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My 2025 Bookish Ins and Outs

Posted January 7, 2025 by Emma in Bookish Post, Discussion Post / 3 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.

These gifts are the way to a book-lovers heart

Posted May 13, 2024 by Emma in Book Gifts, Bookish Post, Discussion Post / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely readers, from one book-lover to another, I thought I would collate some of my favourite bookish items that I have recieved as presents from myself or others. Sometimes buying for a book-lover can be hard if you think ‘oh I’ll get them a book’ but they already have that book? So whether it’s a treat for yourself, or you want to buy for someone who is a book lover here is a list of personlised and bright bookish items from small businesses. *I am not affilated with any of these shops. I am a loving customer. Book […]

My first time at Comic-Con | my experience, tips and advice for newbies (like me)

Posted June 7, 2023 by Emma in Bookish Post, Discussion Post / 1 Comment

Happy Wednesday my bookish friends. Today I am excited to be writing and sharing my experience of going to my first ever comic con. MCM Comic-Con invited me as press to their ExCel London Comic Con. I was honored and so excited to go. My first ever press trip as a blogger. This year MCM Comic-Con added a brand new Literary content for all bookworms. As a fan of young adult books there were so many amazing panels and meet some of my favourite and new to me authors. I also met up with some lovely book bloggers and bookstagrammers. […]

9 Years of Never Judge a Book by its Cover! | 9 Favourite books I discovered from being book blogger

Posted July 21, 2021 by Emma in 5 Stars, Bookish Post, Discussion Post, Favourite Author, Favourites, UKYA / 7 Comments

TODAY MARKS 9 YEARS of my blog and being a book blogger. Honestly where does the time go!? I feel when I get to the 10 year mark it will certainly be a huge milestone for me and my blog. It’s funny but I started this blog 9 years exactly to the day as I started this blog for my Summer Holidays and today is the last day of term! So it curtly feels like an occasion to celebrate and to definley make the most of my blog during the summer once again. I do have an Update post shortly […]

Self-Care for Bookworms – Always Mood Read!

Posted May 18, 2021 by Emma in Bookish Post, Discussion Post, Self-Care for Bookworms / 5 Comments

Hello my lovely bookworms! So today I’m excited to bring back Self-care for Bookworms. I thought as last week was Mental Health Awareness Week, wouldn’t I started it last year and I really enjoyed creating it so I have a few more tips and posts lined up over the next few months. If you missed my previous posts then check out this page here! Today Self-Care tip #5 – Always Mood Read! So this is something fairly new to me which seems strange to say. But we all have those endless TBRs right!? I know I do and I always […]

My Bookish Intentions for 2021

Posted January 6, 2021 by Emma in Booked-In, Bookish Post, Discussion Post, Happy New Year / 9 Comments

Welcome my lovely readers to the post were we as bloggers and readers set our bookish goals. I’m actually really excited for a new year, it’s like a reset button, a fresh new take on the year. This year with a lot things will be the year I finally read more, blog more and actually enjoy it all. I really want to refresh my love of reading and sharing that with you. Especially as I don’t want to feel so pressured with reading that I have done in the past. I need to focus on the love of books. So […]

How I recovered from a recent Reading Slump | My top tips

Posted July 15, 2020 by Emma in Bookish Post, Discussion Post / 3 Comments

Hello my lovely bookworms, today I’m bring you a bit of different post, more of a discussion post. If you’ve kept up with my blog and my social media you might know that last month I was in a reading slump. I tried to pick up a book and read a few pages but my brain wasn’t invested and I didn’t feel like picking any other book. Which was so hard and I hated it – books surround me every day and I just couldn’t pick one up. Let me be honest with you all though…Last month a lot was […]

Self-Care for Bookworms | Surround Yourself with Colour

Posted May 11, 2020 by Emma in Bookish Post, Discussion Post, Self-Care for Bookworms / 4 Comments

Hello my bookish friends, hope your all well and had a great bank holiday weekend. Today I’m bringing you another post on my Self-care for Bookworms series. I love creating these posts, and I feel we need these now more than ever. I touched upon this tip in my previous post Self-Care for Bookworms whilst Staying at Home but I can’t believe how much I’ve relied on this. Today Self-Care tip #4 – Surround yourself with Colour So if you are follower of my instagram and my blog, (duh) you will notice a common theme. Orange (and Mustard). My entire feed […]

Discussion | How I Organise my Reading Journal

Posted May 4, 2020 by Emma in Bookish Post, Discussion Post / 5 Comments

Hello my lovely readers. Today I thought I would do a discussion post on my Reading Journal, which I mentioned in my How to track your reading post back in January. I wanted to show you my progress with my reading journal and the array of pages I’ve created. Last year, if you remember I started a bookish bullet journal. It was more of novelty in the first couple of months and it took quite a lot of time. I really wanted to try again and I saw Vicky’s from What Vicky Read post on her Reading Journal and she inspired […]