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𝔸 𝔻𝕒𝕪 𝕆𝕗 𝕊𝕖𝕝𝕗 ℂ𝕒𝕣𝕖 🧖🏼‍♀️

ᴛᴏᴅᴀʏ ɪ ʜᴀᴅ ɴᴏ ᴘʟᴀɴꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴇᴇɪɴɢ ᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ ʜᴏʟɪᴅᴀʏꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʟᴍᴏꜱᴛ ᴅᴏɴᴇ, ɪ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ɪɴᴅᴜʟɢᴇ ɪɴ ᴀ ʙɪᴛ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴇʟꜰ ᴄᴀʀᴇ.

ɪ ʜᴀᴅ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ꜰᴀᴠᴏᴜʀɪᴛᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇɴ ʜᴇᴀᴅᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴍʏ ʟᴏᴄᴀʟ ᴛᴏᴡɴ ᴄᴇɴᴛʀᴇ.

ɪ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ ᴏꜰꜰ ʙʏ ꜱᴛᴏᴘᴘɪɴɢ ʙʏ ᴍʏ ꜰᴀᴠᴏᴜʀɪᴛᴇ ᴄᴏꜰꜰᴇᴇ ꜱʜᴏᴘꜱ, ᴄᴀꜰᴇ ɴᴇʀᴏ, ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ᴅᴇʟɪᴄɪᴏᴜꜱ ꜱᴏʏ ᴄᴀʀᴀᴍᴇʟ ʟᴀᴛᴛᴇ, ʏᴜᴍ!

Love a coffee shop, Coffee!

ɪ ᴛʜᴇɴ ʜᴇᴀᴅᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴀ ʟᴏᴄᴀʟ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ꜱʜᴏᴘ. ɪ’ᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴍᴇᴀɴɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ɢᴏ ɪɴ ᴇᴠᴇʀ ꜱɪɴᴄᴇ ɪ ᴅɪꜱᴄᴏᴠᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴏɴ ɪɴꜱᴛᴀɢʀᴀᴍ.

ɪᴛ’ꜱ ᴘᴇʀꜰᴇᴄᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀɴʏ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ʟᴏᴠᴇʀꜱ, ʙʀᴏᴡꜱɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʜᴇʟᴠᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅɪꜱᴄᴏᴠᴇʀɪɴɢ ʙᴏᴏᴋꜱ ʏᴏᴜ’ᴠᴇ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ.

ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇɴ’ᴛ ᴀꜱ ᴍᴀɴʏ Qᴜᴀɪɴᴛ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ꜱʜᴏᴘꜱ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴏᴡɴ ᴄᴇɴᴛʀᴇ ᴀɴʏᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴏᴋꜱʜᴏᴘ ɪꜱ ᴀ ʟᴏᴠᴇʟʏ ᴇᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴ.

My purchases.

ᴀꜱ ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴜᴘʟᴇ ᴏꜰ ʙᴏᴏᴋꜱ (ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴏɴ, ɪ ᴡᴀꜱɴ’ᴛ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴇᴍᴘᴛʏ ʜᴀɴᴅᴇᴅ!!) ɪ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ᴘɪᴄᴋᴇᴅ ᴜᴘ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴄᴜᴛᴇ ᴘɪɴ ʙᴀᴅɢᴇꜱ ᴛᴏᴏ! ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ.

ᴜɴꜰᴏʀᴛᴜɴᴀᴛᴇʟʏ, ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇᴀᴠᴇɴꜱ ᴏᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ ᴀꜱ ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʜᴏᴘ ꜱᴏ ɪ ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ꜱʜᴇʟᴛᴇʀ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍʏ ᴄᴏꜰꜰᴇᴇ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ ʜ&ᴍꜱ ᴄᴀɴᴏᴘʏ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ɪ ᴡᴇɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴍʏ ɴᴇxᴛ ꜱᴛᴏᴘ!

Christchurch Mansion.

ɪ ʙᴏᴏᴋᴇᴅ ᴍʏꜱᴇʟꜰ ᴏɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴅ ꜱʜᴇᴇʀᴀɴ: ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ɪɴ ꜱᴜꜰꜰᴏʟᴋ ᴇxʜɪʙɪᴛᴏɴ ᴀᴛ ᴄʜʀɪꜱᴛᴄʜᴜʀᴄʜ ᴍᴀɴꜱɪᴏɴ.

ᴛʜᴀɴᴋꜰᴜʟʟʏ ɪᴛ ʜᴀꜱ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴇxᴛᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ ᴅᴜᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ Qᴜᴀʀᴀɴᴛɪɴᴇ ᴄʟᴏꜱᴜʀᴇ, ɪ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴍɪꜱꜱ ɪᴛ!

ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜱᴏ ᴄᴏᴏʟ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴇᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʀᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴋ ᴏꜰ ᴇᴅ, ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴏꜰ ʜɪꜱ ᴀᴡᴀʀᴅꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴᴀʟ ɪᴛᴇᴍꜱ ꜱʜᴏᴡᴄᴀꜱɪɴɢ ʜɪꜱ ʀɪꜱᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜰᴀᴍᴇ.

