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MY TRIUMPHANT RETURN (a Q&A)

Ok, so maybe that's a little bit optimistic. But I'm feeling good today, and I'm going to embrace that. Let's do a little Q&A, shall we? Where have you been?: Basically, I moved from London back to Coventry to live with my boyfriend permanently. This has been a massive relief, as I really wasn't coping with …

the poet x review

The Poet X A young girl in Harlem discovers slam poetry as a way to understand her mother’s religion and her own relationship to the world. Debut novel of renowned slam poet Elizabeth Acevedo. Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has …

the kiss quotient review

I had a brief spate of romance novels in July, and The Kiss Quotient is the book that started it all! Stella Lane thinks math is the only thing that unites the universe. She comes up with algorithms to predict customer purchases--a job that has given her more money than she knows what to do …

meet cute review

Meet Cute was one of the books that I received for my birthday back in April. Many thanks to my friend Ines who bought it for me! Whether or not you believe in fate, or luck, or love at first sight, every romance has to start somewhere. MEET CUTE is an anthology of original short …

to be honest blog tour and review

Savannah is dreading being home alone with her overbearing mother after her sister goes off to college. But if she can just get through senior year, she’ll be able to escape to college, too. What she doesn’t count on is that her mother’s obsession with weight has only grown deeper since her appearance on an extreme …

life: an update

Hey, remember me?! It has been a while since I properly sat down and wrote anything for this blog, and for that I apologise. I didn't mean for my hiatus to be so long, but the weeks just slipped past me! So here's a brief update of what I've been doing, and my plans for …

diverse book blogger spotlight: none completed

1. Who are you and where do you blog? I’m Cate, i separate my time between randomly popping up on Instagram, posting reviews on Goodreads and linking all those to my Review Archive. But i’m mainly on Instagram lol. 2. What do you look for in a 5 star read? My rating system is very …

#mentalhealthmonday – how to help someone with delusional thoughts

Intro: link to my paranoia story, say how Jay was amazing and helped me out loads. Specifically thinking about cameras in my workplace and in my home. Recognise when you suspect someone is displaying this behaviour. Started off I thought people at work were judging me - came from logical kind of thought process. Didn't …

i’m burnt out

How ironic it is that when this post went up (3 hours ago...) it had nothing in it. I'm going to be real with you - I am so tired right now. I haven't read anything in about two weeks, which is pretty much unheard of for me. I haven't written anything in about the …