BLOGMAS Day 14: REVIEW – More Than Ornmanetal by Monique McDonell

Published: 27th June 2020 Publisher: Self Published Pages: 85 pages (Christmas novella) Format: Ebook RRP: $1.42 AUD or free in Kindle Unlimited 5/5 Stars Meg The goal - go back to my hometown and open my beachside restaurant this holiday season. The reality - in order to do that I had to run the craft …

BLOGMAS Day 13: Grinchathon TBR

The Grinchathon runs from Sunday 13th December until Saturday 19 December 2020 and is hosted by Izzy at  Punkrockgirlpa. Izzy stresses that the number one rule of Grinchathon is that there are no rules, so despite the name, I'm going to try and read as many festive books that fit this years seven reading prompts …

BLOGMAS Day 12: Quick Reads & Tricks to Achieve Your 2020 Goodreads Goals

With the end of the year looming, today's Blogmas post is full of short and sweet tips/tricks to help your achieve your 2020 reading goals. While it's easy to get caught up in the numbers game, it's important to remember why you read. Are you reading for enjoyment? Entertainment? To be educated? Reading isn't about …

BLOGMAS Day 11: Top Historical Romances featuring Ally from Ally’s Appraisals

Today I'm teaming up with Ally from Ally's Appraisal's to bring you our top historical romance recommendations and what we are looking forward to reading most in 2021. I've been loving historical romances this year once more thanks to Ally's brilliant recommendations. So make sure you check out Ally's blog Ally's Appraisal's and especially check out …

BLOGMAS Day 10: Summer/Winter Festive Book Recommendations

Welcome to day 10 of BLOGMAS 2020. Today I'm recommending some of my favourite festive/Christmas seasonal books. Christmas is generally associated with winter, ugly sweaters, toasty fires and snow, but here in Australia it falls smack dab in the middle of our summer, so Christmas for us is all about the pool, seafood and air-con. …

BLOGMAS Day 8: Kell’s Bookmark Clique Christmas Lunch Wrap Up

  This past Sunday I was fortunate enough to attend Kell’s Bookmark Clique Christmas Long Lunch alongside 35 avid romance readers from all over the state. Sadly, due to COVID restrictions, border closures and general life stuff, a few familiar faces were missing this year. Despite all this, Kell out did herself, and organised perhaps …

BLOGMAS Day 7:Top Audiobook Recommendations (featuring my Dad!)

Today for BLOGMAS I thought we could have a little fun and do an audiobook recommendation post based on the audiobooks I listened to this year! As an added bonus, and because I got him addicted to audiobooks in recent years, I've asked my Dad to guest co-host today's post as he reveals his top …

BLOGMAS Day 6: Getting into the Christmas Spirit 2020 Style

2020 has been a rough year for many of us, so today I want to share some tips and tricks to make sure we all find our Christmas Spirit this year. With the pandemic still running rife through the world, Christmas is going to look a little different this year. With masks, social distancing and …

BLOGMAS Day 4: My Fave Xmas Traditions

Today's post is largely inspired by Iceland's Jólabókaflóð or "Yule Book Flood' where families gift each other books and chocolate on Christmas Eve and spend the night reading. Like most booklovers, I find this tradition both fascinating and heart warming; it seriously sounds like the best way to spend the night. While I've been unsuccessful …

BLOGMAS Day 4: Bookish Gift Ideas

If there is one thing we can agree on it, it's that booklovers are obsessed with not only books, but anything book related, so today's gift guide is intended as a bit more out of the box book related present ideas for the book lover in your life. I will be posting a last minute …