ꜱʜᴏᴡɪɴɢ ʜɪꜱ ᴘʀᴏɢʀᴇꜱꜱ ᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ʏʀ 11 ‘ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇʟʏ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ꜰᴀᴍᴏᴜꜱ’ ᴀᴡᴀʀᴅ ᴡɪɴɴᴇʀ, ꜰʀᴏᴍ ʜɪꜱ ɪɴᴛɪᴍᴀᴛᴇ ᴘᴜʙ ɢɪɢꜱ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ꜱᴜꜰꜰᴏʟᴋ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ᴡᴇᴍʙʟᴇʏ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇʏᴏɴᴅ.

ᴏɴᴄᴇ ɪ ʜᴀᴅ, ʜᴀᴅ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇxʜɪʙɪᴛ ɪ ʜᴇᴀᴅᴇᴅ ʜᴏᴍᴇ. ᴛʜᴀɴᴋꜰᴜʟʟʏ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴀɪɴ ʜᴇʟᴅ ᴏꜰꜰ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴘᴀʀᴛ.

ᴀʟᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ ɪᴛ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛɪᴍᴇꜱ ɪꜱɴ’ᴛ ᴍʏ ꜰᴀᴠᴏᴜʀɪᴛᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ, ɪ ᴅᴏ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴇᴇʟɪɴɢ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇᴅ ᴡᴏʀᴋ ᴏᴜᴛ. ᴇxᴇʀᴄɪꜱᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ʙᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴍᴇɴᴛᴀʟ ʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴇᴍʙʀᴀᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ɢᴏ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ʀᴜɴ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴍʏ ʟᴏᴄᴀʟ ᴀʀᴇᴀ.

3ᴋ ᴅᴏɴᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ʜᴇᴀᴅᴇᴅ ʜᴏᴍᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴇᴀʀɴᴇᴅ, ʀᴇʟᴀxɪɴɢ ʙᴜʙʙʟᴇ ʙᴀᴛʜ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ʙᴏᴏᴋ.

ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴡɪɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ʙᴏᴏᴋ, ɪᴛ’ꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴇʀꜰᴇᴄᴛ ᴡᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇʟᴀx. ɢᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴀʙꜱᴏʀʙᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴀ ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ɪꜱ ᴍʏ ɪᴅᴇᴀ ᴏꜰ ʜᴇᴀᴠᴇɴ.

Bubble bath time 🛀🏼

ɪ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ᴄᴀʀʀʏ ᴀ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍᴇ, ᴡʜᴇʀᴇᴠᴇʀ ɪ ɢᴏ, ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴠᴇʀʏ ʀᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ʟᴇꜰᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴍʏ ꜰᴀᴠᴇ ᴘᴊꜱ, ᴅᴏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ᴏɴʟɪɴᴇ ɢᴜɪᴛᴀʀ ʟᴇꜱꜱᴏɴꜱ (ɪ’ᴍ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᴇɴᴊᴏʏɪɴɢ ʟᴇᴀʀɴɪɴɢ ᴀ ɴᴇᴡ ꜱᴋɪʟʟ, ɪᴛ’ꜱ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ꜰᴜɴ! *ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴇᴅ*🤣) ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇɴ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜ ᴀ ʙɪᴛ ᴏꜰ ɢʟᴇᴇ ᴏɴ ɴᴇᴛꜰʟɪx.

ɪᴛ’ꜱ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ʙɪᴛ ᴏꜰ ‘ᴍᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ’, ɪ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇᴊᴜᴠᴇɴᴀᴛᴇᴅ. ɪ ᴀᴍ ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴀ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴ ᴡʜᴏ ʟɪᴋᴇꜱ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀꜱ (ɪᴛ’ꜱ ᴀ ᴛᴡɪɴ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ) ʙᴜᴛ, ɪᴛ ꜰᴇʟᴛ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴇɴᴊᴏʏ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ʜᴏʙʙɪᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄʜɪʟʟ.

𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥’𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕧𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕒𝕩?

𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗 𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕒𝕝𝕤?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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𝙼𝚢 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙲𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚛 🌸📚

ꜱᴏ, ɪ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴄᴏʀɴᴇʀ ᴀ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ᴀɢᴏ, ɪɴ ᴏᴜʀ ꜰʟᴀᴛ. ɪ’ᴠᴇ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴀ ꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜱɪᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇ ᴄᴏᴍꜰʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ʙᴏᴏᴋ. ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ᴀʙꜱᴏʟᴜᴛᴇ ꜰᴀᴠᴏᴜʀɪᴛᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ.

ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴍᴏᴠᴇᴅ ɪᴛꜱ ʟᴏᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɪɴ ᴏᴜʀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ꜰʟᴀᴛ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴜᴘʟᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛɪᴍᴇꜱ ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴀᴍ ꜱᴇᴛᴛʟᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ɴᴏᴡ. ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ᴀ ꜰᴇᴡ ᴘʟᴀɴꜱ ʀᴇᴄᴇɴᴛʟʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇxᴛʀᴀ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ʟᴏᴄᴋᴅᴏᴡɴ ʜᴀꜱ ᴀꜰꜰᴏʀᴅᴇᴅ ᴜꜱ, ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴇᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜰʀᴜɪᴛɪᴏɴ.

