What Do You Look For In A Book Blog?
As book bloggers and readers of book blogs, we all share a common interest and I’m sure we all look for pretty similar things when it comes to reading a blog – great content, an attractive site, and...
View ArticleIn Which I Discuss The Role Of The Blogger And Why I Blog – And How I Am...
Recently I have been looking back through a lot of my old blog posts, from this blog and a previous incarnation that I wrote from 2009 to 2011 while still at university. I only posted on there about 10...
View ArticleThe Very Inspiring Blogger Award
I am very pleased to announce that These Little Words has been nominated for a Very Inspiring Blogger award. This is an award given by bloggers to other bloggers (of any type) and I was very kindly...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Capote Summer Readathon! (with The Literary Sisters)
I am very pleased to announce that I am taking part in my first ever readathon! It will take place over July and August and will feature the writing of none other than Truman Capote. This is a joint...
View Article#TBR20
In my last post I wrote about the troubles of having too many books to read. I also posted recently about using a book jar, something which I have, and am able to use – but haven’t yet, because really...
View ArticleA Love Letter to… Letters
My cousin and I used to write letters to each other when we were about seven. I have always exchanged letters with my aunt who lives in Austria. I have written to my old teachers. But I don’t write as...
View ArticleSo, about TBR20…
Earlier this year I pledged to ‘do’ TBR20, the reading challenge created by Eva Stalker and taken up by many book bloggers. The aim is to pick 20 books that you own but have not read, and pledge not to...
View ArticleBook blogger/book tuber meet-up!
The brilliant Kirsty invited me to a meet-up of book bloggers (most people were ‘book tubers’, I was like the only person without a YouTube channel) in London on 25th July. I’ve met other bloggers...
View ArticleSummer roundup!
It is the August bank holiday – and I think summer is over. I shed a tear, but I’m also pleased to be able to wear all my nice jumpers. Plus we’re going on holiday to France next weekend, so I can’t...
View ArticleAnnouncement! Young Writer of the Year 2018
Happy Wednesday dear readers! I am very pleased to announce that this year I am part of the Shadow Panel for the Young Writer of the Year Award. Along with four other book bloggers, I will be reading...
View ArticleNew year, new books… and more
So, somehow, it’s now 2022. Today feels like the actual start of the new year because it’s the first day I’m back in my usual weekly routine with my husband at work and my son at nursery, and I’m alone...
View ArticleA little update – taking a break from blogging
This year I have been trying out new types of blog posts, namely the monthly reading diary and then a post in the middle. I haven’t posted an individual book review since early December. For me I felt...
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