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My 2025 Bookish Ins and Outs

Posted January 7, 2025 by Emma in Bookish Post, Discussion Post / 2 Comments

Hello my lovely readers, today I’m sharing my book goals of 2025 and what I’m leaving behind and what I’m doing to make it the best reading year.

Since breaking up for Christmas, I have reflected a lot on my reading journey of 2024, and especially as we approached 2025 when I was completely engrossed in reading largely down to Wicked Lovely series but I missed that feeling and I want to make sure that 2025 is the best reading year.

So I have made some choices to make me feel happier about reading and bookish content online. I need goals that are manageable and not too much pressure. I need the hoy to come back. So here are my 2025 outs and ins.

Bookish OUTS of 2025

Reading Goals

I find selecting the number of books you want to read during the year to be quote stress inducing. Not at the beginning when you have the energy and will be on target but then it comes to the middle of the year or the end and rushing to complete it, theres no joy. So I’ve lowered to what I know is easily acheievable and anything extra is a bonus.

Monthly TBRs

These don’t work for me at all. Mood Reading all the way. I will prioritise upcomings ARCs and releases and mood pick from there but no more TBRs. Nope, nada!

Comparing my bookstagram account to others

Specifically for Instagram but I’ve had it with the comparing, look at stats of posts and having a strict scedule of posting becuae it will benfit the algoritym. Nope. It’s back to posting what and when I want. No judgement here.

Reader’s Guilt

I don’t want to feel guilty for not reading a certain book, book trope or certain genre. Reading what I want is the only way. Don’t let the reading society pressure you to read it.

Bookish INS of 2025

Reading Journal

I’m SO excited to start my Quirky Cup Collective reading journal I bought from Paper and Word. I have made reading bullet journals and I just don’t have the capcity or time to keep up with it. Everything is done and it’s soooo pretty. I will do a post showing you the pages as well.

Blog more

Yes, I am going to prioritise this platform more. This for me is where it started, and I’ve been blogging for nearly 13 years now. I need to keep up with it and enjoy it more. I have been planning loads of posts as well. Reviews, interviews and loads more discussions.

Book Buying Mindfullness

I’ve been sort of on a book buying ban at the end of 2024 and I did really well and I feel now I need to be mindful of what I buy, do I need it etc and not just buying books for the sake of it. I want to read more off my bookshelves and not keep adding to it.

Stop, sit down and read for goodness sake woman!

After giving myself time this break to really do this, I need to make sure I carve out time to do this every day. Don’t feel guilty for doing anything and enjoy reading. I loved it and this is what I want to do more of.

What are your bookish goals? Your ins and outs for 2025? Let me know.

Best YA Books of 2024

Posted December 29, 2024 by Emma in 2024 Books, 5 Stars, Best Books, Book List, Bookish Post, YA / 1 Comment

Hello, my lovely readers! As 2024 is drawing to a close, it’s time for me to recap my year of reading and select my top ten books of 2024. This year, choosing my favorites was surprisingly easy. I’ve discovered incredible new writers, stumbled upon underrated YA gems that deserve much more attention, and found books that were not only unforgettable but ones I’ll recommend forever. Best of all they are all 5 star + reads! I couldn’t keep it to 10 unfortunately, it was too hard. I feel incredibly fortunate to have met some of these authors throughout the year […]

5 Books that are perfect gifts for every occasion

Posted December 22, 2024 by Emma in Book Gifts, Bookish Post / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely bookworms, we are so close to Christmas now and I’m officially off for the Christmas break. I’m so excited. Last week I published part 2 of my bookish gifts recommendations so this weekend I thought I would share 5 books that are perfect gifts. These featured books are more niche and special gifts, they are book that I felt inspired and simply adored. So I hope these will help as a last minute gifts for this festive season or for any occasion. Let me know books you recover as gifts that are perfect for book-lovers.

Book Review | Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr – A must read for fans of The Cruel Prince

Posted December 12, 2024 by Emma in Book Review, Bookish Post, YA / 2 Comments

Hello my lovely readers, today I have the perfect recommendation not only for The Cruel Prince lovers but also it’s perfect reading to snuggle up this season. This book gave me so many feels and I haven’t felt this way for a series since The Cruel Prince by Holly Black. That’s a big statement I know but it’s so very true. So here is my review of the first in the Wicked Lovely series. Wicked Lovely first published around the time I was reading Twilight. It was a book that completely passed me by then as I was very much […]

These gifts are the way to a book lover’s heart – part 2

Posted December 3, 2024 by Emma in Bookish Post / 2 Comments

Hello my lovely book lovers, it’s the season of gift giving and you might have book lover in your life or maybe a little present for yourself, so I have put together another list of my favourite gifts for book lovers. Sometimes it can be really hard buying for a book lover especially this time of the year. In May I collated some of my favourite shops and gifts in a part 1 of this post which you can view here. So today I have found some more niche book lover gifts for all book lovers. * some items I […]

The only book light a book lover needs is a Serious Light.

Posted November 29, 2024 by Emma in Bookish Post / 0 Comments

(Ad – A Serious Light was gifted to me in exchange for a honest review) Hello my lovely book lovers, today I bring you something very special to the blog and I’m excited. For the past month I have been living my best bookish life with a new reading accessory. Every reader needs the perfect reading light right? Serious Readers is the only light a booklover needs and here’s why. So when Serious Readers reached out to me to collaborate with me on their reading lamps, I was so excited. I have been eyeing a floor lamp of theirs for […]

Under the Cover #12 with Anna Zoe Quirke – author of Something to be Proud of

Posted October 17, 2024 by Emma in Bookish Post, Interview, Under the Cover, YA / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely bookworms, I am back with another author interview with one of my favourite books of 2024, Something to be Proud of by Anna Zoe Quirke . I read this book back in the summer and it had such a profound effect on me, it brought such smiles, laughter and made me cry. It’s such an inspiring book that I couldn’t put it down. So I instantly asked if I could do an author interview and here we go. Under the Cover is where I interview some of favourite authors and authors I’ve recently read and discovered. I’m trying to […]

Book Review | A Sea of Wolves by Sarah Street

Posted October 15, 2024 by Emma in 2024 Books, Book Review, Bookish Post, YA / 3 Comments

Hello my lovely readers. It’s been a while and I’m catching up on some overdue reviews from the Summer. Ooops. Today I’m really excited to be reviewing my most anticipated read this year. This was my holiday read and it was the perfect story to read by the sea. So lets get straight onto the review… A Sea of Wolves is one of my anticipated reads this year and it didn’t disappoint. After devouring A Curse of Salt last year and naming it one of my favourite reads of 2023. I met Sarah last year as well at YALC completely […]

Heartstopper Season 3 Review (Spoiler Free) | I can’t stop thinking about it – it’s emotional, it’s raw and it’s beautiful

Posted October 12, 2024 by Emma in Bookish Post, Heartstopper / 0 Comments

I’ve been anticipating series 3 since the release of Heartstopper vol 5. I rewatched S1 and S2 in the build up this season and it’s been 1 week since I finished it. And I’m still thinking about it. This series is undoubtedly one of the best book adaptation and the best season of the series. Bottomline is it’s emotional, it’s raw and it’s beautiful. I was (still am as I’m rewatching it, possibly a 3rd time) an emotional mess, I’m still thinking about it so I guess my blog is a way of unpacking those thoughts. I’m in my late […]