ɪ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ꜱʜᴀʀᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴜʏꜱ ʜᴏᴡ ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ ɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ꜰɪɴɪꜱʜᴇᴅ.

ɪ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴛᴇᴍᴘᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴜʏ ᴀ ꜰᴇᴡ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ʙɪᴛꜱ ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ʙᴜᴛ ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ʜᴏᴡ ɪ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ɪᴛ.

ɪ ᴡᴇɴᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ꜱʜᴏᴘ ʏᴇꜱᴛᴇʀᴅᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ɢʀᴀʙ ᴀ ꜰᴇᴡ ʟᴀꜱᴛ ᴍɪɴᴜᴛᴇ ꜰɪɴɪꜱʜɪɴɢ ᴛᴏᴜᴄʜᴇꜱ ᴀꜱ ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜᴘᴘʟɪᴇꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴅɪʏ ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ꜰᴇᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʀᴇᴀ.

𝓛𝓮𝓽𝓼 𝓽𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓪 𝓵𝓸𝓸𝓴…

ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʀᴇᴀ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ᴡʜᴏʟᴇ. ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴏᴋᴄᴀꜱᴇ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɪɴ ꜰᴏᴄᴀʟ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ ʙᴜᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴄᴏᴜʀꜱᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴍꜰʏ ᴄʜᴀɪʀ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀɴ ᴇꜱꜱᴇɴᴛɪᴀʟ ᴇᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴ. ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʀᴇᴄᴇɴᴛʟʏ ᴀᴅᴅᴇᴅ ᴍʏ ꜱᴍᴀʟʟ ᴅᴇꜱᴋ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴀʀᴇᴀ. ɪᴛ ᴜꜱᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇꜱɪᴅᴇ ɪɴ ᴏᴜʀ ꜱᴘᴀʀᴇ ʀᴏᴏᴍ ꜱᴏ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ʙᴀꜱɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ ɴᴇɢʟᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ, ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴜꜱᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ʙɪᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ᴅᴜᴍᴘɪɴɢ ɢʀᴏᴜɴᴅ.

ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴜꜱᴇᴅ ᴍʏ ʟᴀᴘᴛᴏᴘ ᴀ ʟᴏᴛ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ʟᴏᴄᴋᴅᴏᴡɴ ꜱᴏ ɪᴛ ʜᴀꜱ ᴡᴏʀᴋᴇᴅ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᴡᴇʟʟ ɪɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴀʀᴇᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱɪᴢᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴛʏʟᴇ ɪᴛ ꜰɪᴛꜱ ɪɴ ᴘᴇʀꜰᴇᴄᴛʟʏ.

ᴡᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴏᴋᴄᴀꜱᴇ ʟᴏɴɢᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴀɴʏ ᴘɪᴇᴄᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏʀɴᴇʀ. ɪᴛꜱ ᴀɴ ᴇꜱꜱᴇɴᴛɪᴀʟ ɪɴ ᴀɴʏ ʜᴏᴍᴇ (ɪɴ ᴍʏ ᴏᴘɪɴɪᴏɴ) ꜱᴏ ᴡᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛʜɪꜱ. ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴏᴋᴄᴀꜱᴇ ɪꜱ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ‘ʙɪʟʟʏ’ ᴏɴᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ɪᴋᴇᴀ. ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴘʀᴇᴠɪᴏᴜꜱʟʏ ʟᴏᴀᴅᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ᴛᴏᴏ ʜᴇᴀᴠɪʟʏ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪꜱ ᴡʜʏ ɪᴛ ɪꜱɴ’ᴛ ɪɴ ɪᴛꜱ ʙᴇꜱᴛ ᴄᴏɴᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴ ʙᴜᴛ ɪᴛ ᴅᴏᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴊᴏʙ ᴡᴇʟʟ ʀᴇɢᴀʀᴅʟᴇꜱꜱ.
ɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪꜱᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴀ ʙɪᴛ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ʀᴜᴛʜʟᴇꜱꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍʏ ꜱᴇʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ ᴀ ʟᴏᴛ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ. ɪ ᴡᴇɴᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪꜱᴇ ʙʏ ᴄᴏʟᴏᴜʀꜱ ꜱʏꜱᴛᴇᴍ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ, ɪᴛ ʟᴏᴏᴋꜱ ꜱᴏ ᴄᴏᴏʟ.

