favourites over on my blogs Instagram (Roseannes Blog)
I also took the opportunity (via Skype ๐ฅ) to read my nephews a few stories for World Book Day
We read ‘I need a new bum’ and ‘The Dinosaur that pooped the past’ some silly & fun books!!
And of course I’m going to make sure that I do one of my most favourite things tonight… cosy down with a good book and just relax and enjoy it.
Whatever you are doing, I really hope that you are getting a moment to read a page or two of a book and you are able to forget about anything else that is happening, just for a moment, whilst you do.
Roseanne Byford 