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Jacqueline Wilsons Baby Love: Looking Back on Childhood Favourites!

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Mar 4, 20222 min read

Jacqueline Wilsons Baby Love: Looking Back on Childhood Favourites!

In just over a week, on the 17th March, Jacqueline Wilson is gracing readers with her presence once more with a new novel. Now, you’re...

Ways in which bookish social media has altered and shaped my reading taste and habits.

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Mar 2, 20223 min read

Ways in which bookish social media has altered and shaped my reading taste and habits.

I think we can all say that we have a favourite or comforting reading genre. Before joining and starting my own Booksta, mine was...

Bullet Journaling : A creative way of keeping a diary and tracking necessary events.

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Feb 28, 20222 min read

Bullet Journaling : A creative way of keeping a diary and tracking necessary events.

As well as helping to keep you organised, journaling has proven effective as a therapeutic tool in my own mental health journey. Let’s...

An Interview with Bookstagrammers: Diversify Your Shelves

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Feb 27, 20224 min read

An Interview with Bookstagrammers: Diversify Your Shelves

Diversity has always been at the forefront of discussions about publishing and content creation. In the book community, we strive to read...

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Feb 26, 20223 min read

Tips for reading non-fiction

If you’re anything like me, then the non-fiction genre is something that you’ve long since eradicated from your reading habits. When...

Quick and Easy Classics You Haven’t Heard Of

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Feb 25, 20223 min read

Quick and Easy Classics You Haven’t Heard Of

In classic English Lit student style, I am deeply obsessed with what would be considered ‘classics’. In English as a degree, classics are...

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Feb 23, 20223 min read

Sci-fi and Romance

In the month of February I decided to mix up my reading with that bit of romance but I had to have a little bit of a twist. Sci-fi and...

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Feb 22, 20224 min read

Q&A - @two_lil_bookworms

Danni & Ell have an amazing Bookstagram account that they have created and run together: @two_lil_bookworms. Their feed is so beautiful...

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Feb 21, 20222 min read

Book to Movie Adaptations 2022

Movie adaptations of books are either hit or miss within the book lover community. They can be really good or really bad, and for the...

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Feb 18, 20224 min read

Nonfiction that Reads like Fiction

“I don’t read nonfiction.” For years, that was a sentence that I said a lot. And for the most part, it was true, because all the...

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Feb 16, 20223 min read

Strong Female Protagonists in Books

My favorite thing about reading (probably, there are lots) is the idea of a teen girl being the only hope for salvation. A historically...

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Feb 14, 20222 min read

A Love Letter to our Local Booksellers

Dear Beloved Bookseller, Happy Valentine’s Day. As you know, reading is our one true love (don’t tell our friends or significant others…)...

A Taste of Home – Finding Identity through Food in ‘Crying in H Mart’ and ‘Tiny Moons’

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Feb 13, 20223 min read

A Taste of Home – Finding Identity through Food in ‘Crying in H Mart’ and ‘Tiny Moons’

‘What does it mean to taste something and be transported to so many places at once, all of them a piece of home? To be half elsewhere all...

Audiobooks: Are They Really A Good Reading Alternative?

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Feb 11, 20224 min read

Audiobooks: Are They Really A Good Reading Alternative?

When I first began my Bookstagram journey, I would have never considered or even thought about listening to an audiobook. Slowly, I began...

Book Recommendations for Fans of ‘Animal Crossing’

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Feb 9, 20223 min read

Book Recommendations for Fans of ‘Animal Crossing’

The Animal Crossing franchise took the world by storm in March of 2020 with the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The game was...

Recommendations for your Valentine or galentine this February.

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Feb 7, 20223 min read

Recommendations for your Valentine or galentine this February.

Whether you dismiss or celebrate the notion of Valentine’s Day, there’s a book for whatever emotions you are harbouring or trying to...

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Feb 4, 20222 min read

Covid-19 and Fiction

Pandemic lockdowns and restrictions provided a time for quiet, stillness and contemplation for some people; surely the perfect...

An Interview with An Author: Heidi Swain

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Jan 30, 20225 min read

An Interview with An Author: Heidi Swain

Heidi Swain is a Sunday Times bestselling author whose 14th book is due to be released later this year. Heidi is an auto buy author for...

5 tips for getting out of a reading slump

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Jan 28, 20222 min read

5 tips for getting out of a reading slump

So it's January, I still can't believe it's 2022 and a new year. After scrolling through Instagram I noticed many people have made new...

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Jan 26, 20223 min read

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Tomorrow is International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 77th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a Nazi concentration camp...

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