ᴍʏ ᴡᴇᴅᴅɪɴɢ ʙᴏᴜQᴜᴇᴛ ɪꜱ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪɴꜱᴘɪʀᴇᴅ ᴍʏ ᴄᴏʟᴏᴜʀ ᴄʜᴏɪᴄᴇ. ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏᴏᴍ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴠᴇʀʏ ɴᴇᴜᴛʀᴀʟ/ʙᴇɪɢᴇ ᴛᴏɴᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴅᴅ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴄᴏʟᴏᴜʀ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴜꜱᴋʏ ᴘɪɴᴋ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴏᴜʀ ᴡᴇᴅᴅɪɴɢ ᴄᴏʟᴏᴜʀꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴋꜱ ꜱᴏ ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇxɪꜱᴛɪɴɢ ᴄᴏʟᴏᴜʀ ꜱᴄʜᴇᴍᴇ. ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʜᴀᴠɪɴɢ ᴍʏ ᴡᴇᴅᴅɪɴɢ ʙᴏᴜQᴜᴇᴛ ᴀꜱ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʀᴇᴀ ᴀꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴄᴏᴜʀꜱᴇ ɪᴛꜱ ꜱᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟ ʙᴜᴛ ɪᴛꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ ɪ ɢᴏᴛ ‘ꜰᴀᴋᴇ’ ꜰʟᴏᴡᴇʀꜱ, ꜱᴏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ᴛʜᴇᴍ.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴀʙʟᴇ ɪꜱ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ ʙɪᴛꜱ ɪ ɢᴏᴛ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴀʀᴇᴀ, ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ɪᴛ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴀꜱᴛᴇʀ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴀ ᴠᴇʀʏ ʟᴏᴠᴇʟʏ ᴄʜʀɪꜱᴛᴍᴀꜱ ᴘʀᴇꜱᴇɴᴛ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ. ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ꜱʜᴇʟꜰ, ᴘʟᴀɴᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴀɴᴅʟᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʟʟ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴘʀɪᴍᴀʀᴋ ʜᴏᴍᴇ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ʙɪᴛꜱ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴏᴜʀ ᴡᴇᴅᴅɪɴɢ ᴄᴇɴᴛʀᴇ ᴘɪᴇᴄᴇꜱ, ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ, ꜱᴏ ɪᴛꜱ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ɴɪᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ꜱᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇᴍ.

ᴛʜᴇ ꜰʟᴏʀᴀʟ ꜰʟᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴛʀᴀɪɴ ᴀʟᴏɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴏᴘ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴏᴋᴄᴀꜱᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ᴀ ᴡᴇᴅᴅɪɴɢ ᴅᴇᴄᴏʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ.. ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ ꜱᴛɪʟʟ ɢᴇᴛ ᴜꜱᴇ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇᴍ.

ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ᴡɪᴄᴋ ᴄᴀɴᴅʟᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴘɪᴄᴋᴇᴅ ᴜᴘ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴀɴɢᴇ. ᴘᴇʀꜰᴇᴄᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴄᴏꜱʏ ᴇᴠᴇɴɪɴɢꜱ.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴍꜰʏ, ᴄᴏꜱʏ ʙʟᴀɴᴋᴇᴛ ɪꜱ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴘʀɪᴍᴀʀᴋ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴘɪʟʟᴏᴡꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ɴᴇxᴛ. ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴍ ᴘᴏᴍ ᴅᴜꜱᴋʏ ᴘɪɴᴋ ᴘɪʟʟᴏᴡꜱ. ᴡᴇ ᴀʟʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ɪɴ ᴏᴜʀ ʟᴏᴜɴɢᴇ, ᴏɴᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ꜱᴏꜰᴀ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅɴ’ᴛ ʀᴇꜱɪꜱᴛ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴏɴᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄʜᴀɪʀ ᴛᴏᴏ. ꜱᴏ ᴄᴜᴛᴇ.

ᴘʟᴜꜱ, ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇxᴛ ᴄᴜꜱʜɪᴏɴꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ Qᴜᴀʟɪᴛʏ.

ᴛʜᴇ ꜰʟᴏʀᴀʟ ᴘɪᴄᴛᴜʀᴇ ɪꜱ ᴀ ᴅɪʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ. ɪ ᴀᴍ ꜱᴏ ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴏᴡ ɪᴛ ᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴏᴜᴛ. ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴘᴏꜱᴛ ᴏɴ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ ɴᴇxᴛ! ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ɪᴛ ᴀᴅᴅꜱ ᴀ ɴɪᴄᴇ ꜰɪɴɪꜱʜɪɴɢ, ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ ᴛᴏᴜᴄʜ ᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʀᴇᴀ.

ɪ ᴀᴍ ᴄʜᴜꜰꜰᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴠᴇʀᴀʟʟ ꜰɪɴɪꜱʜ, ɪ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ɪᴛ ᴡᴏɴ’ᴛ ʙᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ’ꜱ ᴛᴀꜱᴛᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪᴍ ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴇQᴜᴀʟ Qᴜᴀɴᴛɪᴛɪᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴄᴏꜱʏ, ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴄᴀʟɪᴛʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴀʀᴇᴀ ᴏꜰꜰᴇʀꜱ. ᴜʟᴛɪᴍᴀᴛᴇʟʏ, ɪᴛꜱ ᴠᴇʀʏ ɪɴᴠɪᴛɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀ ɢʀᴀʙʙɪɴɢ ᴀ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴇᴛᴛʟɪɴɢ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ’ꜱ ᴇxᴀᴄᴛʟʏ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪ ɪɴᴛᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ.

