Musings

A place for all things bookish! From tags to discussions to musings about reading in general, hopefully, you’ll find something here to inspire your own blogging or maybe just to make you smile!


Bookish Events:

Get Into Book Publishing Course 2018

Volunteering with Spark Young Writers

Volunteering with the Birmingham Literature Festival

TBTB Secret Santa 2019

TBTB Secret Santa 2020


Bookish Hauls:

September 2018

October 2018

December 2018

January 2019

February 2019

March 2019

December 2019

December 2020

Birthday Haul – March 2021 (actual books)

Birthday Haul – March 2021 (bookish bits)


Monthly TBRs:

March 2021

April 2021

May 2021

June 2021

July 2021


Reading Round Ups:

October 2018

January 2019

February 2019

What I Read in 2020

Weekend Read-a-thon (30-31st January 2021)


Featured Authors:

Stephanie Bretherton

Mitzi C

Kathleen Jowitt

Nia Lucas

Anne Stryker

Kristin Ward


Blog Tours:

Kate in Waiting by Becky Albertalli

Shadows of Athens by J M Alvey

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Safe Place by Anna Downes

Finders, Keepers by Sabine Durrant

Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis

Wicked Little Deeds by Kat Ellis

Heavenward by Olga Gibbs

May Day by Josie Jaffrey

Mirrorland by Carole Johnstone

The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea

The Cousins by Karen M. McManus

The Beast and the Bethany by Jack Meggitt-Phillips

The Whisper Man by Alex North

The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup

The Taking of Annie Thorne by C. J. Tudor

After the Green Withered by Kristin Ward

Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon

BBNYA 2020: Specter by Katie Jane Gallagher

BBNYA 2020: The Gilded King by Josie Jaffrey

BBNYA 2020: Stay Mad, Sweetheart by Heleen Kist

BBNYA 2020: Fid’s Crusade by David H. Reiss

BBNYA 2020: The Lore of Prometheus by Graham Austin King


Top 10s:

Top 10 Book Covers

Top 10 Book Crushes


Best of YA:

Best of YA: Representation

Best of YA: LGBTQ+ Representation

Best of YA: Thrillers

Best of YA: Fairytale Re-tellings

Best of YA: Horror


Read With Me:

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas


Why You Should Read:

Once by Morris Gleitzman

The Winternight trilogy by Katherine Arden


Bookish:

Bookshelf Tour

NetGalley Shelf Tour – February 2021

What to do with Unwanted ARCs

eBook vs. Physical Copy

My Go-to Authors

My Favourite Illustrators

My Favourite Sprayed Edges

My Favourite End Papers

Spooky yet Sentimental: Childhood Favourites with a Halloween Twist

Classics with a Spooky Twist: Getting into Literature with the help of Parodies

Mythology Re-telling Recommendations

Big Sister Style Self Help Recommendations

Webtoon Comic Recommendations

Barrington Stoke and Reluctant Readers 

5 LGBTQ+ Books on my TBR

One Year as a Bookseller

10 Reasons to Support Bookshops

Starting a Book Club + Questions to Ask

Book Swap with Lucy

Best Book to Film Adaptions

Signed Book Collection – 2021

Reading Family Favourites: Mom & Nan

Reading Family Favourites: Dad’s Last Reads

Reading while Grieving

5⭐️ Reads of 2020

2021 Releases I’m Excited For

TBR Priorities for 2021


Misc.:

Blog Post Ideas for Book Bloggers

Book Tag/Challenge Master List

My First Month as a Blogger

Blogmas 2018

2019 in Review

Blog Goals for 2020

Grief + One Year On


Guest Posts:

Must Read Book for Autumn – with Vicky


Featured Bloggers:

November 2018 Series – 30 Days, 30 Book Bloggers


Challenges:

3 Days, 3 Quotes Challenge – Day 1, Day 2, Day 3

ABC Book Challenge – A, B


Tags:

Reading Habits Tag

It’s Finally Fall Book Tag

Book Blogger Confessions

Reader Problems Tag

Dream Library Tag

Books I’ll (probably) Never Read

A Book for All Occasions

Relationshipper Book Tag

Unlucky 13 Tag

Greek Gods Book Tag

2020 in Books

Enola Holmes Book Tag

The Romance Reader Tag

A Birthday in Books Tag

This or That Book Tag

Life in Books Tag

The Bookshelf Q&A Tag

Get To Know Me Tag

The Sunshine Blogger Award

The Sunshine Blogger Award #2

The Sunshine Blogger Award #3

The Sunshine Blogger Award #4

The Versatile Blogger Award

Fall Tag

Blogger Recognition Award

Mystery Blogger Award

50 Things That Make Me Happy Tag