ɪ ʜᴏᴘᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇɴᴊᴏʏᴇᴅ ᴛᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴘᴇᴇᴋ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴍʏ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴄᴏʀɴᴇʀ.

ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ɴᴇxᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇ,

ʀᴏꜱᴇᴀɴɴᴇ 🙂

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‘The Land of Stories’ Book Review 📚

🌟 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕃𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕊𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤 🌟

By Chris Colfer

ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴏᴋꜱ ꜱᴇʀɪᴇꜱ ɪꜱ ᴍᴀɢɪᴄᴀʟ, ᴘᴇʀꜰᴇᴄᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ (& ʙɪɢ) ᴀᴅᴠᴇɴᴛᴜʀᴇʀꜱ ᴀᴍᴏɴɢ ᴜꜱ.

ᴛʜᴏꜱᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴇꜱᴄᴀᴘᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴀ ʟᴀɴᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴡᴏɴᴅᴇʀ, ᴍᴀɢɪᴄ, ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ, ᴇxᴄɪᴛᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴅᴠᴇɴᴛᴜʀᴇ.

ᴡɪᴛʜ ʟᴏᴀᴅꜱ ᴏꜰ ʀᴇꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴄᴇꜱ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇꜱᴛ ʟᴏᴠᴇᴅ ꜰᴀɪʀʏᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀꜱ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ’ᴛ ʜᴇʟᴘ ʙᴜᴛ ɢᴇᴛ ʟᴏꜱᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ Qᴜᴇꜱᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜɪɴ.

ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ᴡʀɪᴛᴛᴇɴ ꜱᴏ ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ꜰɪɴᴅ ɪᴛ ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴅɪꜰꜰɪᴄᴜʟᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴜᴛ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ꜰʟᴏᴡ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀꜱ ᴀᴛ ᴀɴ ᴀʟᴀʀᴍɪɴɢ ᴘᴀᴄᴇ.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ʙᴏᴛʜ ɪᴅᴇɴᴛɪꜰɪᴀʙʟᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴏᴠᴇᴀʙʟᴇ (ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀꜱ, ꜰʀᴏɢɢʏ.. ᴀᴍ ɪ ʀɪɢʜᴛ!?!) ᴡᴇ ᴀʟʟ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴀᴄᴄᴇᴘᴛᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴡʜᴏ ᴡᴇ ᴀʀᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇʟᴏɴɢ. ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪꜱ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ᴀ ꜱᴛʀᴏɴɢ ꜱᴇɴꜱᴇ ᴏꜰ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ, ʟᴏʏᴀʟᴛʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ ꜱᴛᴀɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴜᴘ ꜰᴏʀ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ɪꜱ ʀɪɢʜᴛ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪꜱ ᴀ ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ ᴋɪᴄᴋᴀꜱꜱ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ᴋɪᴅꜱ ʙᴏᴏᴋ.

ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪꜱ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴡɪᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴜᴍᴏᴜʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴀᴅᴅꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴠᴇʀᴀʟʟ ʙʀɪʟʟɪᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇɴᴊᴏʏᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇ.

ᴀꜱ ᴀɴ ᴀᴅᴜʟᴛ ɪᴛꜱ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇ ᴀᴡᴀᴋᴇɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄʜɪʟᴅ ɪɴ ᴜꜱ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴡꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰɪɴᴅꜱ ᴄᴏᴍꜰᴏʀᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ᴄʟᴀꜱꜱɪᴄ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ. ᴡʜᴀᴛ’ꜱ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄʜʀɪꜱ ʜᴀꜱ ᴄᴇʟᴇʙʀᴀᴛᴇᴅ ʙʀɪʟʟɪᴀɴᴛʟʏ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ, ꜱᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴍᴀʏ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴡᴇʟʟ ʙᴜᴛ ʜᴇ ᴀᴅᴅꜱ ꜱᴏ ᴍᴀɴʏ ʟᴀʏᴇʀꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ,ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ.

ɪ ᴍʏꜱᴇʟꜰ ᴀᴍ ᴇɴᴊᴏʏɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ʙᴏᴏᴋꜱ, ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴄᴏᴍꜰᴏʀᴛ ʀᴇᴀᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴇxᴄɪᴛɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʙᴏᴏᴛ, ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪꜱ ɪᴅᴇᴀʟ ɪɴ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴀ ꜱᴛʀᴀɴɢᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴜɴᴘʀᴇᴅɪᴄᴛᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ.

ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴀʀʀʏ ᴘᴏᴛᴛᴇʀ ʟᴏᴠᴇʀ ɪɴ ᴍᴇ ʜᴇʟᴘꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴀ ꜰᴜɴ ʀᴇᴀᴅ.

ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ꜱɪx ʙᴏᴏᴋꜱ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴇʀɪᴇꜱ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛɪɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ ‘ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀɴᴅ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴛᴏʀɪᴇꜱ: ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪꜱʜɪɴɢ ꜱᴘᴇʟʟ’.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴜᴛʜᴏʀ, ᴄʜʀɪꜱ ᴄᴏʟꜰᴇʀ ʜᴀꜱ ᴡᴏɴ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴀᴡᴀʀᴅꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ʜɪꜱ ᴡᴏʀᴋ ᴀɴᴅ ɪꜱ ᴀ ʙᴇꜱᴛꜱᴇʟʟɪɴɢ ᴀᴜᴛʜᴏʀ ᴛʜᴀɴᴋꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜᴄᴄᴇꜱꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴡᴏɴᴅᴇʀꜰᴜʟ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ꜱᴇʀɪᴇꜱ.

ꜱᴏ, ᴡʜᴇᴛʜᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ 8 ᴏʀ 88 ᴡʜʏ ɴᴏᴛ ʟᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟꜰ ᴇꜱᴄᴀᴘᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴍᴇʀꜱᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟꜰ ɪɴ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴍᴀɢɪᴄ.

ᴍʏ ᴏᴠᴇʀᴀʟʟ ʀᴀᴛɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴇʀɪᴇꜱ: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)

100% ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʀᴇᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴅ

I cannot wait to read these stories to my nephews/niece & any future children I may have because they are just brilliant.

Have you read them? What do you think?

Until next time,

Roseanne 🙂

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My 2020 Reading Challenge: The Second Quarter 📚

Sorry guys, this is a bit late… but I thought I would still post it as I want to keep up with the quarterly posts.
I’ve been a lot busier since I started back at work.

April/May/June

So, that bloody pandemic is still happening… I am however back at work and have been for two and a half weeks. It is definatly nice to have a bit more normality. My work schedule isnt 100% back to what it usually is so I’m trying to make sure I still use this extra time to get through all my new books that I bought for the COVID-19 outbreak.

Lets have a look at what I have read during this next quarter… we’re halfway through the year already, madness.

Books I have read:

The Flat Share by Beth O’Leary

The Secret Seaside Escape by Heidi Swain

The Switch by Beth O’Leary

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling (3/4, but I’ll leave it on the list as its a biggun’)

The Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returns by Chris Colfer

Heidi Swain is one of my favourite authors so I was so excited to have this book in my second quarter. I had pre ordered it so that was a very welcome arrival.

As you can see I have also been enjoying Beth O’Leary’s books this quarter. I started with ‘The Switch’ as I have seen lots of recommendations on Instagram and then my friend at work read it and suggested it too. I really enjoyed it and consequently bought her second book, which I enjoyed even more.

‘The Family Upstairs’ I found really gripping. I literally couldn’t put it down by the end, its funny how some books grip you like that! I had this book at the beginning of lockdown so I can’t believe its taken me this long to get around to it.

I have even more books planned for the third instalment, so check back to see what I’ve been reading.

Or, check out my Insta ‘RoseannesBlog’ as I post regularly on there too.

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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My 2020 Reading Challenge: The First Quarter 📚

Hi Guys!

So, here is the first quarter of my Reading Challenge. Three months down. I have to say I didn’t think I would writing this post in ‘Lockdown’ during a global Pandemic, this is just insane.Maybe I’ll get a few more books read whilst this is going on?! Its such a crazy, scary time so its nice to be able to ‘escape’.I thought this picture was very apt.

January/February/March

So, what have I read…

Last Light: The Lucy Harwin series Book 3 by Helen Phifer

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling (Halfway, but I’ll leave it on the list as its a biggun’)

The Secret Santa by Trish Harnetiaux

Struck by Lightening: The Carson Phillip’s Journals by Chris Colfer

I’ll Take New York by Miranda Dickinson

Stranger Than Fan Fiction by Chris Colfer

I have really enjoyed all of these books, especially ‘I’ll take New York’. Chris Colfer, who you may know from Glee, is a brilliant writer, his books are so well written, so easy to read and hilarious, which is why I’ve read two of them during this period. Well worth checking out.

I have bought a few new books to get me through the Isolation… my next book is called ‘The Silent Patient’ by Alex Michaelides.

I recommended this to a friend and she has already fisihed it. It even made her gasp with suprise (don’t you just love it when a book does that!?) So, Im looking forward to getting stuck into that.

Any recommendations are always welcome!

Until Next Time,

Stay safe everybody and stay at home!

Roseanne 🙂

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World Book Day 📚

As a child I always loved reading, but steadily, over the years it has grown to be my most favourite of hobbies.

And there is most definitly one book that I can attribute alot of that joy to…

As J.K Rowling so eloquently put it; ‘I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.’

Never has a story, characters, A LOCATION (because we all wanna be at Hogwarts, let’s be real) captured my imagine like the ones in Harry Potter.

…It’s the comfort of something you know so well… a constant, magical source of enjoyment, imagination, comfort and belonging that sometimes you can only get from immersing yourself in a wonderful story.

So, thanks J.K 👍🏻

& just remember; ‘The stories we love best do live in us forever, so whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.’ ⚡❤📚

So, if you havn’t recently, pick up a good book, go to your local library, start that one you’ve been meaning to for a while, read that childrens book they’ve asked you to read 100 times because you never know, it might just change your/their life… and if it doesnt you’ll still have a lovely time in the process.

Until next time,

Roseanne ⚡

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My reading challenge 2019: The final chapter 🎉📚

Hi guys 👋🏻

As you can see by the title, the final chapter of my 2019 reading challenge is here.

I cant believe its done! I am SO glad I managed to keep it up for the year and it has defonalty encouraged me to keep reading and making time for one of my favourite hobbies.

Here is my December read:

• The Christmas WishList by Heidi Swain

(It was a busy month!!)

And let’s take a look at all the books I’ve read this year for my challenge:

•Goodnight Mr Tom by Michelle Magorian

•The face behind the mask: The Annie Graham series by Helen Phifer

• The Good Sisters by Helen Phifer

•Eve of Man by Giovanna & Tom Fletcher

•Dark House: The DCI Harwin series Book One) by Helen Phifer.

•The face behind the mask: The Annie Graham series (Book 6) by Helen Phifer.

•Dying breath: The DCI Harwin series (Book Two) by Helen Phifer.

•The couple next door by Shari Laperna.

•Summer at the Little Duck Pond cafe By Rosie Green

•Tell me I’m wrong By Adam Croft

•Spring at the little duck pond cafe (Book one) by Rosie Green

•Friend Request by Laura Marshall

•Poppy’s recipe for life by Heidi Swain

•The house across the street By Lesley Pearse

•All that she can see by Carrie Hope Fletcher

•The Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena

•Give me the child by Mel McGrath

•The Prison Doctor by Dr Amanda Brown

•Every breath by Nicholas Sparks

•The guilty party by Mel McGrath

•The beach wedding by Dorothy Koomson

•Full house by Maeve Binchy

•Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult

•Harry Potter and the Philosphers Stone (Audio book)

•The big little festival by Kellie Hailes

•The Husbands secret by Liane Moriarty

•A Christmas gift by Sue Moorcroft

•T’was the Nightshift before Christmas by Adam Kay

•A wedding in December by Sarah Morgan

•The Christmas Wishlist by Heidi Swain

[I’ve popped some of my faves in bold.]

So, what’s next years challenge??

I am going to continue making sure I enjoy, what is my favourite hobby, reading but I’m going to change the challenge up a bit.

Next year the challenge will be quarterly, I will read as many books as I can in each quarter, updating you every three months with what I’ve read and any I am planning on reading in the next quarter.

Here are some of the books I have collected/seen that I would like to start the year reading…

• The family upstairs by Lisa Jewell

• The Secret Seaside E0scape by Heidi Swain

• Last Christmas by Greg Wise

• The Christmas Sisters by Sarah Morgan

• The girl in the grave: The Beth Adam series Book 1 by Helen Phifer

• The girls in the lake: The Beth Adam’s series Book 2 by Helen Phifer

• The garden of lost and found by Harriet Evans

• The Little village Christmas by Sue Moorcroft

• Dying breath: The Lucy Harwin series Book 2 by Helen Phifer

• Last Light: The Lucy Harwin series Book 3 by Helen Phifer

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling

•Ps I Love You by Cecilia Ahern

• Postscript by Cecilia Ahern

• The Secret Santa by Trish Harnetiaux

Any recommendations are welcome!

Until next time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2019 Day Two: My reading challenge, the December edition 📚

We’ve made it to the final month of my reading challenge! I’m honestly surprised I managed to keep this up all year but also very pleased.

I will do a little round up in Jan of everything that I have read this year and perhaps introduce a new challenge for 2020.

Firstly, I will share with you what I read in November…

  • A Christmas gift by Sue Moorcroft
  • T’was the Nightshift before Christmas by Adam Kay
  • A wedding in December by Sarah Morgan

I thoroughly enjoyed all of these books and they have definitely got me into the festive spirit

So, without further ado, for the last time in 2019, here are my reading picks for this month…

The Christmas Wishlist by Heidi Swain

After being let go from her job in a swanky hotel just weeks before Christmas, Hattie is feeling lost. Even more so when her high-flying boyfriend announces he’s landed his dream job in Abu Dhabi and asks her to move with him. Luckily, Hattie’s long-time friend Dolly is on hand to help and invites Hattie to spend one last holiday in the small, festive town of Wynbridge, determined to give her a Christmas to remember . . .
Upon Hattie’s arrival, holiday preparations are in full swing. But for Hattie, whose Christmas cheer has long since run out, it’ll take more than mince pies and mistletoe to open her heart to the season once more. Relishing the task of reigniting Hattie’s Christmas spirit, Dolly suggests they create a wish list of all the things the season can offer, and with the helpful hands of Wynbridge’s resident handyman, Beamish, Hattie finds her frosty exterior is starting to thaw.
As Wynbridge prepares for its most spectacular Christmas yet, will Hattie leave snowy England behind for life in a sunnier clime, or will she in fact realise that her heart’s desire lies much closer to home?

The Christmas Stocking and Other Stories by Katie Fforde

THE CHRISTMAS STOCKING: Romy is all set to join her boyfriend and his family in France for Christmas, though truth be told she isn’t looking forward to it very much. And then she meets Felix – and her plans for the big day suddenly become a lot more interesting.

CANDLELIGHT AT CHRISTMAS: It was meant to be the perfect Christmas – surrounded by friends and family in their beautiful home in the country. But then the lights go out, and Fenella knows she will have to work very hard to keep everyone happy …

THE CHRISTMAS FAIRY: It’s Christmas Eve in Crinan, and a young man is on his own with only his nephew and niece for company. Then Ella arrives. Dressed as a fairy, she is determined to wave her wand and give them all the best Christmas ever.
And many more!

23 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS 🎄

See you tomorrow for Blogmas Day 3!

Ho Ho Ho

Roseanne 🎅🏻

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My reading challenge: November ⛄📚

The penultimate installment of my reading challenge is here!

This year has gone seriously quickly.

I’m quite looking forward to reflecting on all the books I’ve read this year though.

So, without further ado, let’s take a look at what I read last month and what I’ll be reading this month…

What did I read last month:

The big little festival by Kellie Hailes

&

The Husbands secret by Liane Moriarty

I enjoyed both of these. The big little festival was a very easy read and I really enjoyed its cosy vibes. The husbands secret took a little bit to get into it and you had to really focus on each character to keep track. When the characters started to link together it was a bit easier to follow and towards the end the chapters were a much more manageable length which I liked, and this made it quite gripping as the story really got going.

This months books:

A Christmas Gift by Sue Moorcroft.

One Christmas can change everything…

‘Georgina loves Christmas. The festive season always brings the little village of Middledip to life. But since her ex-boyfriend walked out, leaving her with crippling debts, Gerorgines struggled to make ends meet.

To keep her mind off her worries, she throws herself into organising the Christmas show at the local school, and when handsome Joe Blackthorn becomes her assistants Georgines grateful for the help. But rheres something about Joe she can’t quite put her finger on. Could there be more to him than meets the eye?

Georgine’s past is going to catch up with her in ways she never expected. But can the help of her friends new and old make this a Christmas to remember after all? ‘

T’was the night shift before Christmas by Adam Kay

‘Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat… but 1.4 million NHS staff are heading off to work. In this perfect present for anyone who has ever set foot in a hospital, Adam Kay delves back into his diaries for a hilarious, horrifying and sometimes heartbreaking peek behind the blue curtain.

T’was the nightshift before Christmas is a love letter to all those who spend their festive season on the front line, removing babies and baubles from the various places they get stuck, at the most wonderful time of the year.’

&

A wedding in December by Sarah Morgan

‘The White family are gathering for Rosie’s whirlwind Christmas wedding. First to arrive are the brides parents, Maggie and Nick. Their daughters marriage is a milestone are determined to celebrate wholeheartedly, but they are hiding a huge secret about their own, they are on the brink of divorce. The last thing they need is to be trapped together on an irresistibly romantic Winter wonderland.

Rosie’s older sister Katie is worries that impulsive, sweet-hearted Rosie is making a mistake so she is determined to save her sister from herself, if only the irritatingly good looking best man, Jordan, would stop interfering with her plans…

Bride-to-be Rosie loves her Fiance but is having serious second thoughts. Except everyone has arrived – how can she tell tell she’s not sure? As the big day gets closer, and emotions run even higher, this is one family Christmas none of them will ever forget.’

I am so ready for cosy Christmassy, festive, reads 📚📚

This is definatly one of my favourite times of the year to grab a book.

I’m glad I’ve got mine ahead of time as it can get so busy at this time of year and these kinds of books are great for grabbing a few moments of calm in all the Christmas chaos.

Until next time,

Roseanne 🙂

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My reading challenge: October 🎃🍁🍂

We are fully into Autumn now and this is definatly the perfect season for snuggling up, all cosy, with a good book.

What did I read in September…

If you have followed my blog previously, you will know that my reading challenge consists of reading at least two books each month.

Unfortunately, due to an Eye Op in September I wasn’t able to read as much as I would have liked.

However, I did listen to an Audio book instead, in order to complete my two book quota!

Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult

&

Harry Potter and the Philosphers Stone (Audio book)

I enjoyed this Jodi Picoult book, I havnt read one of hers in a while, although I would say it isnt one of my faves compared to some of her others.

I wasnt 100% sure how it was going to end unil I read it which was good for keeping you going and it was a subject matter that made you think.

Harry potter of course was a winner in my eyes and is an absolute classic. That was my first time listening to the audio book in full and it really helped curb the boredom when I was recovering from my op.

This month I will be reading…

The big little festival by Kellie Hailes

(See previous post for synopsis – September reading challenge) this is the other book that I was supposed to read last month.

The Husbands secret by Liane Moriarty

‘Mother of three and wife of John-Paul, Cecilia discovers an old envelope in the attic. Written in her husband’s hand, it says: to be opened only in the event of my death.

Curious, she opens it – and time stops.

John-Paul’s letter confesses to a terrible mistake which, if revealed, would wreck their family as well as the lives of others.

Cecilia wants to do the right thing, but right for who?

If she protects her family by staying silent, the truth will worm through her heart. But if she reveals her husband’s secret, she will hurt those she loves most . . .’

As always recommendations are welcome!

Until next time,

Roseanne 🙂

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